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In the area of education our overall approach to tackling educational disadvantage has been framed within the context of the Government's national anti-poverty strategy, NAPS. The NAPS approach is based on a continuum of provision from early childhood though adulthood, with the focus on preventive strategies, targeting and integrated community responses. Within this strategy we have set ourselves challenging and ambitious targets under the key headings of school literacy, adult literacy and school retention. These are designed to bring about an education system that allows all our citizens to realise their full potential.