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26/05/22 08:28 AM IST

National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report

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  • The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education today released the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report which assesses the health of school education system in the country by conducting comprehensive evaluation survey of children’s learning competencies at classes III, V, VIII and X with a cycle period of three years. 
  • The NAS was last held in 2017.
Major Findings 
  • The learning outcome among high school children in Mumbai suburban area is the worst in Maharashtra.
  • Maharashtra saw participation from 7,226 schools, 30,566 teachers and 2,16,117 lakh students.
  • Across all age groups, the overall state performance of Maharashtra was better in language, mathematics and EVS subjects than the national average.
  • The NAS survey also recorded responses from students, teachers and headmasters on the facilities available in schools, hurdles during learning, resources available during the pandemic and so on.
  • In all, 340,000 students of 118,000 schools in 720 districts across the country were assessed.
  • According to the survey report, the national average percentage of students for class third was 59%, which declined by 10 percentage points to 49% in class fifth.
  • It further declined to 41.9% in class eight and then 37.8% in class 10.
  • The performance recorded a decline in almost all subjects, said the survey.
  • For instance, the mathematics score nationally was 57% in class third, dropping by almost 10 percentage points to 44% in fifth, and to 36% in class eighth, and 32% in class 10th.
  • The language score nationally was 62% in class third, and dropped to 52% in class fifth, and to 53% in class eighth.
  • For science, the national score declined from 39% in class eighth to 35% in class 10.
  • In terms of social-group wise performance, the average performance of SC/ST/OBC students remained low in almost all classes across the states, in comparison to the general category students.
  • For instance, in class 10’s English, the national average score of general students stood at 308 while it was 283 for SC students, 280 for ST and 289 for OBC students.
  • In gender-wise performance, the average performance of girls remained better than the boys in almost all subjects across the classes, both nationally and at state level.
  • The  majority of the states performed significantly below the overall national score, some states such as Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Punjab performed better than the national average.
  • Delhi’s performance in class eighth and class 10 was better when compared with the national average.
Significance 
  • The objective of NAS 2021 is to evaluate children’s progress and learning competencies as an indicator of the efficiency of the education system, so as to take appropriate steps for remedial actions at different levels.
  • It will help to unravel the gaps in learning and will support state/UT governments in developing long term, mid-term and short-term interventions to improve learning levels and orient on differential planning based on NAS 2021 data.
Source- PIB 

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