BenginguMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa ngokwakhe osanda kumemezela ukuthi “Ukufunda emazingeni aphansi cishe kuyisici esibaluleke kakhulu ekunqobeni ubumpofu, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye nokungalingani.”
Ngokombiko we-“Progress in International Reading Literacy Study”, u-78% wabafundi bebanga lesi-4 abakwazi ukufundela incazelo kunoma yiluphi ulimi. Lolu cwaningo, olwaqoshwa ngo-2016, luphinde lwaveza ukuthi amaphuzu okufunda awazange abe ngcono kusukela ngo-2011. Ikhono lokufunda kwaGrade 4 lithathwa njengelibalulekile: kusukela kwaBanga 1 kuya ku-3 ufunda ukufunda, futhi kusukela ku-4 kuya ku-12 ufunda ukuze ufunde. .
Ungoti wase-Unisa, uMnuz Nkidi Phatudi, uthe ezikoleni eziningi zasemalokishini nasezindaweni zasemakhaya othisha abazama ukwethula isiNgisi basesimweni esibucayi ngenxa yokungakwazi kwabo ukukhuluma kahle. Ngaleyo ndlela, imifantu yokufunda ikhula ibe imihosha.
“Ukubaluleka kokukwazi ukufunda nokubhala kudlulela ngalé kwekilasi, futhi kufanele kuhlomise izingane ngolwazi, amakhono kanye nokuzethemba ukuze zibambe iqhaza elibonakalayo emphakathini,” kusho umcwaningi u-Ursula Hoadley. “Amakhono amahle okufunda enza izingane zifunde okungaphezu kwalokho othisha bazo abangakunikeza, futhi kubenza bakwazi ukuzifundela ngokuzimela”.
Esifundweni esinikezwe ungoti wezemfundo uSolwazi Mary Metcalfe eKapa kulo nyaka, ubalule ukuthi zingama-29% kuphela izikole zamabanga aphansi ezimpofu kakhulu ezweni ezikwazi ukuthola imitapo yolwazi ezikoleni. Uqhube wathi iKwaZulu-Natal iyona ehlaselwe kakhulu nenkinga yokufunda, lapho abafundi abangu-45.4% kuphela abebenezincwadi zabo zokufunda.
I-Rally to Read: ukuthuthukisa imiphumela yokufunda nokubhala
I-Rally to Read yinhlangano engenzi nzuzo enomgomo owodwa engqondweni: ukuthuthukisa ukufunda nokubhala emazingeni aphansi, ezindaweni zasemakhaya ezikude eNingizimu Afrika yonkana. Iminyaka engu-21, kanye ne-READ Educational Trust, le nhlangano isebenze ngokuzikhandla kanye nabaxhasi bezinkampani nabazimele ukuletha izincwadi, izinsiza zokufundisa, amathoyizi okufundisa nezinye izinsiza ezidingeka kakhulu kulezi zikole. Isihloko esimangalisayo senziwe. Kuze kube manje, imali engaphezu kuka-R91-million isiqoqwe ukufundisa ezindaweni zasemakhaya. Zingaphezu kwe-1 000 izikole ezifinyelelwe ngalolu hlelo, futhi izithelo zemizamo ye-Rally to Read ziyabonakala ngesikhathi sokuvakasha okuphindaphindiwe kwaminyaka yonke ku-Rally ngayinye esikoleni esikhethiwe. Isikole ngasinye sinikezwa isikhathi seminyaka emithathu, futhi ngaphezu kwezinsiza ezinikelwe, othisha bayalulekwa ukuze bakhuthaze ukufunda nokubhala ngempumelelo.
Ukuza eKZN: I-Rally to Read 2019
I-Rally to Read ibheke ngabomvu ukubamba amarali KwaZulu-Natal kulo nyaka, ngezimpelasonto zomhla zingama-31 kuNcwaba/1 kuMandulo, nangomhla ziyi-14/15 kuMandulo. Simema abaxhasi ukuthi bayikhokhele phambili ngokuxhasa irali. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi wonke amanani axhasiwe adonswa intela; Izimali zoxhaso zihlanganisa ukuhamba nathi ohambweni olungasoze lwalibaleka oluya ezindaweni zasemakhaya KwaZulu-Natal ukuyohlangana nabafundi nothisha abampilo yabo inothiswe nge-Rally to Read.
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