Erfan Ed

World Bank reports an unprecedented increase in Learning poverty.

One of COVID-19’s devastating impacts on the poor and vulnerable can be witnessed in the field of education. It dealt a severe blow to the lives of young children, students, and youth and further exacerbated inequalities in education. Due to prolonged school closures and poor learning outcomes, recent World Bank estimates document that increases in learning poverty – the share of 10-year-olds who cannot read a basic text – could reach 70 percent in low- and middle-income countries.

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/12/20/year-2021-in-review-the-inequality-pandemic?cid=ECR_LI_worldbank_EN_EXT