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Simply sign up to the Education myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Over the past three years, Florence Ravaonindrina has noticed a sharp improvement in basic maths skills among children ...

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Tamil Nadu has the highest number of students lacking basic numeracy skills. Tamil Nadu has the highest number of students lacking basic numeracy skills followed by Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, and ...

Tamil Nadu has the highest number of students who lack basic numeracy skills, followed by Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, and Gujarat, a study by the NCERT revealed. Furthermore, at least 37% students of ...