MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)
(a) to (e): The National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT) conducts periodic national surveys of learning achievement of
children in classes III, V and VIII and X. Four rounds of National Achievement
Survey (NAS) have been conducted so far for class V and three rounds for
classes III & VIII. These surveys reveal improvement in learning achievement
levels of pupils, in identified subjects from first round to fourth round. Findings
of the NAS at class X indicates that privately managed schools performed
better than Government and Government Aided schools, in all the subjects and
in two subjects Girls outperformed boys. However, only first round of NAS
has been conducted at class X level, therefore, it is not possible to comment
on the comparative learning achievement.
From current year onwards, Government has decided to conduct National
Achievement Survey with district as the sampling unit. In order to focus on
quality education, the Central RTE Rules have been amended on 20th February,
2017 to include reference on class-wise, subject-wise Learning Outcomes.
The Learning Outcomes for each class in Languages (Hindi, English and
Urdu), Mathematics, Environmental Studies, Science and Social Science up to
the elementary stage have, accordingly, been finalized and shared with all
States and UTs. These would serve as a guideline for States and UTs to
ensure that all children acquire appropriate learning level. The students learning
assessment will be according to the Learning Outcomes developed by
NCERT.
Under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiskha Abhiyan (SSA)
and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), the State Governments and
UT Administrations are supported on several interventions to improve teaching
standards, including regular in-service teachers’ training, induction training for
newly recruited teachers, recruitment of additional teachers for improving pupilteacher
ratio, academic support for teachers through block and cluster resource
centres, Maths and Science kits, Lab equipment, special teaching for learning
enhancement, ICT facilities in schools, introduction of vocational education
component at the secondary level and activities under ‘Unnati’ project for
improvement in English language skills
Additionally, the Central Government, supports States and UTs on early
grade reading, writing & comprehension, and early Mathematics programmes
through a sub-programme of SSA namely ‘Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat’ (PBBB) in
classes I and II. Further, the Government has launched Rashtriya Aavishkar
Abhiyan (RAA) programme on 09.07.2015, inter alia, as a sub-component of
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), to
motivate and engage children of the age group from 6-18 years in Science,
Mathematics and Technology through observation, experimentation, inference
drawing, model building, etc. both through inside and outside classroom activities.
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