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GROUNDUP: Foundation Phase textbook delays threaten SA’s literacy push
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South Africa’s Foundation Phase textbook rollout remains frozen over procurement concerns, leaving schools facing the prospect of relying on a 15-year-old catalogue despite the country’s urgent literacy crisis. The delay could widen existing inequalities and undermine efforts to introduce research-based materials, particularly in schools already struggling with shortages.
- South Africa’s Foundation Phase textbook rollout remains frozen over procurement concerns, leaving schools facing the prospect of relying on a 15-year-old catalogue despite the country’s urgent literacy crisis. The delay could widen existing inequalities and undermine efforts ...
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- Left: South Africa’s Foundation Phase textbook rollout remains frozen over procurement concerns, leaving schools facing the prospect of relying on a 15-year-old catalogue despite the country’s urgent literacy crisis. The delay could widen existing inequalities and undermine efforts to introduce research-based materials, particularly in schools already struggling with shortages.
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