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January 24, 2024

Learning to read in another language is tough: how Namibian teachers can help kids

Marta Ndakalako Alumbungu, Stellenbosch University and Nhlanhla Mpofu, Stellenbosch University

The teachers did not often adapt their practices to suit their specific cultural and linguistic contexts.

Illustration by Wiehan de Jager from the story by ‘I Like to Read,’ by Letta Machoga, originally from the African Storybook project. This story is now available on Storybooks Canada in 28 languages. (African Storybook)

January 19, 2020

Global Storybooks: From Arabic to Zulu, freely available digital tales in 50+ languages

Bonny Norton, University of British Columbia and Espen Stranger-Johannessen, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

A free, open-access repository of multilingual children’s stories is one response to the United Nations’ urgent call to promote equitable education on the International Day of Education, January 24.

Students like these only stand a chance with proper resource allocation. Wikimedia Commons

August 14, 2019

Ghana needs more efficient spending to fix gaps in education

Victor Osei Kwadwo, United Nations University

Achieving the sustainable development goals on education in Ghana requires efficient resource allocation, not necessarily more money.

Activists protest against South Africa’s proposed nuclear deal. EPA/Nic Bothma

July 27, 2017

The SDGs won’t be met without active citizens fortified with new knowledge

Shirley Walters, University of the Western Cape

Education should be for everyone not only those in formal education institutions. Popular education programmes presents an opportunity for people to learn how to contribute to a sustainable future.

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