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The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) [1] is a multilingual, early literacy research and development organisation, affiliated with the University of Cape Town. PRAESA's work in literacy approaches, curricula, training, materials development and research has meaning making, stories and imagination as its ...
African Storybook.Founded in 2013, it publishes illustrated children's stories in English, and over 40 African languages. [3]Book Dash. Founded in 2014, it creates free print, and mobile-ready African storybooks for young children, published under a Creative Commons licence.
The Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy (MILL), formerly known as the Molteno Project, is a charity organisation that funds literacy programmes and research across Africa, from its headquarters in Johannesburg. [1] It was established in 1974, funded by the Molteno Brothers Trust from which it derives its name.
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Among sub-Saharan African countries, South Africa has one of the highest literacy rates. [3] According to The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency as of 2019, 95% of the population aged from 15 and over can read and write in South Africa were respectively literate. [3] [4]
In a longitudinal study over two years, 243 children between the ages of 3 and 5.5 were tested to see if there was a concurrent association between narrative, emergent and early literacy skills. [18] These tests included: narrative skills, receptive and expressive language skills, letter knowledge, concepts of print, early word reading ...
The themes for celebrations and activities over the years are as follows: 2007 and 2008. The theme was “Literacy and Health”, with prizes awarded to organizations at the forefront of health education. [11] This was also the thematic emphasis of the 2007–2008 United Nations Literacy Decade biennium. [12]
The roots of family literacy as an educational method come from the belief that “the parent is the child’s first teacher.” [1] Studies have demonstrated that adults who have a higher level of education tend to not only become productive citizens with enhanced social and economic capacity in society, [2] but their children are more likely to be successful in school. [3]