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South Africa needs more teacher graduates who have been trained to teach reading in the African languages

Four distinguished individuals, including commencement speaker Isabel Wilkerson, will receive honorary degrees from Northwestern University. An acclaimed author and gifted storyteller, Wilkerson will receive her honor and deliver her address June 13 during Northwestern’s 164th commencement ceremony at Ryan Field.

More than 500 people are expected to attend the weekend-long event that will bring together global experts, public policy leaders, students, faculty, and alumni for weekend of provocative discussions, a new facility dedication, and community celebrations, all focused on innovation, collaboration, and the art of the possible.

File image NATIONAL NEWS - The fourth session of the President’s Virtual Reading Club will be hosted on 25 March 2021 from 4.30pm – 6.30pm. Since launching in 2019, the National Reading Coalition has supported the Read to Lead Campaign and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to improve reading nationally – from the classroom to the living room. In an endeavour to build a community around reading, the NRC is networking reading clubs nationally to promote a reading cu...