Illiteracy
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Doctors launch digital solution to boost health literacy in South Africa
The digital solution was designed to inform patients, improve healthcare outcomes and protect doctors
Illiteracy costs South Africa’s economy R119 billion, report says
Low literacy levels are a financial and social burden on the country
Illiteracy is part of a ticking time bomb
Unemployment, corruption, unfair distribution of wealth and the frustration at the cost of living are all powder kegs waiting to explode.
Let our children play – and inspire them to read and learn
We must empower them through literacy and enable them to imagine better prospects for themselves through stories and storytelling.
Good news, Chicken, the sky isn’t falling
Surprised? Which is to be expected when the media thrives on keeping us in a state of alarm
It takes a village to end illiteracy
According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 78% of South African grade four pupils cannot read with comprehension
Learning can’t prosper in a broken society
Social ills, plus the effect of poverty, are reflected in our schools and require redress at many levels
Literacy must start at infancy
Parents and early childhood educators are as vital as foundation phase teachers
Tourists’ millions elude the poor locals’ nets
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.
Still on the back burner?
The government must clarify its adult education priorities, argues <b>Jackie Carroll</b>.