ASER flags Bihar schools’ worrying learning outcome, dip since 2018
2 years, 2 months ago

ASER flags Bihar schools’ worrying learning outcome, dip since 2018

Hindustan Times  

PATNA: Bihar seems to have dipped or stagnated in the last four years, which includes the huge Covid disruption, in terms of learning outcome, which continues to be low. As many as 24 districts in Bihar have shown a reduction in reading ability among class 3-5 students when compared between 2018 and 2022, the ASER report stated. In Buxar, according to ASER, there has been a huge dip in the reading ability of students in class 3-5 group who could at least read class 2 text from 43.4% to 26.1%, though it witnessed a slight increase from 59.9 % to 62.9% in class 6-8 category for the same. In Patna, while there has been an increase in reading ability in class 3-5 age group, but there is a dip from 71.9% to 66.9% in reading ability among students of class 6-8. As many as 24 districts have shown a reduction in reading ability among class 3-5 students when compared between 2018 and 2022.

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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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1 month, 4 weeks 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
1 month, 4 weeks 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 report 2024: How rural India fared in school education
2 months ago

ASER report 2024: How rural India fared in school education

Hindustan Times  

School education has either recovered from the pandemic’s losses or is on its way to doing so. While part of the recovery can be attributed to students going back to school regularly after missing classes during the pandemic, part can also be attributed to the New Education Policy’s focus on improving foundational skills or what ASER tracks as learning outcomes. …

6 to 14 age group: Haryana govt schools score over private in learning gains in last 2 yrs, says report
2 months ago

6 to 14 age group: Haryana govt schools score over private in learning gains in last 2 yrs, says report

Hindustan Times  

Students in the age group of 6 to 14 in Haryana’s government schools have higher learning gains than those studying in private schools in the last two years as they have improved in basic reading and arithmetic, the Annual Status of Education Report released by the Pratham Foundation said on Tuesday. The ASER report reveals that 53.9% of children enrolled …

Learning in govt schools back to pre-Covid levels
2 months ago

Learning in govt schools back to pre-Covid levels

Hindustan Times  

The long shadow cast by the Covid-19 pandemic on educational outcomes may have lifted according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2024 report released Tuesday, with the hand of a government scheme to improve foundational learning and numeracy being clearly visible. Representative photo According to the report, released by the Pratham Foundation, reading levels among government school students in …

Tamil Nadu has made significant recovery in reading and arithmetic, says ASER study
2 months ago

Tamil Nadu has made significant recovery in reading and arithmetic, says ASER study

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu has made a significant recovery in reading and arithmetic when compared to where it was in 2022, according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2024, released on Tuesday. While 4.8% of Class III children from government and private schools could read a Class II-level text in 2022, the figure had increased to 12% in 2024. At the …

ASER Report: Bihar joins national trend to show improvement, but still long way to go
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ASER Report: Bihar joins national trend to show improvement, but still long way to go

Hindustan Times  

Like other states, Bihar has also witnessed improvement in the learning outcome, but the pace of progress is slower, says the Annual Status of Education Report – 2024, which was released on Tuesday. ASER Report: Bihar joins national trend to show improvement, yet long way to go The reading level of Class 5 students in government schools improved to 44.8% …

ASER 2024: Government School Enrolment Drops to 66.8%
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ASER 2024: Government School Enrolment Drops to 66.8%

The Hindu  

After a prolonged decline due to learning losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has now been a modest recovery in foundational literacy and numeracy among school students, according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2024, released on Tuesday. However, the majority of children in Classes 3 and 5 are still unable to read a Class 2 level text in …

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 …

ASER 2023 exposes chinks in Odisha govt's education system
1 year, 2 months ago

ASER 2023 exposes chinks in Odisha govt's education system

Deccan Chronicle  

JAN. 19: The recently-published Annual Status of Education Report 2023 has exposed the feebleness in Odisha’s government’s education system. The ASER brought to light that around 64 per cent of students in the 14 to 18 years age group in Sambalpur district don’t know the division. Only 55.5 per cent students in the age group are able to read the …

ASER Report: 42.7% of Teens in India Struggle to Read English Sentences
1 year, 2 months ago

ASER Report: 42.7% of Teens in India Struggle to Read English Sentences

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A quarter of teenagers in the age band of 14 to 18 years can’t read a Class 2-level text fluently in their regional languages, and a substantial 42.7 per cent cannot even read sentences in English, reveals the latest edition of the Annual Status of Education Report released on Wednesday. The report painted a grim picture outlining that …

