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[–] 18981364? ago 

Nearly 80% of South Africa’s 9- or 10-year-olds cannot read and understand sentences in any language

What about the other 20%? If the bar is either not reading a sentence in ANY language, and managing to read 1 sentence, where did the rest of them fall?

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[–] 18981366? ago 

I'd assume it means basic literacy at a 10 year old level.

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[–] 18981373? ago 

In what world does a kid go from understanding nothing, to understanding everything at 9/10 year old level. I'd bet of that 20%, probably >15% managed to read a single sentence.

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[–] 18981369? ago 

I'd assume it means basic literacy at a 10 year old level.

I should qualify that to say basic literacy at a 10 year old level, according to international standards. But I'd guess that only a fraction of that 20% truly meet these standards. The rest only passing the bare minimum.