Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in Kenya
Literacy is critical to achieving the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals but many countries have not achieved globally desirable literacy levels. In this paper I describe a collaborative strategy that the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) adopted to implement the A...
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Literacy is critical to achieving the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals but
many countries have not achieved globally desirable literacy levels. In this paper I describe a
collaborative strategy that the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) adopted
to implement the African Storybook (ASb) in sub-Saharan Africa in response to the shortage
of multilingual literacy resources. The paper focuses on Kenya, drawing on my experience as
the ASb Partner Development Coordinator and from ASb partner reports. One of the findings
is that nationwide literacy programmes may not meet specific literacy needs of children from
hard-to-reach communities. Other innovative and unique initiatives need to intervene through
a collaborative bottom-up approach. I conclude with some lessons learned, achievements and
challenges.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c5a58fdbf18c434aa3f26a864cfb15272025-01-20T08:56:27ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-10-0138110.36615/jcsa.v38i1.1547Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in KenyaDorcas Wepukhulu0South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) Literacy is critical to achieving the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals but many countries have not achieved globally desirable literacy levels. In this paper I describe a collaborative strategy that the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) adopted to implement the African Storybook (ASb) in sub-Saharan Africa in response to the shortage of multilingual literacy resources. The paper focuses on Kenya, drawing on my experience as the ASb Partner Development Coordinator and from ASb partner reports. One of the findings is that nationwide literacy programmes may not meet specific literacy needs of children from hard-to-reach communities. Other innovative and unique initiatives need to intervene through a collaborative bottom-up approach. I conclude with some lessons learned, achievements and challenges. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1547Kenyatechnology-supported developmentmultilingual children’s storybooksAfrican Storybook initiativeUnited Nations Sustainable Development GoalsSouth African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) |
| spellingShingle | Dorcas Wepukhulu Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in Kenya Communicare Kenya technology-supported development multilingual children’s storybooks African Storybook initiative United Nations Sustainable Development Goals South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) |
| title | Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in Kenya |
| title_full | Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in Kenya |
| title_short | Strategic collaboration for technology-supported development and use of multilingual children’s storybooks in Kenya |
| title_sort | strategic collaboration for technology supported development and use of multilingual children s storybooks in kenya |
| topic | Kenya technology-supported development multilingual children’s storybooks African Storybook initiative United Nations Sustainable Development Goals South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) |
| url | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1547 |
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