WORD DOMINATION : The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), in collaboration with the National Reading Collaboration (NRC), is celebrating World Book Day today by organizing a series of reading dialogues from 23 April 2023 to 23 May 2023

WORD DOMINATION 

 

The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), in collaboration with the National Reading Collaboration (NRC), is celebrating World Book Day today by organizing a series of reading dialogues from 23 April 2023 to 23 May 2023.

 

GUEST:  GODWIN KHOSA - CEO The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)

 

• About the work of the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)?
• About the collaboration with the National Reading Collaboration (NRC), a series of reading dialogues?
• The  resources and guidelines that will be shared with parents and community stakeholders?
• Who can participate and Where to get more information? 

These dialogues will take place in four provinces: Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Eastern Cape, and Northern Cape. The primary objectives of these dialogues are to assist communities in improving their reading practices at home and to encourage reading for pleasure activities in primary schools. At the conclusion of each dialogue, resources and guidelines on reading will be shared with parents and community stakeholders.
 
World Book Day is an internationally recognised event organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote the importance of reading, publishing, and copyright. This year's celebration draws attention to the need for increased access to books and other reading materials worldwide.
 
As the world marks World Book Day, the NECT has made a greater call for parents to help bridge the gaps at home by encouraging reading at home and helping learners access as much of the publicly available reading resources as possible, more so resources available in their mother tongue.
 
Many children are still facing challenges when it comes to reading, particularly in terms of comprehension among Grade 4 learners, the need for a culture of reading cannot be overstated.
 
The NECT would like an opportunity to talk to you about the activities on World Book Day and reading programmes that they currently have in place to assist children with reading.