Swiss students need to brush up ABCs

Swissinfo

Children in Swiss schools have only average reading skills compared with those in other developed countries, according to a recent study administered by the Swiss Conference of Directors of Education. The study found that the reading abilities of 15-year-olds were average, compared with their counterparts elsewhere in Europe, with one in five Swiss teenagers able to understand only a simple text — and one third of them lacking even these limited skills.

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