The National Literacy Agency, within the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation, was established by Legal Notice 192/2014 with the remit of carrying out functions related to promoting and ensuring the delivery of the different aspects of the National Literacy Strategy for All in Malta and Gozo. The Agency seeks to promote and sustain lifelong and lifewide, high quality, literacy practices. It strives also to improve literacy outcomes, resulting in inclusive practices, higher educational qualifications, and better job prospects. To do this, the Agency:
- designs and delivers programmes that promote literacy skills and practices such as the Footballer’s Read and Write Programme, the Reading Ambassadors Programme and the Reading for Pleasure Programmes;
- supports children with literacy difficulties through the Klabb Naħla After School Literacy Programme, the Nwar Family Literacy Programme and the Reading Recovery Programme;
- supports the production and publication of literacy resources through the Bil-Ħila Tagħkom Scheme and the Bis-Sehem Tagħkom Scheme;
- provides access to and distributes literacy resources through the Aqra Kemm Tiflaħ/Enriching Classroom Libraries Programme, the Aqra d-Dar/Read at Home Programme and L-Għodda f’Idejk Scheme.
- has specialised units to support school libraries and to assist the development of literacy and language related policies i.e. the Literacy and Information Support Unit (LISU) and the Language in Education Policy Unit.
“To enrich the lives of people and communities by strengthening literacy skills and thus help reduce poverty, promote social inclusion, and foster personal well-being.”
Activities from National Literacy Agency
Aqra d-dar / Read at Home
National Literacy AgencyThe Aqra d-Dar/Read at Home scheme ensures that students aged 3 to 16 are provided with attractive and diverse b...
read moreNwar Family Literacy Programme
National Literacy AgencyNwar is an after-school, family literacy programme for primary school pupils who have not acquired the required basic lite...
read moreL-Għodda f’Idejk
National Literacy AgencyThe main aim of Għodda f’Idejk is to provide and distribute books and educational resources in Maltese and English to prim...
read moreSeħer l-Istejjer / The Magic of Stories
National Literacy AgencySeħer l-Istejjer / The Magic of Stories is a family literacy programme intended for children between 4 and 7, an...
read moreAqra Miegħi / Read with Me
National Literacy AgencyThe Aqra Miegħi / Read with Me early literacy programme is intended for children from 0 to 3 years and their par...
read moreBil-Qari u l-Kitba Niskorja / Footballers’ Read and Write Programme
National Literacy AgencyThe Bil-Qari u l-Kitba Niskorja / Footballers’ Read and Write Programme (FRWP) is a football and literacy progra...
read moreReading Recovery
National Literacy AgencyReading Recovery (RR) is an intervention programme designed to meet the needs of children who have the lowest achievement ...
read moreAmbaxxaturi tal-Qari / Reading Ambassadors
National Literacy AgencyThe Ambaxxaturi tal-Qari / Reading Ambassadors programme is a school based literacy initiative that promotes a p...
read moreCampaigns
Aqra fis-Sajf / Summer Reading Campaign
National Literacy AgencyDuring the summer period (July – September), the National Literacy Agency organises the Aqra fis-Sajf summer reading ...
read moreQaritona / Readathon
National Literacy AgencyThe National Literacy Agency in collaboration with The Malta Trust Foundation, organizes the National Readathon initiative...
read moreBrillantini tal-Qari / Reading Stars
National Literacy AgencyThe main aim is to reward outstanding students of all ages who love reading and who read in public spaces, such as in gard...
read moreSelected research
Language use in the curriculum with an emphasis on bilingual education in the teaching and learning of mathematics
Farrugia, M.T., Sammut Casha, M. Muscat, D. & Vella, L.A. (2022). A Bilingual Glossary of Mathematics Term. The Early and Primary Years. The National Literacy Agency: The Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation. The aim of this Glossary is to provide words and expressions that can be used as part of bilingual communication […]
Language use in the curriculum with an emphasis on bilingual education in the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Vella, L. A., Mifsud, C. & Muscat, D. (2020). A Report on Language Use in Mathematics Education in Malta. Internal Report, Ministry for Education, Malta. The report outlines the methods adopted, results and implications from two complementary studies on the use of language in Mathematics lessons in Malta. The aim of Study 1 was to […]
Language use in early childhood education
Vella, L. A. Mifsud C. & Muscat, D. (2019). Language use in Early Childhood Education Classrooms in Malta. A Report for the Ministry for Education and Employment, Malta. This report presents findings from a survey and case-studies carried out in Maltese Kindergarten classrooms . The main objective of this study was to examine the various […]