As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70% of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text, according to a new report “The State of Global Learning Poverty 2022 Update” published on June 23, 2022 by the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, UK government Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), USAID, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This rate was 57% before the pandemic, but now the learning crisis has deepened. This generation of students now risks losing $21 trillion in potential lifetime earnings in present value, or the equivalent of 17% of today’s global GDP, up from the $17 trillion estimated in 2021.
At this online seminar, Halsey Rogers, Lead Economist, Education Global Practice, and Joao Pedro Azevedo, Lead Economist, Education Global Practice, shared the main points of the report.
Date/Time:
8am-9am, Wednesday October 26, 2022 (Japan Standard Time)
Speakers:
Halsey Rogers
Lead Economist, Education Global Practice, World Bank
Joao Pedro Azevedo
Lead Economist, Education Global Practice, World Bank
Presentation material
The State of Global Learning Poverty 2022 Update (PDF)