The Great African Read
According to an article by help2read.org, 58% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa cannot read for meaning, while 29% are completely illiterate. This confirms research findings gathered by NEEDU in 2013, which show that of 1772 rural Grade 5 learners, 41% read so slowly that they were considered non-readers in English, while 11% could not read a single English word from the passage used to assess their reading fluency.
The Great African Read is a literacy initiative actively working to change and improve the aforementioned. This is done by primarily encouraging the culture of writing in our communities. We do so by hosting an annual literacy initiative that allow learners across South Africa to write and submit short stories to us, with the winning short stories then standing a chance to be published in our book series.
This writing competition was successfully launched in 2018. To date we have been able to identify and publish short stories that were submitted by learners across South Africa as part of THE GREAT AFRICAN read book series. These stories have not only encouraged South African learners to read and write but has also reminded learners that their voices matter and they should be shared with the rest of the world.
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