International study confirms that eight out of 10 Grade 4 learners still can’t read for meaning…
An international literacy study has confirmed that 81% of South Africa’s grade 4 children could not read for meaning in any language in 2021, almost exactly the same proportion as in 2011. This means that a decade of slow progress in reading has been wiped out.
The child literacy rate observed by the Progress on International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) in 2011 was 82%. In 2016, the figure was 78%.
Learning losses associated with the Covid-19 pandemic are the main reason for the slide…
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