Mumsnet: Literacy problem cannot be ignored
Schools may be tempted to invest in more key stage 2 books after a prominent website said action to improve child literacy needs to be taken.
According to Mumsnet, people cannot shrug their shoulders and accept the fact many youngsters are leaving mainstream education with little or no reading capabilities.
Speaking to the Evening Standard, co-founder and chief executive Justine Roberts warned that this could have a huge impact on their long-term prospects.
"We'd be condemning them to the scrapheap before they even reach adulthood," she commented.
Ms Roberts added that literacy is the "key to opportunity" for young people in the UK.
Mumsnet is currently backing the Evening Standard's Get London Reading initiative, an effort to improve the literacy skills of youngsters in the UK capital.
The campaign has already been backed by various well-known names, including comedienne Dawn French, impresario Louis Walsh, broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and Labour leader Ed Miliband.
