Four in five grade 4s in South Africa can’t read for meaning
can read for meaning now than before the Covid pandemic, and most children entering grade 2 do not know the alphabet. But despite a literacy crisis, there is no national reading plan, no proper budget, no accurate reporting and no progress on implementing vital interventions.
The report estimates that the share of grade-4 children that cannot read for meaning has increased to at least 82% By the end of grade 2, more than 30% still don’t know all the letters of the alphabet. The report finds that these children are “perpetually behind and in ‘catch-up’ mode, although they never actually catch up”.‘Reading champions’
In the 2022 education budget vote, the budget specifically allocated for reading is R11-million to the Early Grade Reading Assessment. This targets 18 schools. The DBE only managed to reach nine schools.In the Western Cape, the provincial government has chosen Funda Wande, an education NGO, as a partner to roll out a province-wide reading for meaning programme in all Afrikaans and isiXhosa schools in the province.
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