The aim of this article is to think about key issues of readers' comprehension literacy of a specific category of research sample readers (15-24 years old). To what extent is the information of both international researches implemented into reality and chosen curriculum. In the first part of the article is introduced the basic terminology (literacy, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], functional literacy, and reader's literacy). It is essential to understand that it is not just about literacy skills, i.e., being able to read texts and understand them, but also the skills to find, process, and compare the information contained in the text, and reproduce text content. In the second part the article thinks about and compares selected key data from international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) research for specific category of research sample (15-24 years old readers). It is also worth considering whether the teaching community and the general public are aware of the need for specific measurements and the international comparison of literacy, in which the Czech Republic participates.

Education of the elderly is considered one of the ways of raising a person's personal dignity and thus their quality of life. Perhaps the most important factor in this process is the personality of an educator. It is the educator upon whom there are many requirements for the specification which is a subject of research and discussion. Despite this fact training of educators for the elderly education and cultivations of their competences is still very neglected and underestimated in the Czech Republic. The article deals with preparation of educators for programmes for the elderly and development of their competences in the Czech Republic with the aim to highlight the absence of unified formal preparation of the educator. The introduction of the article explains the author´s motivation for the stated topic. The next part is aimed at education of the elderly as such and its importance. The focus is on the role of the educator of the elderly and the present state of their education and development of their competences. Further, the progress of research results will be presented, which is directed at the analysis of lecturing activities of the individuals working with the elderly as well as parallel aims of stating their profession competences as a required state. The conclusion evaluates presupposed use of the results of the thesis.

The aim of this article is to think about key issues of readers 'comprehension literacy of specific category of research sample (fifteen and twenty-four) readers. To what extent is the information of both international researches implemented into reality and chosen curriculum.In the first part of the article is introduced the basic terminology (literacy according to OECD, functional literacy and reader's literacy). It is essential to understand that it is not just about literacy skills, i.e. being able to read texts and understand them, but also the skills to find, process, and compare the information contained in the text, and reproduce text content.In the second part the article thinks about and compares selected key data from international PISA and PIAAC research for specific category of research sample (fifteen and twenty-four years old readers). It is also worth considering whether the teaching community and the general public are aware of the need for specific measurements and the international comparison of literacy, in which the Czech Republic participates.In the third part the article focuses on results of international research and practice in the selected curricula of pedagogic-educational institutions for the pupil population. On several examples of pupils task from Czech curriculum are explained the reading strategies. The discussed literacy strategies reflect the skill of the student to find information, process, compare, and evaluate it according to specification.The main objective of this text is to reflect on the possibilities of linking the outputs of both readership surveys, such as functional literacy and school practice in our Czech environment.