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South Africa is facing a massive literacy crisis as the numbers below show:

• In Sub-Saharan Africa approximately 45 million children don’t attend school
• Illiteracy rates are high at an estimated 24% of people over 15 years old : close on five million South Africans are totally illiterate
• 54% of the South African population has not completed an adequate level of education
• According to international tests, almost 80% of South African pupils have not developed basic reading skills by the time they reach Grade 5
• Tests performed at Grade 6 in the Western Cape showed that only 5% of pupils in township schools were able to read at appropriate levels
• A child who leaves primary school unable to read is almost doomed to fail in secondary school and, as a result, will experience a life of limited opportunity

 

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