Goa CM questions school heads about poor performance in National Achievement Survey

Goa CM questions school heads about poor performance in National Achievement Survey

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday questioned school principals on the poor performance of students from the state in the National Achievement Survey (NAS). The Central government’s NAS is a mechanism to assess the health of the school education system by comprehensively evaluating learning competencies of children at classes III, V, VIII and X. […]

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Delhi’s low NAS score highlights divide: 43% students didn’t have digital devices

Delhi’s low NAS score highlights divide: 43% students didn’t have digital devices

IN THE clearest indication yet of how Covid-19 exacerbated the digital divide, 43% of children from the national capital who participated in the National Achievement Survey 2021 reported that they did not have access to a digital device at home during the pandemic. The survey was conducted in November 2021 with a sample size of […]

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NAS Survey 2021: Delhi among 5 lowest performing states for Class 3; improves at Class 8 level

NAS Survey 2021: Delhi among 5 lowest performing states for Class 3; improves at Class 8 level

Delhi is behind the national average in performances in all three subjects—Languages, Math and EVS—at the primary level and has registered a dip in performances since 2017, the findings of the National Achievement Survey 2021 show. However, at Class 8 level, it bucked the national trend and recorded better performances than in the pre-pandemic survey. […]

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