Early Childhood Development (ECD) was put in the spotlight in a big way at the Western Cape G20 Provincial Education Indaba, where Basic Education (DBE) Minister Siviwe Gwarube and Western Cape ...

Foundational learning, which includes basic literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional skills, is the foundation for a life of learning. They also foster social and emotional growth, cognitive ...

Economic Survey 2025-26 shows education has achieved scale but weak early learning, secondary dropouts, skill mismatches and ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says efforts are underway to improve early-grade reading and numeracy, warning that thousands of children leave the Foundation Phase without basic literacy and math skills.

Why foundational skills and frontier science must grow together to close India’s learning gaps. India has made remarkable ...

Nearly six-out-of-ten children globally are estimated to be affected by learning poverty, meaning they are unable to read and understand a simple text by the age of ten. In low- and middle-income ...

This article is part of the collection: Equitable Access to Education: Global Efforts to Close the Gap. A solid early education serves as a cornerstone for a child's future. It shapes their physical, ...

Built from the ground up on the Science of Reading, Foundations A-Z delivers explicit, systematic, cumulative instruction that empowers educators to confidently teach all K-5 foundational reading ...