Mr Dreze and the three other economists he is working with plan to survey some 1,500 children in eight other states – Assam, Maharashtra, Odisha (formerly Orissa), Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. Volunteers will go door-to-door interviewing children between five and 14 years to assess their literacy rates compared to the 2011 census.
Covid-19: The Indian children who have forgotten how to read and write
