South Africa is suffering from another regression at a time when we could really do with some positive news. This time, we are told that 81% of our Grade 4 pupils cannot read for meaning. How can this problem be solved in a meaningful way?
They also said that South Africa had lost a decade of progress because 87% of children could not read for meaning in 2006, but that number had come down to 82% in 2011 and declined further to 78% in 2016. It went back up to 81% in 2021.
The researchers found that most African language schools had declined in performance in 2021, highlighting that the Covid-19 pandemic had increased inequality between no-fee and fee-charging schools.But the pandemic is no longer a factor. We cannot use it as an excuse. Could it be public schools’ lack of resources including books and teachers? Or are we missing something else?
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