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 and 26% could divide numbers. It surveyed nearly 700,000 elementary school students across 616 districts in late 2022—the first full-scale, on-field, national survey since 2018 as the 2020 edition could not take place. Despite starting school in the 2020 lockdown, the share of Class III students who could read Class II level text or subtract numbers was not much affected.

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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 …

American kids are behind in reading and math, these schools are defying the odds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

American kids are behind in reading and math, these schools are defying the odds

Hindustan Times  

Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that's changing. Since the pandemic first shuttered American classrooms, schools have poured federal and local relief money into interventions like the ones in Harmoni's classroom, hoping to help students catch up academically following COVID-19 disruptions. “Not only are districts serving more Black and Hispanic students falling further behind, but …

America’s kids are still behind in reading and math. These schools are defying the trend
1 month, 2 weeks ago

America’s kids are still behind in reading and math. These schools are defying the trend

Associated Press  

COMPTON, Calif. — Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. Since the pandemic first shuttered American classrooms, schools have poured federal and local relief money into interventions like the ones in Harmoni’s classroom, hoping to help students catch up academically following COVID-19 disruptions. “Not only are districts serving more Black and Hispanic students falling …

Mind the Gap: ASER survey finds the kids are (more than) alright
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Mind the Gap: ASER survey finds the kids are (more than) alright

Hindustan Times  

There’s a lot to be happy, and hopeful, about the latest ASER or Annual Status of Education Report that has since 2005 measured Indian schoolchildren’s ability in reading, writing and arithmetic. The nationwide household survey of 649,491 children in 15,728 schools in 605 districts across 29 states finds that children are not just back to pre-pandemic levels of learning, but …

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 …

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 …

Enrolment in govt. schools near pre-pandemic levels in Telangana
2 months ago

Enrolment in govt. schools near pre-pandemic levels in Telangana

The Hindu  

Government school enrolment declined sharply in Telangana for all classes from 70.1 % in 2022 to 59.8% now, almost hovering around the pre-pandemic figure of 57.4% in 2018. The numbers are part of the 2024 Annual Status of Education Report, a nationwide rural household survey covering 605 districts and 17,997 villages in the country, facilitated by ‘Pratham NGO’, released on …

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

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: 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 …

Many high school students can’t read. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Many high school students can’t read. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

LA Times  

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility: developing students’ literacy skills. “Many …

BJP attacks Delhi govt over ‘deteriorating’ education standards in govt schools
8 months, 1 week ago

BJP attacks Delhi govt over ‘deteriorating’ education standards in govt schools

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said that over 17,000 students of Class 9 failed exams. The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party -run Delhi government over “deteriorating quality of education” in government schools, saying that over 17,000 students of Class 9 failed exams for a second time in a row. …

Smaller citizens: On the gaps in India’s education system
1 year, 2 months ago

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 …

An experiment in education at grassroots level schools in Bangladesh
1 year, 3 months ago

An experiment in education at grassroots level schools in Bangladesh

The Hindu  

In her book, Unequal: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours, academic and activist Swati Narayan argues that India is in the grip of “systemic and, at times, barbaric inequalities.” As Narayan undertook a five-year study across four countries, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, she found that even poorer neighbours were doing better than some Indian States on a range …

Seek reports on school dropouts, Calcutta HC to Bengal govt on Covid impact
1 year, 11 months ago

Seek reports on school dropouts, Calcutta HC to Bengal govt on Covid impact

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court has asked the West Bengal government to call for reports from districts on the strength of students in schools before and after the Covid pandemic and take steps to bring back students who dropped out of schools. West Bengal was among the dozen-odd states that had secondary school dropout rates higher than the national average …

Covid-19 impact: Primary school students struggle with syllabus
2 years ago

Covid-19 impact: Primary school students struggle with syllabus

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A Class 5 student from a government school in the city fails to understand when asked ‘how are you’ in English. There are at least 10-15 students in each class like her in the primary sections across government schools, said teachers. However, to help students cope, government schools continue teaching support courses along with the syllabus. The government has …

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 …

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 …

Low attendance, lack of toilets for girl students in Bihar government schools, says ASER report
2 years, 2 months ago

Low attendance, lack of toilets for girl students in Bihar government schools, says ASER report

The Hindu  

The latest Annual Status of Education Report has flagged low attendance and low education levels in Bihar’s government schools and noted that the State’s students take private tuitions at more than double the rate of the national average. The ASER-2022 report, released by the NGO Pratham on Wednesday, says that, “Students attendance in Bihar is below 60% in both primary …

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 …

Annual Status of Education Report 2022 flags widening learning gaps
2 years, 2 months ago

