The Guardian – Kaamil Ahmed
“Of those 70 million 10-year-olds, 11.5 million of them could be unable to read as a direct result of the impact on education of the Covid pandemic. According to the anti-poverty One Campaign, which analysed the figures, the magnification of education inequalities due to Covid is shown by a rise of 17% in the numbers of children who will not learn to read at all, compared with the previous year.” (more)