New Delhi: About 96 per cent schools across 24 states and 92 per cent students took part in the National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted across the country on Friday, according to initial estimates shared by the Ministry of Education.
“National Achievement Survey 2021 has been conducted successfully across the country, with enthusiastic participation of schools and students. As per initial estimates received from 24 states and UTs so far, nearly 96 per cent schools and 92 per cent of the targeted sampled children participated in the survey,” a senior ministry official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
The survey was carried out in different mediums of instruction as available in the sampled schools.
The survey that assesses the students’ competencies developed at the grade levels of third, fifth, and eighth, is done every three years. The survey was last held in 2017 and was slated to take place in 2020. But, due to the COVID-19 situation, it was postponed.
“NAS 2021 is the first achievement survey after release of National Education Policy 2020 (NEP). The assessment would be used to benchmark students’ learning against criteria such as process skills and learning outcomes. NAS 2021 will infuse the competency-based assessment system over the content and memory-based assessment as envisaged by NEP 2020,” said the official.
“Besides student achievement test, pupil questionnaire, teachers’ questionnaire and school questionnaire were also obtained to understand the various settings and perspective of students, teachers and schools. This will provide valuable information regarding back ground, teacher training, rural-urban, effectiveness of online education etc to comprehend the education system in a comprehensive manner,” the official added.
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