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WATCH | Mission to ensure literacy in SA by 2030

Thursday 15 February 2024 - 08:43am
Sensitivity readers are fair game in children's fiction, argue some authors -- but adults have the option to put a book down if it offends them

Sensitivity readers are fair game in children's fiction, argue some authors -- but adults have the option to put a book down if it offends them. Getty Images via AFP/Brandon Bell

 

JOHANNESBURG - In six years time, all South African children should be able to read for meaning by age 10.

This is the aim of the 2030 Reading Panel.

READ: Basic Education Dept defends low literacy rates

It says more investment in basic education is needed to improve literacy levels.

For more on this, Sipumelele  Lucwaba, from the Reading Panel secretariat, spoke to eNCA.

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