Functional literacy links reading, writing, and numeracy to daily economic activity. About 32% of sub-Saharan Africa’s population remains illiterate as of 2025. Studies link basic skills to higher ...

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

These four classroom shifts can make academic risk-taking feel safer, clearer, and more worthwhile for middle school students ...

Playing linear number board games, those where players move pieces along a straight numbered path, can significantly ...

“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...

Schools across the country are being encouraged to sharpen learners’ thinking skills as South Africa joins others to mark ...

ActionSA says real matric pass rate is lower when counting pupils who started Grade ten but never reached matric. Other parties praise learners but warn about dropouts, weak maths results and ...

But now, new research shows that just a few minutes of board game play may have lasting benefits for the brain. The research ...

The decline in the number of South African learners taking and passing pure mathematics – as opposed to the more rudimentary ...

Researchers say this playful activity isn’t just entertaining; it helps kids build lasting skills in counting, recognizing ...

For years, games in Nigeria were seen almost entirely as entertainment--something parents tolerated at best and discouraged at worst. Today, that perception is slowly changing. Educators, NGOs, and ...