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1 Printed African Vernacular Literature before and round 1960 Information retrieval and other things.

2 Types: Products of the missionary presses

3 Bibles: Setswana (Robert Moffat, 1830-1857) Xhosa (John Appleyard and others, 1833-1859)

4 Books about the Bible, Theology, Catechism, for Children. etc I Ntyila-zwi (1905-1906) (Explainer of the Bible) Xhosa Broad topical index.

5 Books about the Bible, Theology, Catechism, for Children. etc

6 Devotional literature : Hymn books, etc

7 Devotional literature : Hymn books, etc. Swahili hymn book. Index of Swahili hymn names followed by English equivalents and an index of English names. (1922) Xhosa hymn book. Index to Xhosa first lines (1879) Xhosa hymn book. Listing by Xhosa name in front and Index to English names at the back. (1949)

8 Readers and School books

9 Literature ; Original and translations

10 Education and Literacy Effect on future indexes In marketing and production Effect on future indexes In marketing and production

11 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32397212

12 Literacy, Education and Language Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write Total population 93.3%, in 2013 (South Africa Survey 2014/15)

13 Literacy, Education and Language PIRLS 2011 offers a state-of-the-art assessment of reading comprehension that allows measurement of change since 2001, and includes a full complement of questionnaires to investigate the experiences young children have at home and school in learning to read. IEA International Association for the evaluation of education achievement PIRLS 2011 offers a state-of-the-art assessment of reading comprehension that allows measurement of change since 2001, and includes a full complement of questionnaires to investigate the experiences young children have at home and school in learning to read. IEA International Association for the evaluation of education achievement

14 Literacy in South Africa People aged 15 and over Literacy rate 1980 - 80% ; 2013 - 93% Numeracy rate 2013 - 90.3% Alphabet skills ? Race relations survey, 2014/15 Literacy rate 1980 - 80% ; 2013 - 93% Numeracy rate 2013 - 90.3% Alphabet skills ? Race relations survey, 2014/15

15 PIRLS 2011 Average Percent Correct in the Reading Purposes and Processes Grade 4s Australia 58 Botswana 36 Canada. 63 Colombia 37 England 64 South Africa 38 Average Percent Correct in the Reading Purposes and Processes Grade 4s Australia 58 Botswana 36 Canada. 63 Colombia 37 England 64 South Africa 38

16 PIRLS 2011 Overall %ages Reading skills measured were. Purposes (Literary and Informational) Processes (Retrieval, inferencing, interpreting and evaluating) http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/pirls2011/downloads/P11_IR_AppendixE.pdf Lynch School of Education Boston College. SOURCE: IEA’s Progress in International Reading Literacy Study – PIRLS 2011 Overall %ages Reading skills measured were. Purposes (Literary and Informational) Processes (Retrieval, inferencing, interpreting and evaluating) http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/pirls2011/downloads/P11_IR_AppendixE.pdf Lynch School of Education Boston College. SOURCE: IEA’s Progress in International Reading Literacy Study – PIRLS 2011

17 Education has improved Literacy (SA) 1980 80% 2012 93% (Unesco Figures) http://www.uis.unesco.org/DataCentre/Pages http://www.uis.unesco.org/DataCentre/Pages Out-of-school children (Sub Saharan Africa) 2003 37.1 Million 2012 29.6 Million Literacy (SA) 1980 80% 2012 93% (Unesco Figures) http://www.uis.unesco.org/DataCentre/Pages http://www.uis.unesco.org/DataCentre/Pages Out-of-school children (Sub Saharan Africa) 2003 37.1 Million 2012 29.6 Million

18 OECD education report (May 2015) 76 counties – Shows link between economic growth and education Best Singapore Lowest is Ghana 2 nd lowest SA Based on Science and Maths scores Predicator of wealth in future Report for World Education Forum conference 76 counties – Shows link between economic growth and education Best Singapore Lowest is Ghana 2 nd lowest SA Based on Science and Maths scores Predicator of wealth in future Report for World Education Forum conference

19 South African Languages SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES 2011 LanguageNumber of speakers*% of total Afrikaans6 855 08213.5% English4 892 6239.6% isiNdebele1 090 2232.1% isiXhosa8 154 25816% isiZulu11 587 37422.7% Sepedi4 618 5769.1% Sesotho3 849 5637.6% Setswana4 067 2488% Sign language234 6550.5% SiSwati1 297 0462.5% Tshivenda1 209 3882.4% Xitsonga2 277 1484.5% Other828 2581.6% TOTAL50 961 443**100%


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