The Reading Pledge is a framework for schools to implement evidence-based literacy instruction and reduce the number of children who finish primary school unable to read at grade level and to support struggling readers in secondary school. The Pledge was developed by an Australia organisation, Five from Five . The Reading Pledge has been written for the Australian context. What impact do you think such as pledge would have in the Sri Lankan context if it were adopted at Provincial level or Zone or school? You can down load the Reading Pledge here. Of course such a pledge would apply also to mother-tongue literacy.