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ASER 2022: Post-Covid, only 33% class III kids can read basic text in rural Punjab

January 22, 2023 3:34 pm

However, Punjab performs better than national average; hike in govt schools enrolment, children taking tuitions.

ASER 2022: In UP, Bihar and Jharkhand rising number of students taking private tuitions

January 18, 2023 11:54 pm

The proportion of children in classes 1 to 8 taking paid private tuition classes increased from 26.4 per cent in 2018 to 30.5 per cent in 2022, notes ASER 2022

ASER 2022: Pandemic affected learning, dip in reading, basic maths skills

January 19, 2023 9:39 am

"This fall is a huge drop, given how slowly the all-India numbers move, and confirms fears of large learning losses caused by the pandemic," according to Director ASER Centre Wilima Wadhwa.

Big Picture: Read me a story

October 19, 2014 5:21 am

Year after year, Pratham’s Annual Survey of Education Report, or ASER, tells us about children who go to school but can’t read or do basic math.

Child labour a serious matter,needs to be dealt on priority: Rights panel

September 05, 2013 2:12 am

The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR),while acting on a complaint by an NGO on the difficulties of rescuing children working in factories,said employers and managers of factories/workshops/shops flouting regulations will be booked under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Juvenile Justice Act

Carry out study to improve condition of civic schools,MSCPCR tells civic body

September 05, 2013 1:47 am

Following a complaint by NGO Pratham regarding the pathetic condition of a civic school in the M-Ward,the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) has instructed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to conduct a detailed study to improve the quality of education offered by civic schools

Study raises concern over math ability of kids in rural India

January 14, 2011 5:53 pm

Raising the alarm bell,an education survey has revealed a decline in children's ability to do simple mathematics in rural India,with only 35.9 per cent in class V able to solve easy division problems last year as against 38 per cent in 2009.

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