Mamta Murthi, World Bank Vice President for Human Development said Without urgent action, this generation of students may never achieve their full capabilities and earnings potential, and countries will lose essential human capital to sustain long-term economic growth
COVID-related school closures risk pushing an additional 72 million primary school-aged children into learning poverty. This means that the children are unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10, according to two new World Bank reports released weekend.
The reports outline a new visio
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