Special Reading Initiatives

The Department of Basic Education advocates the Drop All and Read initiative where schools are encouraged to set aside a specific time to engage in a reading activity at least once a week. Another example is the African Storybook Project that was developed by the South African Institute for Distance Education, which was undertaken to promote and expose African language authors to the community and give students to opportunity to read in an African language. The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa enables opportunities for literacy learning among and development for all children in multilingual settings. There are several other initiatives such as Project Literacy, Word Works, and Room to Read, which focus on enhancing reading literacy levels in the country.