ASER 2024: How India’s focus on basic skills is improving learning outcomes
2 months ago

ASER 2024: How India’s focus on basic skills is improving learning outcomes

The Hindu  

The Annual Status of Education Report for 2024, shows a 7-10% jump in reading and arithmetic in the last two years between 2022 to 2024. ASER 2022 showed that after nearly two years of school closures, there was a massive drop in the already low learning levels in students across the country. The combination of FLN initiatives and Covid learning loss recovery initiatives meant that for the first time in the country, there was such a strong consistent attention to basic skills over two years. Need to stay focused It is extremely important to sustain a sharp focus on basic skills for at least the next ten years. To see a permanent transformation in the educational levels of our children, this singular focus on basic skills must continue without dilution for the next 10 years.

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ASER 2024 shows massive improvement in basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills in primary school children: Detailed report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ASER 2024 shows massive improvement in basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills in primary school children: Detailed report

Op India  

School education in rural India is witnessing a quiet but profound recovery from the Covid pandemic’s losses. States with more than a 10 percentage point increase in this proportion between 2022 and 2024 in government schools include Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, and Maharashtra,” the report states. Coming to the state-wise percentage of children aged 6-14 enrolled …

ASER 2024: Kerala Shows Reading Gains but Struggles with Arithmetic Skills
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2 months ago

ASER 2024: Kerala Shows Reading Gains but Struggles with Arithmetic Skills

The Hindu  

Students in Kerala continue to stumble on basic arithmetic skills, though they have made some gains in reading, according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2024, released recently. In Kerala, a State famed for its model of education, the percentage of Class III students who could read a Class II text was 46. Himachal Pradesh, the State’s twinning partner …

Only 50% Class 5 students can read Class 2 text, learning gap by Class 3: Report
2 months ago

Only 50% Class 5 students can read Class 2 text, learning gap by Class 3: Report

India Today  

A Class 5 student not being able to read a Class 2-level text is a reason to worry about India. The latest ASER report 2024 notes that 50 percent of Class 5 students are not able to read Class 2 text, whether they study in a government school or a private school. The ASER 2024 report notes that only 27 …

ASER 2024: key insights on India’s foundational learning crisis and the path forward
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ASER 2024: key insights on India’s foundational learning crisis and the path forward

The Hindu  

India’s education system has been under intense scrutiny in recent years, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Top performers: the beacon of progress Certain States have demonstrated remarkable progress in foundational learning, particularly in reading and arithmetic skills among primary school students. According to ASER 2024, over 73% of Class 5 students in government schools can read a …

ASER 2024: Elementary age group shows substantial improvement in basic arithmetic & reading skills since 2018
2 months ago

ASER 2024: Elementary age group shows substantial improvement in basic arithmetic & reading skills since 2018

Hindustan Times  

The basic arithmetic levels of children have shown an substantial improvement in both government and private schools in India, reaching the highest level in over a decade. ASER 2024: Children in the elementary age group have shown substantial improvement in basic arithmetic & reading skills since 2018, particularly in government schools. Furthermore, as per the report, government schools across most …

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: How NEP 2020 & NIPUN-BHARAT aim to tackle India’s learning crisis
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Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: How NEP 2020 & NIPUN-BHARAT aim to tackle India’s learning crisis

The Hindu  

Various governmental as well as non-governmental surveys have shown that we are facing a learning crisis at the foundational level. Mr. Das says, “Some are extremely happy just to see their child write his name, while some are disappointed that he can’t do coding.” But beyond these debatable expectations, FLN refers to basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills. Mr. Das …

The seven musical notes of education to solve the learning crisis
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The seven musical notes of education to solve the learning crisis

Hindustan Times  

“The 21st century will belong to India.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an address earlier this year and this statement has had a ripple effect through all spheres of development. NEP called out the critical role of early learning, and the ministry of education then launched India’s early learning mission--NIPUN Bharat in 2021. Over the past three years, NIPUN …

What skills India: How skilling in India is evolving, the transformative journey
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What skills India: How skilling in India is evolving, the transformative journey

