CURRENT ISSUES IN

CURRICULUM
IMPLEMENTATION

Literacy

Unity

Access

Equity

Multilinguali
sm

Technologic
al
Innovation

Special
Needs

Literacy
Ability to read and write
Concept of literacy :
1) include media text
2) include electronic text
3) alphabetic and number systems
Abilities vary in different social and
cultural contexts according to;
1) need
2) demand
3) education

 Reading development includes;

i) phonology
ii) orthography
iii) semantics
iv) grammar or syntax
v) morphology

 If skills acquired, pupils can attain full

language literacy, which includes
abilities to ;
i) approach printed material with
critical analysis
ii) inference and synthesis
iii) write with accuracy and coherence
iv) use information from text as basis
for informed decisions and creative
thoughts