But this starkly contrasts with the literacy problems faced by the younger population, particularly in the early primary grades
As we celebrate International Literacy Day, it’s important that adult learners aren’t left left behind. The lockdown has curtailed face-to-face lessons, but companies in the adult literacy space are pivoting to online learning
There is a vital intersect between schools as a pipeline to higher education, and higher education as the conduit for teachers into schools.
Whether it’s rollicking capers or sweet, feel-good tales they’re after, young readers are spoilt for choice.
The adult literacy campaign provides a good example of
what can be achieved.
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/ 25 January 2012
South Africa’s adult literacy level is lagging behind other emerging markets even though it spends more on it, the Institute of Race Relations says.
The big question about adult basic education and the poverty gap has not yet been asked at national level, argues <B>Pat Dean</b>.
Involving parents and children in a single project benefits both.
The Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign is on its way to fulfilling its goal of changing the lives of 4,7-million disadvantaged South Africans by 2015.