ECONOMYNEXT – 80 percent of children in Grade 3 and 8 in Sri Lanka show a lack in standardized mathematics and literacy skills, making them unemployable, UNICEF Sri Lanka Representative Emma Brigham has said. “That means they can’t go on to enter the workforce, and Sri Lanka simply isn’t able to compete with other countries that have really experienced graduates,” Brigham said on the latest episode of UNplugged, a series done by the United Nations Sri Lanka. “Unfortunately, the education sector not receiving the investment that it needs, so then the sector cannot keep up with all of the sort…
Standardized math, literacy skills low among Sri Lanka’s children: UN official
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