Personally, I have no vested interest in claiming which generation is the better educated but this article that includes the following paragraph is of interest:

"In a stark assessment of the success and failure of the 720-million-strong adult workforce across the wealthier economies, the economic thinktank warns that in England, adults aged 55 to 65 perform better than 16- to 24-year-olds at foundation levels of literacy and numeracy."

https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...ic-skills-oecd