Engaging teachers to improve local language literacy

by PrivateLabel | Sep 7, 2015 | Uncategorized

For optimal literacy and learning, young children should be taught in their mother tongue. At RASA2015 – the combined 9th Pan African Reading for All and the 10th Reading Association of South Africa conference – which took place in Cape Town last week, this...

Unlocking the benefits of multilingual education

by Oxford | Oct 28, 2014 | Dictionaries

One of the many basic human rights children across the African continent miss out on is the right to education in their mother tongue. This may not be as immediately shocking an image as children facing abuse or starvation, but in the long run the results are...

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