It is no secret that European pupils in vocational education lack reading skills and don’t experience reading pleasure. This has been proven by the provisional Pisa-results. As the 3 countries involved in iRead in VET participated in PISA, PISA will be used as a reference in this KA2. The lowering score on reading comprehension is a worldwide challenge. Taking this data POV (BE), HOWEST (BE), Kethna Vocational Education Centre (EE) and Conlan School (IRL) express their mutual concern and want to challenge these vocational readers by using the methodology of Close Reading in the development of a game based learning platform for reading. Reading in a fun and interactive way encourages students to read better and more through a game, developed by Play-it (BE). As a project leader POV will coordinate iRead