Education Minister explains why functional illiteracy is a national security issue

Education Minister Daniel David explained on Sunday, on Digi24's “In front of you” show, why functional illiteracy is a national security issue: “A large percentage of us know things, but don't know how to use them, in this competitive world.”

Functional illiteracy has been discussed in our country for many years. However, the problem has remained relevant only in statistics and for some journalists it has been a topic of debate. However, there have been no real measures to combat the phenomenon, so we can assume, without fear of exaggeration, that the problem has not been taken very seriously. Daniel David is the first of the Ministers of Education and Research to go public and say w…