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Report: Most Standard Two pupils can't read

Most Standard Two pupils in Kenya cannot perform simple reading or mathematics tasks, the latest World Bank report shows.

At least 60 per cent of all Standard Two pupils in Kenya cannot tackle simple subtraction sums, same as Iraq, according to the report titled World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realise Education’s Promise. 

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