Boosting the reading habit
BASED on a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) report, Malaysia’s literacy rate stands at 94.64 per cent, which is very high according to the standard of measurement set by the Unesco Institute for Statistics.
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report published in 2016 stated that out of 85 per cent of Malaysians who read regularly, 77 per cent preferred newspapers, three per cent read magazines, three per cent read books and 1.6 per cent read comics.
There is a lot of room for improvement in trying to attain a literacy rate of 99 per cent by 2020 and enhance the quality of material read.
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The Internet has become the crux of students’ experiences in learning.
highlighted that in Malaysia, the mainstream readers are students perusing books for examinations rather than knowledge and pleasure.
The habit of reading in the country has deteriorated with the prevalence of digital devices, which the young find much easier to access compared to books.
University of Malaya, for instance, is improving access to reading materials at the tertiary institution. Acting chief librarian Mahbob Yusof said as technology and trends keep changing, reading methods and mediums have also evolved, moving away from printed books to electronic, digital, web and social media platforms which are extensively used by students to read, write as well as communicate.
“Online learning has been made simpler and fun with graphical content and multimedia which are interactive and animated with videos and sound effects.
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