NWU: This is how we support South Africa's education system
There can be no denying the strain placed on South Africa’s education system, even less so the mounting challenges facing the country’s youth, not to
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There can be no denying the strain placed on South Africa’s education system, even less so the mounting challenges facing the country’s youth, not to
Corporates have something to say about the role of SA youth in economic growth.
The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), found that 81% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa cannot read for meaning in any language.
The 2023 Reading Panel report paints a picture of a country in the grips of a reading crisis, with no national plan on how to break free.
On the current trajectory of improvement for children’s literacy rates in South Africa, it will be 2098 before all Grade 4s in the country can learn to read for meaning.