The Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) latest endorsed report titled, "Effective Reading Instructions in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: What the Evidence Shows", says countries with higher literacy rates, experience stronger economic growth, reduced inequality, and improved public health outcomes. The report provides new insights and practical guidance for strengthening reading instruction in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs ). For more on this, one of the authors of the report, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane, Deputy Director in Research Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation at South Africa's Department of Basic Education joins us…