Can this once-in-a-generation event transform education systems? We’re in a global learning crisis that had worsened even before the pandemic. In 2015, 53 per cent of all children in low- and middle-income countries suffered from learning poverty, unable to understand a simple written text by age 10. In 2019, global learning poverty rose to 57 per cent. For 2022, experts project 70 per cent of all 10-year-old children can’t understand a simple written text. Learning Poverty Globally and by Region. (Source: The State of