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Literacy to take centre stage at road parade

Feb 16, 2011 News

Under the theme “Literacy in Flight via Information Communication Technology”, the Ministry of Education Mashramani Costume Band will be taking to the streets this year in large numbers, and of course, bright colours.
According to a release from the ministry, the band will be sounding the trumpets to all partners in education to get on board the literacy flight and the push to incorporate interactive communication technology in education delivery.
It was noted that in the area of literacy, the National Literacy Unit has been maintaining constant, focused programmes, to raise literacy standards at all levels of the education system and the work force.
Some 340 literacy educators are working both with in-school learners and out-of-school youths in education districts, throughout the country, to eliminate this problem from society.
Strong emphasis is also being placed on literacy and numeracy at all Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and to date, these programmes have recorded encouraging results.
Notably, the Prison Service has been working with the Literacy Unit to improve literacy among inmates, and so too, a number of the corporate private sector agencies, to provide literacy training for their workers.
The Ministry further disclosed that during the last July/August vacation, some 13,500 children, both at the primary and secondary levels, benefited from a remediation programme designed to correct their weaknesses in the areas of literacy and numeracy.
The Ministry’s competency-based approach to education is supported by critical assessments at Grades Two and Four at the primary level, and a Literacy Certification component has been added to the National Grade Four Assessment.
Education Minister Shaik Baksh said that the latter intervention will put teachers under more pressure to perform.
On that point, he renewed his call to teachers at every grade at the primary level to dedicate at least one extra hour every day after school to work with slower learners to improve their educational outcomes.
The minister said too that many teachers have responded to the call, but all have to come on board to address the weaknesses of pupils at the primary level to avoid a spill-over to secondary schools.
Baksh also emphasised that parents have a key role to play in this process and suggested that they present their children with books as gifts, read to them and teach them to read.
These simple measures, he said will make a significant difference in not only building their vocabulary but also strengthening the emotional bond they share as a family.

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