Learning Poverty is identified as the leading cause for levels of Human Capital Formation across the world. Which of the following statements is/are correct about Learning Poverty?
1. It reflects the inability of 10 year old children to read and understand a simple text.
2. The Right to Education Act, 2009 will help reduce learning poverty in India.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
• Recently, the World Bank launched a new global target to halve Learning Poverty by 2030. Accordingly, the definition of Learning Poverty is the inability of 10 year olds to read and understand a simple text.
• The Right to Education Act, 2009 has increased the enrolments in schools, thereby reducing learning poverty in India.
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