Diepsloot’s first digital library aims to close Covid-19 amplified literacy gap

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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated South Africa’s far-reaching literacy crisis, with children in the early grades missing up to 60% of the 2020 academic year because of school closures or rotational timetables. Learners from under-resourced areas are most at risk. A new, world-class digital library in Diepsloot, the first of its kind in the township, […]