The executive secretary, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), Prof. Musa Garba–Maitafsir, says over 60 million adults in Nigeria lack basic literacy and ...

With 99.3% literacy rate, Himachal Pradesh has become the fourth literate state after Mizoram, Tripura and Goa. “At the time of Independence, the entire country was known as illiterate, and Himachal’s ...

Himachal Pradesh on Monday became the fourth fully literate state in India after Tripura, Mizoram, and Goa, under the Ullas (Understanding lifelong learning for all in society) scheme, a centrally ...

Some people dream of the life they could lead if they won the lottery; the cars they’d buy, the expensive workout classes they’d invest in, and all the cheeky Nandos they could ever imagine. But for ...

10:17, Tue, Aug 26, 2025 Updated: 10:43, Tue, Aug 26, 2025 Eight years ago, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott famously got her numbers in a twist. She said Labour could recruit 10,000 new police ...

Simply sign up to the Education myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The children of the Mzimba district of Malawi, whose parents grow tobacco, maize and beans under the shadow of the ...

Ahmedabad: In a state where the ability to calculate profits, negotiate margins, and bargain to the last rupee is second nature, one would expect its classrooms to brim with mathematical confidence.

Despite frequently touting his intelligence, Donald Trump continues to make wildly inaccurate claims at odds with basic maths, most recently insisting that prescription drug prices have been slashed ...

10:57, Thu, Jul 31, 2025 Updated: 10:57, Thu, Jul 31, 2025 Every dog owner knows their pets understand the odd word they say - but many have no idea how far their knowledge can actually take them.

Victorian students have achieved their strongest NAPLAN results ever, despite 300,000 students still struggling to use punctuation including commas and full stops. More than 1.3 million students ...

Education can be a confusing mess of acronyms so let's break it down for you. NAPLAN (National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy) is an annual test of literacy and numeracy sat by students in ...

One in three adults, 32 per cent, say they don't have enough basic maths knowledge to help a child with their homework - and their finances could be suffering as a result. As many as 27 per cent of ...