The Weekend View

78% of Grade 4 learners in SA cannot read with understanding


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South Africa has ranked last among 50 countries in the 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, Pirls. This study gauges the reading standards of Grade four's and is done every five years. Professor Servaas van der Berg, National Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy at the University of Stellenbosch and spokesperson for the Basic Education department, Elijah Mhlanga speak to Elvis Presslin about this study and the impact on our children...
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