Annual Status of Education Report 2022 flags widening learning gaps

The Hindu  

As schools reopened after nearly two years of closure due to COVID-19, student enrolments increased to more than pre-pandemic levels but the learning gap widened for foundational skills in reading and arithmetic, reversing several years of improvement, finds the Annual Status of Education Report 2022, released by the NGO Pratham on Wednesday. The percentage of children in Class 3 in …

More Students Enrolled in Govt Schools Post Pandemic; Learning Levels of Classes 3-5 Drop: ASER
2 years, 2 months ago

More Students Enrolled in Govt Schools Post Pandemic; Learning Levels of Classes 3-5 Drop: ASER

News 18  

The number of students enrolled in schools in the 6-14 age-group increased to 98.4% in 2022 from 97.2% in 2018, with a higher number of children enrolled in government schools than private schools. Also, there is an alarming drop in learning levels in classes 3 and 5, as per the findings of the Annual Status of Education Report 2022 that …

Massive learning setbacks show COVID's sweeping toll on kids
2 years, 5 months ago

Massive learning setbacks show COVID's sweeping toll on kids

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Poverty and time spent in remote learning affected learning loss, and learning …

Study: Student gains last year narrowed COVID learning gap
2 years, 8 months ago

Study: Student gains last year narrowed COVID learning gap

Associated Press  

Despite a year of disruptions, students largely made academic gains this past year that paralleled their growth pre-pandemic and outpaced the previous school year, according to new research released Tuesday from NWEA, a nonprofit research group that administers standardized tests. The study found that if rebounding occurs at the same pace it did in the 2021-2022 school year, the timeline …

Reverse the learning loss of India’s young
2 years, 10 months ago

Reverse the learning loss of India’s young

Hindustan Times  

A new government survey released on Wednesday evening confirmed what a raft of non-official reports and studies have been indicating: Learning levels were hammered by the Covid-19, with school closures disproportionately impacting students in rural areas. The National Achievement Survey 2021, the first such exercise conducted since 2017, found that the national average percentage, the average of scores across four …

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 …

More than Half of Students in Govt Schools Lack Parental Support for Studies: ASER Report
3 years, 4 months ago

More than Half of Students in Govt Schools Lack Parental Support for Studies: ASER Report

News 18  

As many as 57.5 per cent of students studying in government schools lack parental support in their studies, reveals the 16th Annual Status of Education Report 2021. Read | Covid-19 Pushes Kids Out of Schools, Parents Still Willing to Pay for Tuition: ASER Report In Jharkhand, as compared to 2020, more textbooks were provided to students this year. As per …

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more
3 years, 6 months ago

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more

Live Mint  

With most Indian schools shut for the past year and a half, children from poor households, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, are rapidly forgetting what they had learned before the pandemic, new survey data suggests. Previous surveys during the pandemic have also reported learning setbacks, but the latest one comes at a time when children are preparing to advance two …

Bihar schools reopen for Classes 1-8 with 50% attendance
3 years, 7 months ago

Bihar schools reopen for Classes 1-8 with 50% attendance

India TV News  

Bihar Schools Reopen: After a year-long closure due to COVID-19 pandemic, the schools in Bihar have finally reopened for Classes 1- 8 from Monday. Bihar Education Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary wished all the students good luck. The minister tweeted, "From today, the schools for classes 1 to 8 are starting again keeping in mind the Corona guidelines. The coaching centres …

Andhra Pradesh Govt Bets on NEP 2020 to Transform School Education in State
3 years, 7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Govt Bets on NEP 2020 to Transform School Education in State

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh government is betting big on the National Education Policy 2020 to transform school education in particular, through comprehensive academic and administrative reforms, with the key light on improving the learning outcomes. Various studies in recent years have exposed the “poor reading and comprehension skills” among students while the government has identified many “key concerns” that left the …

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school
3 years, 8 months ago

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Many of my children are …

No Annual Exams for Students Up To Class 8 This Time in UP Govt Schools
4 years ago

No Annual Exams for Students Up To Class 8 This Time in UP Govt Schools

News 18  

The students of Uttar Pradesh government schools up to Class 8 will not have to give their annual examinations this year and they will be promoted to the next class on the basis of assessment. In the academic session 2020-21, due to the coronavirus pandemic, about 10 months of teaching work was affected, students in the government schools will be …

Covid-19 Lockdown Led to Loss of Learning, Basic Abilities in Maths and Languages in Students: Study
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 Lockdown Led to Loss of Learning, Basic Abilities in Maths and Languages in Students: Study

News 18  

With schools shut for more than a year due to Covid-19, students have lost their basic ability in Mathematics and language, a study has found. The study conducted by Azim Premji University found that 92% of children on an average have lost at least one specific language ability and 82% of children on an average have lost at least one …

