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By Minda Marshall (Co-director Lectorsa)Lectorsa is a social impact business in education working to improve outcomes for students in their chosen career choices while helping them lead more productive and responsible lives.  The outcomes of our systems are measurable...

READING ENABLES GROWTH Education is synonym with development, growth and transformation. It unlocks our true potential and helps us to become teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, leaders and more. And at the core of it all is reading. Being able to read well enough to...

Parents as partners in reading preparation It is imperative to stress the role of the parents as primary educators. Various opportunities for further reading skills exist within the informal education situation of the child’s home. Parents must take an active role by...

Ouers as vennote in Leesgereedmaking Die rol van die ouers as primêre opvoeder kan nie genoeg beklemtoon word nie.  Binne die nie-formele onderrigsituasie van die kind se ouerhuis bestaan daar verskeie geleenthede om leesvaardigheid verder te ontwikkel. Ouers moet 'n...

Ons kan ons kinders help om beter te presteer “Wanneer ‘n kind sou kon leer om te lees, en nie geleer word nie, doen die kind groot skade op, en so ook die kind se gemeenskap," aldusregter Stephen Murphy. Ons is reeds in 2021, en elke dag wonder ek… word die...

JOIN THE MOVEMENT, ACTIVATE CHANGE Driving change, Lectorsa is part of a team taking on the global reading crisis with the launch of their #yesican Literacy Campaign. “Low literacy levels not only cause low education outcomes, but also contribute to inequality, poor...

Gr 12: let's ensure they succeed As the matric class of this year settle into their final year of school, it is our priority as educators and parents to ensure that they are prepared for a radically changing world. Working in the education field for over 30 years, I...

#YesWeCan South Africa’s education system has been labelled a catastrophic failure and identified as one of the major drives of inequality in the country by former president FW de Klerk. “The very poor educational outcomes of the great majority of South African...

Overcome the loss in learning due to COVID-19 A wise man once told the story of how he went on a joy ride with a boat off the South African coast. It was a beautiful day, but within a short time, a storm came up. He described how thankful he was that he had an...