Data | Post-COVID-19, reading ability of Indian school students waned more than their mathematics skills
2 years, 1 month ago

Data | Post-COVID-19, reading ability of Indian school students waned more than their mathematics skills

The Hindu  

The Data Point published on January 23 showed that the math skills of rural schoolchildren in the southern and western States were impacted most due to COVID-19. Across India, the share of Class VIII students who could read Standard II-level text decreased by 3.5% points in 2022 compared to 2018, whereas those who could solve division problems in fact increased …

‘F for fail’: Mallikarjun Kharge shares report card on education for Modi govt
2 years, 2 months ago

‘F for fail’: Mallikarjun Kharge shares report card on education for Modi govt

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday gave a review on the performance of the Narendra Modi-led central government in education sector. Referring to the recent Annual Status of Education Report, the Congress president gave an ‘F’ for decline in the number of students who are able to read textbooks. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge gave an ‘F’ to the Modi government …

ASER 2022 finds sharp drop in children’s reading ability
2 years, 2 months ago

ASER 2022 finds sharp drop in children’s reading ability

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The basic ability of young children to read text dropped to the lowest level since 2012, and for them to complete arithmetic problems to levels last seen in 2014, the latest Annual State of Education Report has found, detailing for the first time how the Covid-19 pandemic affected learning among schoolchildren. “Nationally, children’s basic reading ability has dropped …

How covid hit basic reading and maths skills
2 years, 2 months ago

How covid hit basic reading and maths skills

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Lengthy school closures due to the pandemic have undone years of gradual gains in learning levels among India’s school-age students, with a major education report released on Wednesday reporting elementary reading and maths skills comparable to pre-2012 levels. Nearly 43% of class V students tested by education non-profit Pratham Education Foundation could read a class II level text …

Enrolment in Karnataka schools improves, but learning level drops: ASER 2022
2 years, 2 months ago

Enrolment in Karnataka schools improves, but learning level drops: ASER 2022

The Hindu  

At a time when the enrolment in schools has improved, the reading level of students has further dropped in the State, according to the Annual Status of Education Reports 2022. Drop in reading level The report states that the percentage of children in class 3 in government and private schools, who can read class 2 level, dropped from 19.3% in …

Covid-19 pandemic causes 'learning loss' in Chhattisgarh school kids: ASER report
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic causes 'learning loss' in Chhattisgarh school kids: ASER report

India Today  

The Annual Annual Status of Education Report 2021 for Chhattisgarh has found that the percentage of students unable to recognise even alphabet letters in beginner-level classes has doubled in 2021 as compared to 2018. Lowest foundational reading level in a decade The report read, "The proportion of children at beginner-level in classes II, III and VI has roughly doubled in …

Suman Bhattacharjea | Worrisome trends over kids' education, future
3 years, 4 months ago

Suman Bhattacharjea | Worrisome trends over kids' education, future

Deccan Chronicle  

There has been extensive discussion in India about how best to address the likely impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children’s enrolment and learning due to the 18 months of school closures. Among 5-8-year-olds, the proportion of children not currently enrolled is 7.2 per cent, which is much higher than the corresponding proportion among older children. ASER 2021 data shows …

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 …

50% Class 5 students cannot read text of Class 2 level: 10 highlights from the ASER Education Report 2018
6 years, 2 months ago

50% Class 5 students cannot read text of Class 2 level: 10 highlights from the ASER Education Report 2018

India Today  

The education quality in government schools across India is in dire state as the ASER Education Report published on Tuesday noted that about 50% students from class 5 and 25% students from class 8 cannot read a simple text which has a difficulty of class 2 level. Check out last year's ASER Education here: ASER education report shows 14 to …

Two years of AAP: Govt push puts schools back on learning curve
8 years, 1 month ago

Two years of AAP: Govt push puts schools back on learning curve

Hindustan Times  

In their second year in power, AAP government in Delhi focused on the reading ability of students. The government found out that 3.5 lakh students in class 6-8 could not read and launched a campaign to ensure they gained basic reading abilities.The two-month long campaign ended on November 14 last year with the government claiming that 1 lakh students between …

25 per cent of Class 8 students can't read: ASER
8 years, 2 months ago

25 per cent of Class 8 students can't read: ASER

India Today  

In order to learn about the education status across the nation, many NGOs have been conducting surveys round the year under government guidelines. Merits of the report: As per the ASER reports, out of the total number of schools which participated in the survey, the performance of government schools were better than the private schools In terms of performance, Maharashtra …

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