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The learning curve

With the World Bank warning India about a potential 'learning crisis', the government is on a war footing to improve education.

Nearly 60 per cent of government built toilets are unusable because they lack water supply and drainage, says a 2015/16 report by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The situation in the education sector isn't much different. Poor student attendance, teacher absenteeism and inadequate infrastructure are just some of the problems plaguing the sector. A large number of children aged between 14 and 18 only possess grade two level reading skills and "lack

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