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Teachers burdened with administrative work; need to enable, not disable, them: Former vice-chairman and CEO of HCL Vineet Nayar

August 27, 2022August 27, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Former vice-chairman and CEO of HCL Vineet Nayar, who runs the NGO Sampark Foundation, believes learning outcomes in primary classes will not improve unless the focus shifts to teachers, who remain burdened with administrative work. Nayar tells Sourav Roy Barman that findings of the National Achievement Survey, which has shown a dip in learning levels […]

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

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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. […]

27% of Delhi students left out of midday meal in 2nd pandemic year: Centre

June 6, 2022June 7, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

AMID A huge jump in the enrolment of students in government schools in the second pandemic year (2021-22), an estimated 4.88 lakh children — adding up to 27 per cent of the total enrolment — were left out of the midday meal scheme in Delhi “due to shortage of foodgrains”, according to a Union government […]

An Express Investigation – Part 2 | Class 5A Topic: Mathematics

June 4, 2022June 7, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

“Close your eyes and think… is there any time of your day that mathematics is not around you?” The children shift in their seats, their impatient eyes dart behind their shut eyelids as they attempt to conjure up math images. Thus begin two months of an unprecedented assignment for Neha Sharma, class teacher of 5A […]

A national math problem: how to teach Class 5 kids after 2 years lost

June 3, 2022June 4, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Siddharth cannot subtract 13 from 21 because this entails borrowing. Keerti can do only simple division, so 59 divided by 7 is a struggle since she hasn’t understood the concept of a remainder. Harish’s climb is steeper: he cannot identify one-digit numbers, something he should have been able to do in pre-school. All three are […]

Data | Pandemic impact: Average exam scores decline drastically in Maths and Science across India

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Sharp declines in scores were observed across India, except in Punjab and Chandigarh. Marks scored in English were an exception as the Indian average improved by 24 marks in the period Sharp declines in scores were observed across India, except in Punjab and Chandigarh. Marks scored in English were an exception as the Indian average […]

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

May 27, 2022May 28, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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 […]

NAS 2021: Uttarakhand’s performance decline as compared to 2017 scores; most students marked in ‘below basic’ category

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The result of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) for 2021, conducted to obtain information about the learning achievement of students of Classes 3, 5, 8 and 10 studying in state govt schools, shows the performance of students in Uttarakhand on par with the national average, however the same has reduced from the year 2017 when […]

NAS 2021: In Karnataka, high school students struggle to score in language

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report released on Wednesday revealed that students in Karnataka found it difficult to score in Language and have performed marginally lower than the national average. The high school students, especially class 10, have achieved only 35 per cent in Modern Indian Language compared to the national average of 41 […]

NAS 2021: Punjab schools outshine Delhi, reignite debate over better educational model

May 27, 2022May 28, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The schoolchildren from Punjab have excelled in the nationwide learning outcome levels survey, conducted by the Ministry of Education, as per the report of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021, released Wednesday. Punjab has not only scored more than the national average in all the categories, but has also topped in 10 of the 15 […]

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