illiterate

nonreader

One lacking literacy

• unletteredUnable to read
• unreadNot yet perused
• scriptlessLacking prepared dialogue

textless · decoding · comprehension · phonics · alphabetization

unschooled

Lacking formal instruction

• untaughtNever given lessons
• untutoredWithout formal instruction
• uninstructedNot given directions

unlearned · untrained · uneducated · nescient · unenlightened · unversed · uninitiated · unqualified · inexperienced · self-taught

uninformed

Lacking necessary knowledge

• unknowingLacking awareness or information
• unawareLacking knowledge of something
• obliviousLacking any awareness

clueless · naive · unsophisticated · unworldly · benighted · simple · unacquainted · inexperienced · innocent · uninitiated

disadvantage

Unfavorable circumstance or condition

• marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
• exclusionBeing barred from participation
• povertySevere lack of resources

barrier · inaccessibility · underdevelopment · vulnerability · disenfranchisement · socioeconomic · isolation · struggle · dependency · empowerment

ignoramus

Profoundly uninformed person

• dunceSlow-witted person
• backwardToward what's behind
• slowLacking in speed

dim · thick · simple · uncultured · lowbrow · philistine · boorish · unrefined

numeracy

Ability with figures

• innumeracyLack of quantitative understanding

tutoring

Individual academic guidance

• ESLLanguage instruction abbreviation
• outreachProactive community assistance
• workbookEducational exercise manual

primer · flashcards

• reading levelsreader, fluent reader, advanced reader, struggling reader, proficient
• Language Wordsverbal, oral, written, spoken, fluent
• Vulnerable Groupshomeless youth, orphans, refugees, disabled people, elderly poor
• studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
• demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
• reading skillsvocabulary, decoding, grammar, fluency, comprehension