Listen "Prof Veronica Mckay - 03 March 2025"
Episode Synopsis
A 2025 report, released in Johannesburg, last week by the 2030 Reading Panel provides critical insights into the country’s progress in transforming early-grade reading.“Critical to protecting South Africa’s greatest asset, our young people” – the words of The Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, about this vital element of education reform.New panelist Prof Veronica Mckay - a literacy development leader who spearheaded the (car – reeh - goodeh) Kha Ri Gude Literacy Campaign that enabled 4.7 million adults to become literate and initiated the DBE Rainbow Workbook project, joins me now to explain the key findings in the report as well as the reading panel recommendations.
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