SIL works with local communities, government and non-governmental agencies, and national institutions to establish mother tongue-based literacy and multilingual education programs for children, youth and adults who speak non-dominant languages.

Members of non-dominant language communities are frequently marginalized socially, politically, economically and educationally. SIL members encourage and support sustainable, community-centered literacy and education programs that enable speakers of non-dominant languages to achieve their literacy and education goals using the languages they speak and understand.

See What We Do to learn more about SIL's work in the key components related to Literacy and Education.