40% global population doesn't have access to education in language they understand, according to UNESCO

According to UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) team, 40% of the world's population lacks access to education in a language they can comprehend or speak. Policy adoption is still low, even though nations are becoming more aware of the importance of home languages. According to the report, community resistance, a lack of resources in home languages, and teachers' limited ability to speak their native tongues are implementation hurdles.

In certain low- and middle-income nations, this percentage increases to 90%. In order to create educational systems that benefit all students, GEM authorities recommended that countries adopt multilingual education policies and practices, stating that over a quarter of a billion students are impacted.

The team published a study titled "Languages matter: Global guidance on multilingual education" and pointed out that classrooms with students from different linguistic backgrounds are becoming more prevalent as linguistic diversity becomes a worldwide reality due to increased migration. Education for more than 31 million displaced adolescents is hampered by language problems.