They would like more time for free reading. They don't want to be told what to read all the time. Reading is a very personal thing. Ms Nieuwenhuizen said there was a perception that real men didn't read. Mothers read to children.
Women are librarians.
What we're thrilled about is that there's a lot to work with. If you look at the statistics, nearly 80 per cent of kids are readers. If you get them going, they just need a nudge. They could then have an impact on the other 20 per cent who consider reading irrelevant. She said secondary schools needed to do more to build on the positive attitudes to reading developed in primary schools.