£300,000 given to schools across Bailiwick of Guernsey to improve literacy
£300,000 has been given to schools across the Bailiwick of Guernsey to improve literacy.
The government money will pay for two specialist staff members to work with students as well as more books and more funding for the Dyslexia Day Centre.
The announcement comes after it was revealed that the number of children needing support with literacy across the Bailiwick has increased by almost 40% in four years.
The Committee for Education, Sport and Culture says it is now committed to provided the investment necessary to turn these results around.
One literacy specialist will work between what are currently La Mare de Carteret High School and Les Beaucamps High School during the transition period in which they will merge to become de Saumarez College.
The second literacy specialist will work between what are currently St Sampson's High School and The Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre during the transition period in which they will merge to become Victor Hugo College.
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