SA has a LiteracyCrisis: 60% of children can't recite the alphabet by the end of Gr 1. But we also don't have a national reading plan or budget. 2030ReadingPanel ReadingPanel
Fewer primary school children can read for meaning now than before the Covid pandemic, and most children entering grade two do not know the alphabet.
Extrapolating from Western Cape data, the report estimates that the share of grade 4 children that cannot read for meaning has increased to at least 82%, from 78% recorded in 2016. The most visible national reading programme is the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative Educator Assistant Program. In 2023, nearly 30,000 Educator Assistants are to be “Reading Champions” focused on improving reading for foundation phase learners.
In Gauteng, the provincial Department of Education is working with WordWorks, also an education NGO, to implement a grade R program in all schools. The three-year R107-million budget is 80% funded by a consortium of donors, with the remaining 20% coming from the provincial budget.Department of Education recently launched its Reading Strategy & Campaign 2022 – 2030, it has not provided any budget for these programs.
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