Impact Report
The books are very useful to our school reading project because they promote a reading culture in our learners. They mainly develop a lifelong reading habit – both for knowledge and pleasure. Furthermore, the books nurture fluent, confident and independent readers.
Some learners who used to produce poor scores in school based continuous assessment tests have improved. This improvement in performance can only be attributed to a variety of reading material from Books2Africa.
The majority of our students have developed a positive attitude towards learning. Almost all learners are now interested in writing exercises and compositions without being pushed because of the availability of books. The number of truants has come to zero as students are eager to learn through research. Furthermore, learners have shunned from the culture of making noise and loitering in the schoolyard because they will be busy reading. The number of students borrowing books has also improved. All these are testimonies of how the books have positively changed learners’ attitudes towards learning.
The teaching staff have developed a more positive attitude towards teaching. They can read books to improve knowledge in their respective teaching areas. Planning for lessons has been made easier than before. Even lesson delivery in the classroom has improved. Generally, the availability of the books is a blessing to the teachers.
A strong embedded reading culture has been instilled within classrooms and the wider school environment. Before the delivery of the consignment, it was a real challenge to promote the reading culture. Again some students are now fluent, confident and independent readers and they can transfer the skills across the curriculum. The bulk of the objectives shall be achieved since our Reading Project is at its early stages.