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Improving Literacy

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GIVING BACK: One of the box libraries that the READ Educational Trust and Mercedes-Benz has been donating to rural schools with the Rally to Read initiative over the last 25 years. Picture: SUPPLIED
IMPROVING LITERACY

Local schools benefit from reading initiative

On Saturday, 4 March, 16 schools in the Buffalo City region received school supplies at the annual Rally to Read, an initiative sponsored by Mercedes-Benz and the READ Educational Trust. The chosen schools are located in the rural areas…

  • Faith Mtwana
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Educare centre owners and head teachers Olwethu Mlilwana and Vuyokazi Dondi, right, are dedicated to improving the literacy skills of the young children enrolled at the Kwamvelihle Day Care Centre in Scenery Park phase 3. Picture: TAMMY FRAY
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ECD workers improving literacy

The 2021 ECD census conducted by the departments of basic education and social development highlights that only 56% of Early Childhood Development centres have age- appropriate reading material. Even fewer have reading material in…

  • Tammy Fray