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Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Mother tongue based bilingual education is gaining attention in South Africa as a vital tool to improve literacy and bridge the educational inequality gap. Research shows that children learning in their home language are far more likely to become literate yet most African language speakers fall behind due to second language instruction.
Join the engaging conversation with Karen Simpson, MD at Oxford University Press South Africa and Morné Scholtz, Manager of Social Programmes and ESG at AVBOB, as they explore how the AVBOB Road to Literacy Campaign is making a difference by providing books and teacher training in all 11 official languages.
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