Aqilah Rahman More than half of the world’s 10-year-olds cannot read a simple text, and the situation is similarly dire when it comes to numeracy skills. Girls worldwide are lagging behind boys in maths, with boys up to 1.3 times more likely to have the foundational math skills by the time they reach Grade 4,
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