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Boone, Peter; Fazzio, Ila; Jandhyala, Kameshwari; Jayanty, Chitra; Jayanty, Gangadhar; Johnson, Simon; Ramachandrin, Vimala; Silva, Filipa; Zhan, Zhaoguo – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013
We conducted a survey covering 20% of villages with 200-1000 population in rural Guinea-Bissau. We interviewed household heads, care-givers of children, and their teachers and schools. We analysed results from 9,947 children, aged 7-17, tested for literacy and numeracy competency. Only 27% of children were able to add two single digits, and just…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Literacy, Numeracy