Charles Davis writes: “This One Says, secondary school pupils in Britain spend less time reading than almost any others in the world, according to a study published yesterday.
However, they do well in international literacy tests for 15-year-olds because they spend more time browsing
through magazines, e-mails and websites – and enjoy it more than reading books.
An international study of test results for 43 different countries by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development revealed only four countries in the world had a lower percentage of girls reading for two hours
a day or more. The UK figure was 3.5 per cent.
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