State of Global Learning Poverty 2022

On 23^rd June, 2022, a report, titled ‘The State of Global Learning Poverty 2022’ was published by the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, UK government Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), USAID and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Major Findings: Even before COVID-19, the world was facing a learning crisis, with nearly 6 out of every 10 ten year-olds in low- and middle-income countries suffering from learning poverty.

• Prolonged school closures, poor mitigation effectiveness, and household-income shocks had the biggest impact on learning poverty in the global south.
• Latin America and the Caribbean, followed by the South Asia had the biggest impact on learning ....