Over half of youth struggling with basic maths: ASER study
The HinduThe Annual Status of Education Report, titled ‘Beyond Basics’, was released here on Wednesday. Basic abilities “Only 5.6% of surveyed youth report taking vocational training or other related courses currently. Youth at the college level are the most likely to be taking vocational training,” the survey found adding that most youth are taking short duration courses of six months or less. On abilities such as basic reading, math and English abilities; application of basic skills to everyday calculations; reading and understanding written instructions; and financial calculations that need to be done in real life, about 25% still cannot read a Class II level text fluently in their regional language. “Of the youth who can do subtraction or more, over 60% are able to do the budget management task, about 37% can apply a discount, but only about 10% can calculate repayment,” the report added.
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