Proposed activities included the provision of basic life skills along with literacy programs that will enhance work opportunities for unemployed illiterate youth and vulnerable communities throughout Iraq.

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College used to be a great equalizer: No matter their parents' social status, students who came to campus tended to deal with basic life skills on their own from frying up grilled cheese sandwiches to unclogging toilets and folding laundry.

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You get a basic set of life skills out of that and a perspective that is generally good more than bad.

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Younger, pre-adolescent children can be sent to specialized schools where the focus is on learning life and basic education skills, rather than making them fit into regular schools where they have little in common with their peers.

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Skills Minister Phil Hope says that, since 2001, more than 1.5 million people have "beaten their gremlins" by getting a basic skills qualification, under the Skills for Life strategy.

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In addition, even the most basic job can teach real world life skills that can help them get a job afterwards.

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These free community-driven, community-operated learning centers help guarantee that children will have the basic academic skills needed for success in school and in life.

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So far, one external evaluation has been carried out in order to assess the effectiveness of the methodological approach employed by AAEA. In 2008, DVV International evaluated the extent to which APLICA has successfully achieved its goals in teaching basic literacy and numeracy skills, and has improved the quality of life of learners and facilitators.

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These efforts were built upon in 1970 with the introduction of the Package A programme, which was divided into 100 modules, of which A1-A10 were basic literacy, and A11-A100 were focused on literacy in the context of life skills.

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Figuring out how to do the laundry, cook a basic meal or even wait for a handyman "are not crippling responsibilities" but rather "minor life skills" that can prove useful if the housekeeper cancels.

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