(a) the number of schools upgraded by the Government as smart schools under the Saansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana, State/ UT-wise;
(b) the details of upgradation works carried out in primary and upper primary schools in the villages so far
adopted by the Members of the Parliament under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana;
(c) whether any assessment has been conducted in order to improve the quality of education in such schools;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) ICT interventions have been approved for 434 secondary and senior secondary schools in Sansad Adarsh
Grams till 2018-19. The State/UT-wise list is enclosed at Annexure-I.
(b) 25 schools have been upgraded from primary to upper primary in the Sansad Adarsh Grams. Further, 51
schools have been upgraded from upper primary to secondary till 2018-19. The State/UT-wise list is enclosed at
Annexure-II & Annexure-III respectively.
(c) to (e) Under the schemes, besides regular monitoring of physical and financial progress of approved
interventions through monthly reports, periodic review meetings, scrutiny of audit reports, etc., capacity building
of States/UTs is taken up through orientation workshops and development of exemplar training packages etc.
The National Achievement Survey for Class X for the first time was conducted in 2015 on a sample comprising
of 2,77,416 students of 7,216 schools across 34 States/UTs and Boards. The achievement level of students of
class X was studied in 5 subjects, i.e. English, Mathematics, Social Science, Science and Modern Indian
Language. The survey also studied difference in achievements level of class X students with regard to area,
gender, social group, school board and management of school. The report of the survey is available at the
NCERT''s website (http://www.ncert.nic.in/). National Achievement Survey (NAS) was also conducted on 13th
November, 2017 through which the learning levels of around 22 lakh students of Classes III, V and VIII from
1.10 lakh schools across 701 districts in all 36 States and UTs were assessed. In the survey, the students of
Classes III and V were assessed on Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and Environmental Studies and Class
VIII students were assessed on Language, Maths, Science and Social Science. This competency based
assessment was based on the Learning Outcomes developed by the National Council of Educational Research
and Training (NCERT). Along with the test items, questionnaires pertaining to students, teachers and schools
were also used. District report cards for NAS 2017 have been released and are available on MHRD website and
have also been shared with the Hon’ble Members of Parliament. Similarly, the Cycle-2 of National Achievement
Survey for Class-X has been conducted on 5th February, 2018 at the district level with a sample size of 15.5 lakh
students.
During 2018-19, many modules for the post NAS interventions have been initiated which includes understanding
the district report cards, pedagogical inputs to target the learning outcomes, school based assessment, promoting
experiential learning, sports and art integrated education and improving community participation.