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The world is engulfed in a ‘learning crisis’ — but it’s not too late to save students

Palestinian children sit inside a classroom on the first day of school at al-Shafi'i school in Gaza City September 4, 2011.

  • The United Nations has declared that the world is suffering from a “learning crisis.”
  • Although students are physically going to school, a quarter of a billion aren’t learning anything.
  • In a recent TED talk, Tunisian politician and education expert Amel Karboul offers ways to solve the crisis.

In 2014, the United Nations put the state of global education in bleak perspective: Some 250 million students weren’t learning anything in school, a report found, despite those kids having received several years of education.

These ineffective systems were leading to a reported waste of $129 billion.

amel karboulAlmost four years later, the read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com