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The school enrolment in India is inching towards the target of universal coverage, but around half the children drop out of schools before completing grade five. Various studies have revealed that a large proportion of children in grades four and five cannot read with comprehension even a simple paragraph in their first language, or perform simple arithmetic operations with two digits. This is true for not only relatively backward states like UP and Bihar but also for the Southern States and Gujarat. Such children would revert to illiteracy within a couple of years of leaving schools. Therefore, around half of adult India could remain functionally illiterate even in 2025-2030 if the present trends continue. The founder, Prof. Pankaj Jain, got an opportunity to be a member of terminal review mission of Andhra Pradesh Primary education Project (APPEP), a British funded program to improve quality in Govt. schools in Andhra Pradesh, India, over the early 90s, as a member of Leeds Universi

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