Greece - Learning Poverty Brief, 2022
All children should be able to read by age 10. Reading is a gateway for learning as the child progresses through school - and conversely, an inability to read constrains opportunities for further learning. Reading proficiency is also critical for f...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120307182210772/IDU038adc05e0584a0494b0b69308aeb5f968c0f http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37780 |
| Summary: | All children should be able to read
by age 10. Reading is a gateway for learning as the child
progresses through school - and conversely, an inability to
read constrains opportunities for further learning. Reading
proficiency is also critical for foundational learning in
other subjects. In low- and middle-income countries, more
than half the children cannot read and understand a simple
story by the end of primary school. This learning crisis
threatens countries’ efforts to build human capital and
achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs),
undermining sustainable growth and poverty reduction.
Tackling the learning crisis in the foreseeable future
requires rapid progress at a scale that has not been seen
yet. To galvanize action on this crisis, the authors
introduced the concept of learning poverty (LP), a measure
constructed jointly by the World Bank and the UNESCO
Institute for Statistics (UIS). |
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