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three Rs

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three Rs
pl n
(Social Science / Education) the. the three skills regarded as the fundamentals of education; reading, writing, and arithmetic
[from the humorous spelling reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic]
Translations
three Rs n the three Rsleggere, scrivere e far di conto


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But perhaps it is time for new instructions to make it clear to teachers to concentrate less on the F words and more on the three Rs.
And the Government will complete its drive to improve the three Rs by launching a pilot Every Child a Writer initiative across selected parts of the country, including Telford in Shropshire.
MORE than 300,000 teenagers left school without a good grounding in the three Rs last year, according to league tables published today.
 
 
 
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