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Mr. Mathias Tulasi, Director General of Ghana Literacy Ambassadors, and Dr Stafania Forte of the Stafania Forte Education Foundation called on Ghanaians and Liberians to support the upcoming celebration of World Reading Aloud Day. for Wednesday February 3, 2021.
According to them, at least 793 million people around the world remain illiterate and something needs to be done to drastically reduce their numbers “especially in Ghanaian and Liberian schools where most of the students do not benefit from the classes offered in the school because they don’t understand English. which is the medium of instruction ”.
They made the call following the decision of Ghana’s Literacy Ambassadors and the Stafania Forte Education Foundation to mark World Reading Aloud Day in selected primary schools in both countries.
According to them, the culture of reading and the love of books have become everyone’s responsibility.
“The culture of reading and the love of books is something that we should all do our best to instill in young people from an early age, because becoming a lifelong reader is based on developing a very loving love. deep for reading at a tender age, ”they said.
They added that reading is a habit that can make an individual a better person since most children who read grow up to think adults.
They stressed that reading aloud to a child is one of the most important things parents, teachers and caregivers can do with children, stating that “not only does it create a strong language base, it introduces also vocabulary and can help develop curiosity and thinking among children ”.
World Reading Aloud Day is an annual global celebration founded by Pam Allyn that encourages children, parents and educators around the world to grab a book, find an audience, and read aloud to them.
It is a special day, where people from all over the world read together and share stories to defend literacy as a basic human right that belongs to all kinds of people.
They called on Ghanaians and Liberians to mark this day in a special way.
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