First Nation School Board works to turn the page on low literacy rates in Ross River

First Nation School Board works to turn the page on low literacy rates in Ross River

At the beginning of the last school year, on average primary students in Ross River could read 46 words. By June, that number had jumped to 82 words, according to numbers from the First Nation School Board.

72% primary school leavers in NEast cant readUNICEF

From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) said 72 percent of primary school leavers in the three North East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe are still unable to read despite an increase in school enrollment. UNICEF Officer-in-Charge, Maiduguri Field Office, Mr Joseph Senesie disclosed this at a press conference in Maiduguri, []The post 72% primary school leavers in NEast cant read UNICEF appeared first on The…

First Nation School Board works to turn the page on low literacy rates in Ross River #NorthernCanada #NorthCanada #NWT #Canada

When nine-year-old Sterling Atkinson did his reading test this year at his school in Ross River he got 100 per cent — zero errors across all three of the books he was tested on. “He’s one of the best readers in his class,” said his teacher, Catalino Macaron.  At the beginning of the last school year, on average primary students in Ross River could read 46 words. By June, that number had jumped to 82 words, according to numbers from the First Nat…