According to reports by the World Bank 43% of children under the age of 5 that roughly accounts for 250 million children are under the risk of missing out on their potential development. According to that data only 20% of children in low income countries have the access to early childhood education as compared to the high income countries where the number goes up to 80%. This has nothing to do with the pandemic as before 53% of 10 year old children from middle income countries were not able to read a short paragraph. This is called 'learning poverty'. The number is likely to jump to 70%. Preschooling is very important and hence large investments must be made in the primary education of children specially in low income countries. Richer countries must help these countries by providing them both financial and moral assistance by helping them develop a plan that includes all the children and guarantees their basic education needs.
