Heard About Glasgow's Youth Literacy? It Makes for a Shocking Read ; Brought to Book As Pupils Fail to Hit Adequate Standards, It's Time to Join the Drive to ...

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SHOCKING statistics out recently have revealed just how poor the reading ability of a large proportion of Glasgow teenagers is today.

With almost a third of S2 pupils failing to attain appropriate reading standards at the age of 14, and only half of male pupils expected to reach the appropriate standards in writing, the Evening Times is today backing the Get Glasgow Reading campaign.

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Heard About Glasgow's Youth Literacy? It Makes for a Shocking Read ; Brought to Book As Pupils Fail to Hit Adequate Standards, It's Time to Join the Drive to ...

And we are calling on everyone to get involved. You could help by increasing the time you spend reading alone, and as a family. The drive is all about sharing stories with children and passing on the enjoyment and wonder involved in a cracking good read.

The aim is to combat the effects of a literacy and numeracy time- bomb that w...

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