There's an article on the Scientology Web Site about a program the church is running to raise literacy levels, through the application of L. Ron Hubbard Study Technology.

The article begins: On April 21 and 22, 2004 a two-day practical workshop on the innovative Study Technology of http://www.able.org/aboutUs_lrh.html
was held at the European Office of the Church of Scientology International in Brussels and attended by officials from Brussels-based embassies and European Institutions. The workshop delivered under the banner of Applied Scholastics International, addressed the fact that nearly 1 billion people in the world are illiterate, 125 million out-of-school children are at risk of joining them and 11 million people in Europe alone don't have the basic literacy skills vital for survival.

This article can be read in full here:

Two-Day Hands-On Workshop for European Institutions and Embassies Tackles 1 Billion Illiteracy Problem Worldwide.