Low literacy levels are a financial and social burden on the country
Unemployment, corruption, unfair distribution of wealth and the frustration at the cost of living are all powder kegs waiting to explode.
We must empower them through literacy and enable them to imagine better prospects for themselves through stories and storytelling.
Surprised? Which is to be expected when the media thrives on keeping us in a state of alarm
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According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 78% of South African grade four pupils cannot read with comprehension
Social ills, plus the effect of poverty, are reflected in our schools and require redress at many levels
Parents and early childhood educators are as vital as foundation phase teachers
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/ 15 October 2010
Boa is 19, the sixth of 11 children. With all of his family, he lives in a small thatched two-room house on the outskirts of Siem Reap.
The government must clarify its adult education priorities, argues <b>Jackie Carroll</b>.