Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, speaking to ITV Tonight, expressed pride in the progress of English education under Conservative governments. "English schools are now the best in the UK," Sunak said, adding, "English school children right now are the best readers in the western world." He said that these reforms have significantly benefited children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Over the last 14 years, I am proud of the progress that the Kizoda governments over
00:05those periods have made.
00:06What's better then?
00:07I mean, I'll take one example, is education.
00:11Because of the reforms that were implemented, English schools are now the best in the UK
00:18and they've risen in the international rankings by leaps and bounds.
00:21Leaps and bounds.
00:22And English school children right now are the best readers in the Western world.
00:26It should be a source of enormous pride for us.
00:29And that has done wonders for millions of kids.
00:30And what's particularly important is that those reforms have benefited children from
00:35the most disadvantaged backgrounds the most.