Stellenbosch University associate professor Nic Spaull has warned that there will not be any progress following the recent release of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) which revealed that 81% of Grade 4 pupils in South Africa cannot read for meaning in any official languages. He pointed to no catch-up plan having been set up by the Department of Basic Education and stressed that political will was a critical factor needed to help turn the results around, noting that this approach had worked for Brazil.
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