Gatlin International and UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Announce Adult Literacy Course

PARIS--(Marketwire - February 27, 2009) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Institute for Lifelong Learning recently partnered with Gatlin International LLC to provide a new Adult Literacy online training course.

Accessible at http://www.unesco.org/education/aladin/?menuitem=11&cat=7, the non-credit course can help individuals with real-life dialogue, discussions, negotiations and conversations. It contains a full range of computer-based activities including listening tasks, text display options and interactive speaking exercises.

The Adult Literacy training programme is written and developed in conjunction with five U.K. educational institutions including Stratford on Avon College, Henley College and Warwickshire College. Upon successful completion of the course, students are awarded a certificate of completion.

"We are proud to be partnering with UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning in offering our Adult Literacy training course," said Gillian Duncan, managing director of Gatlin International. "The course is an interactive, fun and cost-effective way to learn important conversation skills. Best of all it offers the convenience of working from your personal computer and at your own pace."

Institutions of higher learning or corporations interested in offering quality online career training programmes can contact Gatlin International at info@gatlininternational.com for more information.

About Gatlin International LLC:

Gatlin International LLC is the Internet's foremost resource of elearning content. Gatlin International partners with businesses, governments and institutions of higher learning to create completely individualised portal Web sites where students have direct access to both certificate and non-certificate, non-credit courses. The result is a comprehensive and user-friendly one-stop shop where students and business professionals can meet their continuing education needs and get on the fast track to a long and successful career. Gatlin International also hosts the Internet's largest collection of skills-based, career building courses from the world's leading online education companies at www.worldeducation.net. The site's more than 6,000 self-study programmes are available for direct sale to students anywhere in the world.

Contact Information: Contact Information: Gillian Duncan Office: +44(0)7852 255076 E-mail: