Writing can right the wrong of illiteracy

With more technology integration in schools, is handwriting| really necessary in this age of digitisation? The answer is: yes.

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According to research, handwriting should remain a key component in fostering cognitive development and improving literacy outcomes, especially given literacy concerns in South Africa, where too many children struggle to read for meaning.

Lillian Henderson, marketing director for Southern and East Africa at BIC, known for its stationary brand, said the brain is like a supercomputer.

"Every time you write by hand, you're firing up all its circuits.

A recent developmental neuroscience study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology showed when children write by hand, they engage multiple areas of their brain.