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This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces four papers published from October 16 to October 31 on various topics, including trade, COVID-19, education, and public spending.
How can it be ensured that capable and well-motivated young people, who do not see teaching as just another job, are attracted to this profession to enrich our education sector? It is well-known that teaching at present is the last choice as an occupation.
Pakistan’s Floods are Deepening its Learning Crisis
Children suffered the worst long-term consequences of the lockdowns. “The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update,” found that an alarming 70% of middle and lower-class 10-year-olds across the globe cannot read. There is no greater freedom than knowledge, and reading comprehension is essential to our modern-day existence. “Only the richer segments of the population—those
Ministers of finance and education from Western and Central Africa have called for urgent reforms in education for better access to quality education for young people across the region. The Ministers emphasised that advancing education reforms would require strong leadership, sound governance, better implementation, and more investments in high-impact interventions,…