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International Literacy Day | Using debates to improve literacy

Sunday 08 September 2024 - 16:11pm
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 - The Mpumalanga province has won the 2024 Youth-4-Safer-SA Debate Championship.

The competition saw eight provinces go head-to-head, raising points and arguments on a provided topic.

READ: International Literacy Day | South Africa's literacy crisis

The topic was "The Government of National Unity: Re-imagining the Future of South Africa,"

With only 22 percent of South African 10-year-olds able to read for meaning, we ask if such initiatives can assist in promoting literacy in schools.

The Safer South Africa Foundation, Riah Phiyega discussed this with eNCA. 

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