News and media coverage
Child literacy: we can change how the story ends
19 November 2025
The Funda Uphumelele National Survey shows how far we still have to go to make sure every 10-year-old can read for meaning. Graphic: Lisa Nelson
GroundUp: Right to Read campaign launches in Makhanda
24 October 2023
Civil society and teachers join forces to make early-grade literacy a national priority.
TimesLive: Government called to set laws to boost reading rate among pupils through campaign launch
31 August 2023
The Right to Read Campaign was launched on Wednesday to call on government to establish legislation for minimum obligations when it comes to improving and monitoring the literacy rate among school pupils.
eNCA - 81% of grade 4 learners can't read for meaning
31 August 2023
Noncedo Madubedube (Equal Education) discusses the Right to Read campaign on eNCA.
Right to Read on CapeTalk Afternoon Drive with John Maytham
01 June 2023
Sipumelele Lucwaba is the Secretary of the Right to Read and she joins John to bring the campaign's response to the PIRLS 2021.
Right to Read on SAfm Sunrise's Mediated Conversation
01 June 2023
Mediated Conversation: Yesterday came with confirmation that 81% of our children cannot read for meaning in any language by the time they get to grade four.
News24 Op-Ed: Some PIRLs of wisdom for the education minister - stop planning, start legislating
24 May 2023
The inability of 81% of our learners to read for meaning is an indicator of a system failing to provide all the inputs necessary to give children a reasonable opportunity to learn to read, argues Cameron McConnachie.
