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

Leading the way

Published on Feb 02, 2025 12:33 pm IST

ASER 2024: Know why sending 5-year-olds very early to school may not be helpful

ASER 2024 states that a child has to be cognitively and socially ready for coping with what formal school brings. (Representational image/HT file)

features

Updated on Feb 04, 2025 07:30 pm IST

ASER 2024: 62% of children know how to block or report a profile on social media

In this year's report, older children aged 14-16 years were also surveyed about digital access and usage.

features

Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:09 pm IST

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

news

Published on Jan 28, 2025 06:57 pm IST

ASER 2024: Notable improvement in arithmetic, reading skills of children

ASER 2024: Children in the elementary age group have shown substantial improvement in basic arithmetic & reading skills since 2018, particularly in government schools. (File/HT Photo)

news

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 08:49 am IST

ASER 2024: More than 80% under 5 enrolled in pre-primary institutions in 2024

The report also mentions that the proportion of ‘underage’ students i.e. age 5 or below, entering standard I is decreasing over time. (Sourced)

features

Published on Feb 12, 2025 08:47 pm IST

ASER 2024: Over 80% Indian children aged 14-16 know how to use smartphones

The report stated that 82.2% of Indian children aged 14-16 know how to use smartphones and only 57% use them for educational purposes. 76% of them use smartphones for social media.

news

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 03:12 pm IST

Number Theory: Dim picture of India’s demographic dividend

The findings indicate that schools are not of much help in educating students about really promising avenues of work or career building.

india news

Updated on Jan 17, 2024 07:53 pm IST

ASER 2019 report: ‘Early Years’ findings

At age 6, 47.5% children are in anganwadis or pre-primary classes, while 31.6% are in Std I and 16.1 % are in Std II or in higher classes.

education

Published on Jan 15, 2020 06:50 pm IST

ASER report points to huge age-variation, weak emotional skills in early schooling in Nalanda

The report highlights huge age-variation among children enrolled with pre-primary centres, including anganwadis and private schools.

education

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 06:45 pm IST

More girls in age group of 4-8 years enrolled in govt schools, boys go to private schools, says ASER report

Among 4-5 year old children, 56.8 per cent girls and 50.4 per cent boys are enrolled in government schools.

education

Published on Jan 14, 2020 02:42 pm IST

The importance of learning in the early years

Research has shown that inadequate access to developmentally appropriate inputs and environment during the “early years” not only affects children’s ability to cope with school but can also have lifelong implications

analysis

Updated on Dec 06, 2019 08:16 pm IST

Four-fold rise in education funds in 10 years, but students’ learning levels down

ASER is an annual survey that aims to provide reliable estimates of children’s enrolment and basic learning levels in India.

education

Published on Sept 11, 2019 03:46 pm IST

Odisha to double class time in English, maths and science

The Education department has sent a directive to the heads of all schools to prepare a routine accordingly.

india news

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 05:17 pm IST

Our students are not learning. But are our teachers teaching?

Untrained teachers, irrespective of schools being adequately staffed, directly affect student performance. ASER and NAS results make it clear that this is not merely a learning crisis; the Indian school education system is going through a teaching crisis

analysis

Updated on Jun 26, 2019 07:33 pm IST

The education system, as it stands today, doesn’t make the grade

Our current school curriculum is purely academic in nature and assumes that all those who complete the compulsory stage of elementary education will continue on to secondary and then to higher education.

analysis

Updated on Apr 04, 2019 10:41 am IST

Use data-based solutions to improve learning levels

International research and pedagogical experts have pointed out that to ensure that every child is able to read with meaning by the age of eight is one of the most critical education challenges of our times.

analysis

Published on Feb 09, 2019 03:24 pm IST

Look beyond classrooms to improve learning levels in State schools

In the case of sports equipment available inside schools, nationally, almost two thirds of the schools visited seemed to fulfil this objective of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to Class 12, which was announced in the last Union budget.

analysis

Updated on Jan 21, 2019 01:01 pm IST

ASER 2018: 47.2% Class 1 students in UP village schools can’t recognise alphabets

As many as 47.2% children in Class 1 of Uttar Pradesh rural schools cannot even read letters of the alphabet, says the 13th Annual Status of Education Report (Rural)-2018.

education

Updated on Jan 17, 2019 05:05 pm IST

ASER 2018: In UP, 50% students still go to pvt schools

Nearly 50% children (aged 6-14 years) in UP are enrolled in private schools whereas Pan India only 31% students go to private institutions, according to 13th Annual Status of Education Report (Rural)-2018 released on Tuesday.

education

Updated on Jan 16, 2019 05:33 pm IST

Learning in rural Maharashtra gets better, but still short of 2008

The ASER 2018 for Maharashtra has shown considerable improvement as far as the learning outcomes of students are considered.

mumbai news

Published on Jan 16, 2019 03:45 pm IST

In UP, 50% students still go to private schools: ASER 2018

Till 2016, private school enrollment was increasing in the state, but in 2018 the figures show a decline.

education

Updated on Jan 16, 2019 12:42 pm IST

ASER 2018 : More than half of children enrolled in Class 5 can read at least a standard 2 level text

The percentage of all children in standard 3 who can read at standard 2 level has climbed up slowly over the past few years, according to the government’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018.

education

Updated on Jan 16, 2019 01:54 pm IST

Evidence-based policies are a must for improving learning levels in schools

Over 237 government teacher training colleges and close to 200 colleges and universities have participated in conducting this year’s ASER survey.

analysis

Updated on Jan 15, 2019 07:47 am IST

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