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Is English stopping children learning to read?

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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3 minutes