AN alliance of reading advocates has presented its provisional draft of the “Readers’ Agenda” amid the country’s lukewarm state of reading culture, as shown in the State of the Reading Nation (Sorna) for the second quarter of 2024, according to the National Book Development Board (NBDB).
Readers’ Agenda is a guidebook that will contain the National Alliance of Reading Advocates’ (NARA) concrete vision for readership in the Philippines based on its analysis of the Sorna.
NARA is composed of reading enthusiasts in the country, which the NBDB supports.
In laying out advocacy areas, NARA will be able to concretely grasp and measure its influence on reading communities and the reading culture.
The provisional draft of the Readers’ Agenda was presented during the recently held first NARA Milestone Meeting.
According to the NBDB, the alliance will work collaboratively on drafting and finalizing the NARA Readers’ Agenda, and expects to finish it in time for the grand launch on Nov. 16, 2024.
It said that once the Reader’s Agenda is fully ratified, NARA will then support activities and interventions in line with its contents, and shall form the basis of the NBDB’s readership interventions for the upcoming year, both as an individual readership advocacy agency and as the NARA secretariat.
The second quarter of Sorna highlighted three key points, namely: the importance of community engagement and support networks, teacher training and professional development, and the issue of access to resources and materials.
It also noted that efforts to boost reading should now extend to the farthest and underserved areas of the country to boost readership and spark a love for reading.
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