Rationale
Reading is an active process of constructing meaning from text. Sound mastery of which consistently remain the only sure means of attaining and sustaining scholarship is inhibited in very many ways. These inhibitions are not only obstacles to effective reading comprehension, but to the entire process of teaching and learning. Diagnosis of reading problems that encompass the targeted endeavour to ascertain areas of reading deficiency in students. It discusses dyslexia, its manifestations and describes tests that can be employed by teachers to diagnose their students reading problems.