Reading Challenge increasing Literacy Rates

NT Government

6 March 2023

The Northern Territory Chief Minister is proud to launch the second Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge here in the NT.

Participants are challenged to read 12 books in 24 weeks, from 10 March to 25 August 2023.

The closing coincides with Book Week – 19-25 August 2023.

In 2022, 69 schools completed the challenge, with 4227 students reading 12 books in 24 weeks.

The theme this year is Soar into a Good Story with Squawky the Black Cockatoo.

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