Only quarter of third grade students are able to read ad understand short stories: A Report

Only quarter of third grade students are able to read ad understand short stories: A Report

According to a new report, only a quarter of third grade students are able to read and understand simple short stories or subtract a two-digit number from another in India. A report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said that Indian government’s own survey shows that children in India have low levels of learning. “Only one quarter of third grade students can read and understand a short story with a few simple sentences or subtract one two-digit number from another,” the report said. Fortunately, as the outlines of the crisis have become clearer, learning has started to get the attention it requires from inside and outside India. “From Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi to the Ministry of Human Resource Development to pioneering state governments in Delhi and Rajasthan that are instituting reforms, Indian leaders are putting learning outcomes on the agenda. The World Bankʼs 2018 World Development Report focused entirely on the issue of educational quality,” it said. The foundation also released the second annual Goalkeepers Data Report which said that 1 billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty but the rapid population growth in Africa puts the future progress at risk. If current trends continue, then the number of poor people in the world can again go on the rise.

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