Hindustan Times  

India, a burgeoning powerhouse of talent and innovation, stands at a crucial juncture in its educational and professional skilling journey. Skilling the school students- Early child education Early education recognition is essential as preschools lay the groundwork for future education by fostering children's emotional, intellectual, and physical growth, which shapes their adult selves. Early childhood education technology platforms are increasingly …

Smaller citizens: On the gaps in India’s education system
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Smaller citizens: On the gaps in India’s education system

The Hindu  

January 19, 2024 12:47 am | Updated 08:54 am IST The pandemic was difficult for India’s youngest citizens, the children, but the true import of its impact is coming to light now. In the Annual Status of Education Report, titled ‘ASER 2023: Beyond Basics’ and released on Wednesday, a survey by civil society organisation Pratham among rural students aged 14 …

Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence
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Investing right and early: How early years in school determines academic excellence

Firstpost  

As the world celebrates International Day of Literacy, India has as much to celebrate about as much to worry. Similarly, in India’s aspirational districts, for example, the probability of girls getting primary education is about 42 per cent lower than boys, and it remains so even when other variables, such as religion and caste, are controlled. Acknowledging its deep stratified …

ASER shows huge drop in learning levels in Karnataka
3 years, 6 months ago

ASER shows huge drop in learning levels in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Annual Status of Education Report, which was drawn up in March 2021 in only Karnataka this year, found a huge drop in learning levels in both reading and numeracy, especially for primary classes. In the 2021 survey, 66% of the class VIII students were able to read a standard II text, compared to 70% in 2018. The study noted …

Read India must come before Skill India
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Read India must come before Skill India

Firstpost  

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Forget India’s Ivy League. Teach your children well
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Forget India’s Ivy League. Teach your children well

Live Mint  

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Education reforms: Getting children into classrooms is no longer enough
6 years, 8 months ago

Education reforms: Getting children into classrooms is no longer enough

Hindustan Times  

To achieve its full potential, it is crucial that India enacts education reforms to enhance human capital. Likewise, a simple analysis found that halving the pupil-teacher ratio in Rajasthan is expensive compared to other approaches, costing ₹17,368 per student, generating benefits to learning outcomes that, in an optimistic scenario, are worth five-times the costs. A trial in Andhra Pradesh cost …

Beyond basics, a gender gap looms
7 years, 2 months ago

Beyond basics, a gender gap looms

Deccan Chronicle  

Post-independent India’s original sin was to neglect basic education and healthcare for the vast majority of its people. The ASER 2017: Beyond Basics report, released earlier this week in a packed hall in New Delhi’s India International Centre, focuses on an older age group who are between 14 to 18 years and have moved just beyond the elementary school age. …

Re-imagining education and skilling
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Re-imagining education and skilling

Live Mint  

At a recent roundtable on the future of employment in India, each participant was asked to bring an object that represented their outlook on the subject. Aligning India’s higher education and skilling efforts with the potential employment requirements of the future 3. Transforming secondary and higher education: Today, India produces lakhs of arts, science and commerce graduates every year, most …

EXCLUSIVE: Subramanian's education policy points at worrying dropout rates, skill levels
8 years, 9 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: Subramanian's education policy points at worrying dropout rates, skill levels

Firstpost  

The Committee for Evolution of New Education Policy constituted by Ministry of Human Resources and headed by TS Subramanian submitted its findings in a 217-page report on Wednesday. The new education policy by TSR Subramanian has found that while there is a significant rise in the enrollment in primary school education, there are high instances of students dropping out of …

Technology the way forward for Indian education
9 years, 3 months ago

Technology the way forward for Indian education

Hindustan Times  

India’s education system is in a crisis. Alongside low student learning levels such as these, India also faces a shortage of 1.4 million teachers — meaning many children face even more difficult access to quality instruction. Personalised learning using adaptive tools and allowing teachers to differentiate instruction to meet varying student interests is the best way to think of the …

Behind the differential reach of primary education
15 years, 3 months ago

Behind the differential reach of primary education

The Hindu  

Among other factors, class-related disadvantage and its correlates call for a variety of remedial measures Streamlining and simplifying curricular demands at the primary stage of education would worry some people who see ambitious attempts, even if not successful, as good ways to perform better. This is the way Europe and America have educated their children in primary schools when they …

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