IN less than two weeks, students will return to class for the new school year, and it is not an exaggeration to say that most students and parents are looking at it with a great deal of apprehension after nearly two years of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, a recent global study on education by the World Bank is only going to increase those worries.

The report, 'The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update,' was published by the World Bank at the end of June, but had not received much public attention until this week.