Six in 10 children in low- to middle-income countries are unable to read a simple sentence or solve basic mathematics problems, alarmingly, two-thirds of these are currently in school.
The findings are contained in a new report by the People's Action for Learning (PAL) Network that measured learning outcomes among 89,870 children aged five to 16 years across 12 countries.
The results raise major concerns about the quality of education in many low- and middle-income countries, revealing that school attendance alone is not guaranteeing real learning.
The report shows that Kenya leads its East African peers in achieving minimum proficiency levels (MPL) in mathematics and reading, despite ongoing chall
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