Nearly six-out-of-ten children globally are estimated to be affected by learning poverty, meaning they are unable to read and understand a simple text by the age of ten. In low- and middle-income ...

The Foundational Learning Compact (FLC) is a World Bank multi-donor umbrella trust fund supporting early childhood, primary, and secondary education. It focuses on foundational learning—basic literacy ...

The Foundational Learning Action Tracker 2025 covers data for 124 low- and middle-income countries on ongoing government actions targeted at supporting foundational learning. This year’s update places ...

As India charts its path towards a Viksit Bharat by 2047, the foundation of this transformation lies in inclusive economic growth, and at the heart of inclusive growth is Foundational Literacy and ...

This report is part of the third cycle of the Spotlight Series, which focuses on the completion of basic education and foundational learning in Africa, with this edition dedicated to school leadership ...