#PODCAST Education Department strongly urged to adopt "binding" regulations to improve SA's literacy levels #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - The Right to Read Campaign is calling on the Department of Basic Education to adopt binding regulations to improve literacy levels in school. This year it emerged that more than 80% of the country's grade 4 pupils could not read for meaning. This could have a dire impact on studies for the future. The campaign is currently creating awareness about the need for improved literacy levels. Co-lead of the campaign Cameron McConnachie explains that the department has several guidelines for improving literacy at schools- but it's not legally enforced...