“I never knew there’s so much beauty and fun hidden inside a book,” said 44-year-old Salma Begum, who learned to read and write very recently.
“I had to blindly trust anyone who could read to let me know the contents of important documents. Now I’m self-sufficient in that regard, and use my own signature instead of thumb impressions,” added a delighted Salma.
This has been possible for a special programme going on at Pattashi Model Government Primary School Centre in Pirojpur’s Indurkani upazila.
People aged 15 to 45 years and
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34% of Bangladeshi third graders have reading skills, reports Unicef
Only 34 percent of third graders in Bangladesh have foundational reading skills, and only 18 percent have foundational numeracy skills, according to a new report of Unicef.
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are even worse off, the UN organisation said in its report released today