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Global literacy gaps among youth reveal urgent need for measurable education action
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Global literacy gaps among youth reveal urgent need for measurable education action

Nearly half of the world's teenagers cannot read with comprehension. That is not a statistic; it is a generational failure of measurable education action. When a young person cannot parse a sentence, their capacity to engage with global challenges, ocean health, climate indicators, or any science, is fundamentally compromised. Understanding drives protection. Without foundational literacy, we lose the next generation of ocean stewards before they even see the shore.