DIMAPUR, JANUARY 19 (MExN): The Annual Status of Education Report, ASER 2016 was released in New Delhi today showing the status of children’s schooling and basic learning.
In the state of Nagaland the survey reached 314 villages, covering 6555 households and 11719 children in the age group 3-16. ASER volunteers visited 300 government schools in the state.
The report stated that the proportion of children in Std V who could read a Std II level text improved by more than 5 percentage points from 2014 to 2016 in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tripura, Nagaland and Rajasthan. This improvement, it said, is driven by gains in learning levels in government schools in these states.
Nagaland was also among the states where attendance levels are above 80%. Nationally, the report found that enrollment increased for all age groups between 2014 and 2016, while there was no increase in private enrollment for the same period. Nationally, reading ability has improved especially in early grades in government schools.
Arithmetic showed improvement in government schools in primary grades, while the ability to read English remained unchanged for lower primary grades.
The report also found that children’s attendance showed no major change from 2014. Meanwhile, the proportion of “small schools” in the government primary school sector continues to grow, and the percentage of multigrade classrooms has also increased.
For the most part, it concluded that improvement in school facilities continues.
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