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Maternal education programmes could improve mothers' test scores: Study

Results showed an increase of 11 percentage points in mothers who could recognise one-digit numbers

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Shreya Shah | IndiaSpend
Literacy programmes for mothers can not only improve their own learning skills but also impact their children’s education, a recent study has found.
During the one-year study, conducted in 480 villages of Rajasthan and Bihar–states with the lowest female literacy levels in India–mothers with children between ages five and eight were exposed to three kinds of interventions: Home learning, participation programmes in their children’s education, and a combination of both.
The results showed an increase of 11 percentage points in mothers who could recognise one-digit numbers

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