Nearly seven out of 10 children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are unable to understand a simple text by age 10, a report by the Global Coalition for Foundational Learning has said. The ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — More children have overweight in regions with high rates of single parenthood, low education levels, low income and high child poverty. The pandemic may also have reinforced this ...

Both girls and boys are facing a learning crisis. Learning Poverty (LP) measures the share of children who are not able to read proficiently at age 10. While girls are on average 4 percentage points ...

Reflections from a recent visit to Zambia, where UNICEF and partners are improving the lives of children through impactful ...

underscoring the importance of early childhood education in breaking the cycle of learning poverty. Under the FY 2025 General Appropriations Act, funds will be allocated for the construction, ...

More pupils are missing out on extracurricular activities and school trips as parents cannot afford them, it has been ...

School closures as a result of COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to the worsening of learning poverty and the learning crisis. At the core of the learning crisis, there is an instructional crisis.

In 2022, the World Bank reported that learning poverty in the Philippines is at 91%, indicating that about nine out of ten children aged 10 have difficulty reading simple text.

MANILA, Philippines — Higher government spending on basic education would unlikely result in bigger wages for Filipinos if not targeted at honing the specific skills demanded by the labor market ...

Oxfam, through the four-year, multi-country program Together Against Poverty Project -Phase II (TAP2), has implemented ... Throughout the project, Oxfam has undertaken continuous learning and ...

The meaning is that such children suffer from Leaning Poverty. Read Also: Plateau: Outrage grows over killings, Gov Mutfwang apologises The report is titled: Foundational learning: What it takes ...