Department 'hard at work' to ensure children can read with understanding: Despite a dismal performance in an international assessment on reading, the department of basic education says it is hard at work to ensure children are able to read with…
“This has ensured we are able to focus on a level within a school that is able to provide that in-classroom support for teachers.”
The department had also focused on skilling and upskilling department heads to be able to support teachers in schools. “We continue to interface with communities with parents through the learn to read campaign. We use that campaign to get South Africans to rally behind the department in ensuring that reading and literacy is not only a matter and issue of schools but communities at large come along on this journey.”through a better and expanded repertoire of instructional methods.
“This translates to 81% of grade 4 learners and 56% of grade 6 learners that are not reaching the low benchmark of 400 points.“Grade 6 learners, however, did score 384 points, with Afrikaans learners scoring an average of 456,” Chetty said.Girls outperformed boys, being almost a year and a half ahead of the boys.
He said a significant and substantial negative effect of school closures during Covid-19 was observed in pupils' reading achievement.“This effect is even more pronounced for socioeconomically disadvantaged learners who do not have sufficient home resources and are located in more rural provinces.”Early Learning
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