Consultation to inform Tasmania’s adult literacy strategy
Tasmanians are invited to contribute to the development of Tasmania’s next Adult Literacy Strategy and inform the approach for improving adult literacy in Tasmania for the next ten years.
A consultation process is now open for:
- providers of literacy services
- workplaces or organisations receiving adult literacy support services
- individual literacy tutors
- literacy learners
- anyone with an interest in adult literacy in Tasmania.
How to have your say
- Complete the response form, which is available in fillable or printable format and email it to email@26ten.tas.gov.au
- Complete the online survey
- Mail a written response to the questions in the Consultation Paper – Tasmania’s Next Adult Literacy Strategy to
Reply Paid
State Library Tasmania – Attn 26Ten
GPO Box 623
Hobart TAS 7001
Consultation period
The consultation to inform Tasmania’s adult literacy strategy closes at 5pm on Thursday, 17 April 2025
An overview of the consultation
Libraries Tasmania, with the support of the 26Ten Coalition, is leading this consultation process to guide ongoing work to improve adult literacy rates.
Information on the adult literacy environment in Tasmania and guiding questions for the consultation process can be found in the Consultation Paper – Tasmania’s Next Adult Literacy Strategy. Key elements of this paper are summarised below.
The development of an updated Adult Literacy Strategy is a commitment in the Lifting Literacy Implementation Plans 2024-2026 of the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department for Education, Children and Young People, in support of Tasmania’s Lifting Literacy plan.
Under its first ten-year strategy, 26TEN Tasmania: Tasmania’s Strategy for Adult Literacy and Numeracy: 2016 – 2025, the 26Ten network of member organisations and individuals committed to improving adult literacy rates across Tasmania. This commitment has resulted in many successes and has strengthened the understanding of the adult literacy environment in Tasmania.
The 26Ten Background Paper, developed by 3P Advisory, provides additional information about adult literacy in Tasmania.
Next steps
- Once the consultation period has closed, Libraries Tasmania will work with the 26Ten Coalition and other key stakeholders to review and analyse the feedback to inform the development of a draft strategy.
- The draft strategy will be shared for targeted consultation.
- The finalised strategy will be announced later in 2025
