A study of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans of the brains of healthy children has revealed that poverty produces structural changes and worse assessments of academic achievement.

This study says there could be a link between childhood poverty and cognitive and academic performance. Could this be true? Considering what is currently happening in the north east of our dear country where poverty is rife; a region where their educational status is among the least in the country. If poverty breeds academic backwardness then the PMB led government has a lot on her table.....Those campaign promises should not be mere formalities . This could go a long way to nip insurgency in the bud. Now is the time....!

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