Young children have been helped to acquire basic literacy skills before being enrolled into the formal primary school system while, on the other hand, youths and adults have benefitted from basic literacy and vocational skills training.

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The six subjects include basic skills, vocational training, classes covering aspects of work and employment, artistic and cultural expression workshops, ICT and physical education and sport.

UNESCO: Country Profile: Uruguay

Improving vocational education - and coupling this with basic skills - was presented as a way of keeping those "disengaged from learning" within the education system.

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