Right to Read

A campaign to ensure every child in South Africa can read for meaning by age 10, through stronger teaching, clear standards, and community action.

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To the learners moving on to the next round: congratulations! We can’t wait to see how you change the story in your community.

#Literacy #RighttoRead #LiteracyMonth #Education #Spelling

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[Right to Read @RightToRead_]

September is International Literacy Month & this year marks 60 years of International Literacy Day. On 15 September, the R2R team celebrated it by joining African Spelling Bee & Gauteng Education Dept. @EducationGP1 at Everest Primary School in Newclare for a local spelling bee.

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We also unpacked the 4Ts underpinning the campaign, reminding everyone in the room that literacy builds people, strengthens communities and opens doors to a more prosperous future, and its starts with the support children receive from all of us.

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Our hope is that by the time the 61st anniversary of International Literacy Day comes about, the 81% of Foundation Phase children who cannot read for meaning, will have been reduced; and that the regulations to improve this will have been implemented.

#Literacy #RighttoRead

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Another year, another report on the worsening literacy crisis. 🧵

We continue the call to government for binding national literacy regulations for the Foundation Phase, centered on the 4 Ts: Texts, Time, Teacher Training & Testing. Read more our website: https://t.co/8CHBw0z0l4

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The R2R team speaks on how they were introduced to literature, and how foundational literacy being a part of one’s formative years, is a catalyst being able to participate fully and meaningfully, in education and society.

#Literacy #RighttoRead #readers

[Right to Read @RightToRead_]

On this International Literacy Day, we reaffirm our call for meaningful, enforceable action to ensure that every child has the opportunity to become a reader.

Literacy is a right. Reading is fundamental. It is time to make the right to read a reality.

#RightToRead #LiteracyDay

[Right to Read @RightToRead_]

Today, on International Literacy Day, we join the global community in recognising literacy as a fundamental human right and a foundation for the enjoyment of many other rights.

@SAHRCommission @SECTION27news @equal_education @equal_education @UPChildLaw

#RightToRead #Literacy

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That is why we are calling for binding national literacy regulations for the Foundation Phase, centred on the 4 Ts:

[Nal'ibali @nalibaliSA]

What book sparked your love of reading?

Ahead of International Literacy Day tomorrow, our co-founder, Mme Xolisa Guzula, takes us back to the books that sparked her love of reading and helped shape her journey.

The stories we encounter as children can stay with us for life. They can shape how we see ourselves, introduce us to new worlds and inspire us to dream bigger.

So, we want to know: What was the book that made you fall in love with reading? 👇🏾

#Nalibali #ItStartsWithAStory #InternationalLiteracyDay #LiteracyMonth #ReadForEnjoyment #LiteracyMatters

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to ensure that every child receives the support they need to become a reader.

We support the argument advanced in the article.

#Literacy #ConstitutionalRights #Constitution #RightToRead #R2R

[Right to Read @RightToRead_]

South Africa’s literacy crisis demands more than commitments. It requires meaningful & enforceable action.

In @dailymaverick today, Prof Faranaaz Veriava argues that literacy must be legally recognised and enforced as an immediate constitutional right.

https://t.co/Yk6tnZ0OT7

[Right to Read @RightToRead_]

As the Right to Read Campaign we believe that every child has the right to read. We are calling for binding national literacy regulations for the Foundation Phase, centred on the 4 Ts: Time, Training, Texts and Testing,

[Legal Resources Centre @LRCSouthAfrica]

While many more women have helped build and shape the LRC, this Women’s Day we honour Felicia Kentridge, Pinky Madlala, Durkje Gilfillan and Nomfundo Gobodo. Their work helped make the law more accessible and strengthened its power to protect people. #WomensDay

[Dep. Basic Education @DBE_SA]

The countdown continues!

Just 1 day to go until the Department of Basic Education, in partnership with the NECT and literacy partners, officially launches the National Literacy Promotion Toolkit Initiative.

Taking place from 14–16 July 2026 at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, the National Launch and Capacity Building Workshop will bring together education stakeholders from across the country under the theme, "From Plans to Implementation: Building a Reading Culture Together."

The official launch proceedings on Tuesday, 14 July 2026, will be livestreamed on the Department of Basic Education's YouTube channel.

Follow the livestream here: https://t.co/aAalYz8roz

#ReadToLead #AReadingNation #StrongFoundationsStrongFutures #LiteracyPromotion
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