ASER 2020: Across states, children got uneven access to remote learning opportunities during pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

ASER 2020: Across states, children got uneven access to remote learning opportunities during pandemic

Firstpost  

Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented school closures, children’s homes have been serving as their sole learning spaces. Seven months into school closures, Pratham conducted its Annual Status of Education Report Wave 1 survey in September this year to understand the nature and extent to which children and families in rural India were able to access and …

New Report Offers Clearest Picture Yet Of Pandemic Impact On Student Learning
4 years, 3 months ago

New Report Offers Clearest Picture Yet Of Pandemic Impact On Student Learning

NPR  

New Report Offers Clearest Picture Yet Of Pandemic Impact On Student Learning Enlarge this image toggle caption Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images A sweeping new review of national test data suggests the pandemic-driven jump to online learning has had little impact on children's reading growth and has only somewhat slowed gains in math. …

Labour calls for exam changes to make them ‘truly fair to all pupils’ amid Covid disruption
4 years, 3 months ago

Labour calls for exam changes to make them ‘truly fair to all pupils’ amid Covid disruption

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Labour has …

High school kids worried about study delays, loneliness due to Covid: Study
4 years, 7 months ago

High school kids worried about study delays, loneliness due to Covid: Study

NL Times  

Over a third of high school students in their third year think that they've fallen behind in their school work during the coronavirus crisis. The percentage of VMBO pupils who think they will pass their final exams decreased from 85 percent last year to 75 percent this year. The number of pupils in HAVO and VWO who expect to complete …

Covid-19 impact: Here's how coronavirus is affecting the education sector
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 impact: Here's how coronavirus is affecting the education sector

India Today  

The Covid-19 crisis has jolted the global economy with a pervasive impact on almost all sectors. Also, online education needs to take cognizance of different learning pace of students and develop customised solutions for them. Online education cannot replace the traditional classroom Although online education cannot replace classroom education due to the personalized nature of attention and face to face …

Covid-19: A historic opportunity to redefine the Indian school system
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19: A historic opportunity to redefine the Indian school system

Hindustan Times  

Respected Dr Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘Nishank’ ji, For children between three and 14 years, the focus should be on the child’s happiness, support for responsible behaviour, and foundational learning skills I write to you not just as the education minister of Delhi but also as a citizen and parent concerned about the future of millions of children of our country. The …

Lockdown has put 321 million Indian children away from school, widened learning gaps
4 years, 10 months ago

Lockdown has put 321 million Indian children away from school, widened learning gaps

Live Mint  

In early March, as India began reporting its initial coronavirus cases, most states ordered schools to close to stop the spread of the infection. The data showed that the states with poorer learning were also the ones where students had lesser academic support at home that they would need during the lockdown, such as educated and computer-literate family members. This …

Covid-19: How coronavirus is reshaping the education world
4 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: How coronavirus is reshaping the education world

India Today  

The unprecedented situation due to Covid-19 has resulted in large scale disruptions in life as we know it. While most education institutions are not equipped to virtually connect with students and conduct on-line classes, given the present situation, many educational institutions have started leveraging meeting platforms and applications having video conferencing facilities to run online classes. The key constraints and …

50 per cent of Class V students can't read simple text, only 44 per cent from Class VIII could solve basic arithmetic problems: Report
6 years, 2 months ago

50 per cent of Class V students can't read simple text, only 44 per cent from Class VIII could solve basic arithmetic problems: Report

India TV News  

A report by the Annual Status of Education Report – 2018 suggests nearly 50 per cent of class V students and 25 per cent Class VIII students studying in government schools across the country cannot read simple texts - letter, words, simple paragraph, or a story with Class II level difficulty. "ASER 2018 data indicates that of all children enrolled …

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 …

More students than ever before are attending school in India, but they aren't receiving an adequate education
7 years, 6 months ago

More students than ever before are attending school in India, but they aren't receiving an adequate education

Firstpost  

India has enrolled more children than ever before in secondary schools, but it is failing to teach them what they should be learning, with the most vulnerable, such as students from scheduled tribes, falling further behind the rest, reveal the preliminary findings of an ongoing global study. Young Lives followed two cohorts of grade IX students, born seven years apart–the …

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 …

Half of Class 6 students in Delhi’s govt schools cannot even read
8 years, 7 months ago

Half of Class 6 students in Delhi’s govt schools cannot even read

Hindustan Times  

Close to half the students in Class 6 in Delhi government-run schools can’t read at all while only a fourth can read from their Hindi textbooks or from a Class 2-level English book. According to a government survey, close to half the students in Class 6 in Delhi government-run schools can’t read. According to teachers, the dismal learning levels are …

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