Murali, Geetha2023-08-312023-08-312023Murali, G. (2023). The future of education depends on ‘operationalising’ dignified learning. Commonwealth business communicationshttps://doi.org/10.60682/zq8q-s287ChapterWell into 2023, the state of basic education remains complex. World leaders, policymakers, educators, parents, and learners all feel the strain put on children’s education. Before the pandemic, we already had high learning poverty (i.e., children unable to read a simple text by age ten) with 57 percent in low- and middle-income countries. Now, some estimate an additional 72 million primary school-aged children have fallen into learning poverty, increasing the rate to 70 percent!enResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::EducationBook