70% of 10-Year-Olds now in Learning Poverty, Unable to Read and Understand a Simple Text
WASHINGTON, 23 June 2022 — As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 per cent of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text, according to a new report published today by the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF…