The Tripura education department has decided to launch a learning assessment survey of Class 3 students starting Tuesday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his visit to Umakanta English Medium School in Agartala as part of the ongoing Shiksha Saptah (Education Week) on Monday, Tripura Secondary Education Director N C Sharma said, “We surveyed Class 2 students last year. Those students are now studying in Class 3. This time, the survey will be conducted to gauge the improvement in their learning level. If any gap is seen, we shall take proper initiatives accordingly.” Earlier in 2019, a similar comprehensive survey was held in 4,398 government and government-aided schools in Tripura. The 2019 survey noted that nearly 50,000 students in Class 5 could not read Class 2 Bengali language textbooks. About 46 per cent of the surveyed students also could not perform simple subtraction. Whereas, nearly 36 per cent of students in Class 8 failed to read Bengali textbooks from Standard 2. The state government later introduced innovative teaching methods that included segmenting students into three categories based on their learning abilities and holding special classes to bridge the learning gap. It also launched an ambitious Rs 500 crore Vidyajyoti scheme to provide world-class education in government schools.
