#PODCAST International Reading Literacy Study reveals that South Africa ranked LAST out of a total of 57 countries #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - Calls are being made for greater investment into the literacy sector as statistics show a decline in reading for meaning among pupils, especially in grade four. The "Progress in International Reading Literacy Study" revealed that SA ranked last out of 57 countries assessed from 2021 data. The study tested the reading ability of 400,000 students globally and showed that illiteracy among South African children rose from 78% in 2016 to 81%. Executive Director of the npo "FunDza", Lea-Anne Moses says technology may be the way forward. This after she recently completed a study looking at how tech can tackle the literacy problems...