Special Reading Initiatives

Besides the Ministry of Education’s National Children’s Reading Project, which aims to emphasize the importance of reading development and children’s literature; the Philanthropic Library, which provides books for group reading in schools; and the Bookstart program for children up to age 3 and all first grade students, teacher in-service training on reading instruction was held throughout the country after PIRLS 2006. Please refer to the following section on Use and Impact of PIRLS.