World Bank For Commitment To Mitigate, Overcome Learning Poverty

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World Bank (WB) has termed the learning poverty rate of 75 percent in Pakistan a big crisis and recommended for political and financial commitment to mitigatte and overcome the challenge Learning poverty is defined as the percentage of 10-year-old children who cannot read and understand a simple story.

Pakistan is currently spending around $500 per student a year which is amongst the lowest and one of the reasons behind the fact that 75 percent of children in Pakistan have trouble in reading a story by age 10, said Jaime Saavedra, Global Director for Education, World Bank Group. He said Pakistan needed to invest more in education to improve the quality of education………………