A stakeholder’s workshop was held on May 4 2016 in Accra on Literacy, Reading and Numeracy on the theme: “The UN agenda for sustainable development-the role of literacy and reading in national development.” It was noted that "The youth of today are visualists, they like what they see than reading and this is drawing the country back,".

It was also noted that acquiring knowledge is very important since it puts information into people’s head for better understanding. During the workshop it was again noted that the love for reading is not inherited but rather inculcated and acquired and urged the public and school libraries to inculcate the habit into children during their early stages.

The workshop was aimed at helping stakeholders deliberate on the way forward to curb the situation.