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Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

Why books are still vital for literacy and learning
Opinion
/ 6 March 2024

Why books are still vital for literacy and learning

Hundreds of thousands of children don’t have access to the internet and need physical resources, such as dictionaries, to further their education

By Lucia Ndabula
Books are still vital for literacy and learning
Opinion
/ 4 March 2024

Books are still vital for literacy and learning

Hundreds of thousands of children don’t have access to the internet and need physical resources, such as dictionaries, to further their education

By Lucia Ndabula
Education needs to prepare youngsters holistically for the future
Opinion
/ 26 June 2023

Education needs to prepare youngsters holistically for the future

Learners must be given a breadth of skills, beyond literacy and numeracy, to prepare them for an ever-changing world

By Shahana Bhabha
NGO youth@work launches tool to tackle literacy crisis in South Africa schools
Education
/ 23 May 2023

NGO youth@work launches tool to tackle literacy crisis in South Africa schools

This comes after a 2021 study showed that only 19% of grade four pupils could read for meaning in any language

By Mandisa Ndlovu

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