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Reading Crisis

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It’s a startling statistic: nearly 80% of grade 4 children in SA can’t read. Our exclusive access to Department of Basic Education planning documents sheds new light on how government is failing children across the country.
16 May 2023 English South Africa News · News Commentary

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