Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022
Why in news :
- Recently Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022, released by Pratham, a nongovernmental organization.
Findings of the report :
- Increase in enrolment rates :
- The national-level study shows that despite school closures during the pandemic, the overall enrolment figures, which have been above 95% for the past 15 years for the sixto14 age group, increased from 97.2% in 2018 to 98.4% in 2022.
- Government schools have seen a sharp increase in children enrolled from 65.6% in 2018 to 72.9% in 2022, reversing another trend of a steady decrease in student enrolments seen since 2006, when it was at 73.4%.
- Children’s basic literacy levels have taken a big hit, with their reading ability compared with numeracy skills worsening much more sharply and dropping to pre2012 levels.
More about ASER survey :
- Annual Status of Education Report (or ASER), is a household-based survey that collects information on children’s schooling status and basic learning outcomes in almost every rural district in the country.
- As part of the survey, estimates of children’s schooling and learning status are generated at district, state and national levels.
- It takes into account all children even if they are not in school.
- ASER is a one-on-one assessment survey.
National achievement survey :
- National Achievement Survey (NAS) is a nationally representative large-scale survey of students’ learning undertaken by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
- NAS findings would help diagnose learning gaps of students and determine interventions required in education policies, teaching practices and learning.
- It is a school-based survey intended to assess grade level competencies of children enrolled in government and government-aided schools.
- NAS is a pen-paper test while ASER conducts its assessment one-on-one.
- NAS takes into account the children enrolled only in government schools and government aided schools.
Differences between the ASER and NAS
Syllabus : Prelims + Mains; GS2 – Education
