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South Africa: Pandemic Had an Impact on Learning in Schools - Education Minister
SAnews.gov.za, 19 June 2023
Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga says learning losses – or losses in schooling hours – as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic seriously… Read more »
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South Africa: A Proposal to Upskill the 81 Percent of Grade 4 Children in South Africa Who Can't Read
Daily Maverick, 21 May 2023
We propose that the Treasury provides an additional conditional grant to enable provincial education departments to ensure that improving reading skills is adequately and equitably… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Government Has Consigned Countless SA Children to a Lifetime of Catch-Up and Struggle
Daily Maverick, 19 June 2023
To fully understand the neglect of our children by the ANC government, we need to consider that it is in fact driven by a particular kind of prejudice against children. Not benign… Read more »
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South Africa: Study Shows South African Children Have Lost a Decade of Reading Progress
GroundUp, 17 May 2023
International study confirms that eight out of ten grade 4 learners still can't read for meaning Read more »
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South Africa: New Reading Study Shows South African Grade 4 Pupils Perform Worst of All Participating Countries
Daily Maverick, 16 May 2023
The new Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study (Pirls) 2021 reading results show that South African kids perform the worst of all participating countries, with the… Read more »
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South Africa: International Study Shows Most Grade 4s in South Africa Cannot Read for Meaning
Daily Maverick, 16 May 2023
The results of the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study show that 81% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa are unable to read for meaning in any language. Education… Read more »