It's desperately important for children to become fully literate, learn to read very early.
For this reason, many deaf students never become fully literate in English, a perennial concern of educators.
To be blunt, a substantial minority of candidates are not fully literate.
This model postulates that in order to be a fully literate citizen, a person needs:
The Irish became fully literate with the arrival of Christianity in the fifth century.
In spite of that short comings the people of this village are fully literate.
Although Charlemagne was never fully literate, he clearly understood the value of literacy and a uniform script in running his empire.
Neither parent was fully literate in English or their mother tongue.
The villagers claim to be fully literate while all children now attend school.
Since the 16th century an increasing number have become fully literate, but today transliteracy is becoming more desirable than print-based literacy.