MARGINALNE SOCIJALNE GRUPE I FUNKCIONALNA PISMENOST
Marginalised communities and functional literacy

Summary/Abstract: Functional literacy as a general attribute of a society is one of its most important indicators of development and potential. Moreover, it can be said that functional literacy, as an ability of the practical application of acquired knowledge in everyday situations, is a key factor in the success and development of the individual. On the other hand, the contemporarity and the potential of a society can be seen through the assimilation and integration of socially endangered and marginalised communities as being the most sensitive ones. The question of functional literacy of those communities is one of the key problems in achieving a better status for individuals who belong to marginalised communities, and with it a better status for the society as a whole. The notion and the development of functional literacy, the state of functional literacy of marginalised communities and the causes and effects of functional illiteracy of the same, whose review based on relevant and contemporary sources is presented in this paper, are some of the most recent and most complex phenomena which the contemporary society has to face. The question of functional illiteracy of marginalised communities is one of the “burning” issues which requires social action, and this paper is a contribution to shed light on the problem.

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