Literacy plan works as read

Font Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print Paige Taylor | May 01, 2008 A SIMPLE edict that Aboriginal children read and write for two hours every morning is finally reducing appalling levels of literacy in remote parts of Australia.
The literacy of children at Kiwirrkurra in the Gibson Desert, 700km west of Alice Springs, was so poor four years ago that only a handful had the reading and writing skills to attempt the West Australian Government's annual written literacy exam for all students in Years 3, 5 and 7. Of those who sat the test, not one met the national benchmarks.
In the remote township of 150 people, only 15 adults can read and write English.