Reading literacy assessment of learners in South Africa 2021, by province
The progress in international reading literacy study surveyed learners in grades four and six in 11 official languages across all nine provinces in South Africa. The Western Cape scored the highest in both grades in the language test, with a mean score of 460 in grade six and 363 in grade four. However, the North West province scored the lowest, with a a mean of 362 in grade six and 232 in grade four. Even though the Western Cape achieved the highest mean score out of all the provinces, this score is still significantly lower than the