Education transforms lives and breaks the cycle of poverty that traps children around the globe. Education for girls is essential — an educated mother will make sure her children go to and stay in school.
Yet, according to 2019 estimates, 53 percent of children in low- and middle-income countries leave primary school unable to read and understand a simple story; in sub-Saharan Africa, that figure rises to 87 percent.
That was before the coronavirus pandemic hit and turned an education crisis into a catastrophe that will have overwhelming short- and long-term consequences.
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