Half of India’s Class 5 children will fail Class 2 test

Half of India’s Class 5 children will fail Class 2 test: "Every second child in Class 5 in India can’t read a Class 2 text. Less than one child in five can recognize numbers 11 to 99, and more than three out of five can’t solve simple division problems. Overall, after five years of schooling, close to 50 per cent of children are at a level lower than what is expected after two years in school, says India’s most authoritative annual report on the state of education in the country."