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KwaZulu-Natal, however, has a better literacy story to tell: it starts with a low Grade 1 score but more than doubles it by ...

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The findings reveal only 30% of pupils in grades 1 to 3 are reading at grade level in their home languages. In some languages up to 25% of grade 3 pupils cannot read a single word.

South Africa’s literacy crisis is deepening, with the latest 2030 Reading Panel report highlighting that 80% of grade 3 pupils still cannot read for meaning. They cannot read in any language, as ...

The disquieting side effect of our increasingly detailed longitudinal studies of students is we keep finding warning signs of a future graduation derailment earlier and earlier in a child’s school ...

The 2030 Reading Panel has released their fifth report, which analyses data from the Department of Basic Education’s Funda Uphumelele National Survey.

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