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World Service,2 mins

Is English stopping children learning to read?

The Inquiry

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The government has invested heavily in education in Pakistan but literacy rates remain stubbornly low. Nadia Naviwala, Wilson Center Global Fellow, explains how the custom of not teaching in a child's mother tongue could be to blame. (Pakistani students read books on the eve of World Teachers Day in Lahore. Credit: Rana Imran/Getty Images)

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