Hungarian economy suffering from illiteracy numbers

Hungarian competitiveness could be compromised as citizens with inadequate reading and writing skills are increasingly crowded out of the labour market.

A significant share of the country's adult population suffers from functional illiteracy: Although familiar with the alphabet, functional illiterates are not able to grasp the meaning of most texts without considerable effort. A quarter of Hungarians is affected.

This is one of the main findings of "Wings and Ballasts", a book p...