Darren Maule reads to KZN following sad StatsSA finding
The importance of reading is incomparable to any value in the world, so Darren used recent findings from StatsSA to do something quite extraordinary live on air.
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Darren Maule discovered some rather disturbing news recently which made him do something rather extraordinary.
After StatsSA released their 2018 General House Survey, nearly 47% of South African children were found to have never had a book read to them by a parent or guardian.
Nearly half of children have never read a book or drawn with a parent or guardian #StatsSA #GHS https://t.co/aiw7Ca59Qr pic.twitter.com/u9k9kydgMp
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) May 28, 2019
Shocking, right?
Darren opened the floor to the parents of KZN to find out if they read to their kids. Most parents said that they don't read to their kids because their kids are tired when it comes to bedtime. Others said that their parents weren't able to read and write in their days as a child, but that didn't stop them from learning.
Even a grade eight and nine educator commented on the stats.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nevertheless, Darren took some time out to read to KZN:
Story time with @thedarrenmaule
— East Coast Breakfast with Darren Maule (@ECRBreakfast) May 29, 2019
Part 1 #ECRBreakfast pic.twitter.com/IRc14QzON0
Story time with @thedarrenmaule
— East Coast Breakfast with Darren Maule (@ECRBreakfast) May 29, 2019
Part 2#ECRBreakfast pic.twitter.com/jUKFX3Xu9b
Do you read to your children? Let us know below.