New Delhi: The National Achievement Survey (NAS), a nationally representative large-scale survey of students’ learning, undertaken by the Ministry of Education, will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as assessment administrator on November 12.
CBSE will conduct NAS for government, aided, private recognised unaided and central government school students studying in Class III, V and VIII and X, Education Times reported.
The survey will be conducted in a monitored environment in the sampled schools. Sampling Design for NAS 2021 intends to support the predefined and agreed objectives of the national assessment, NAS 2021 intends to provide information of what India’s students know and can do in key grades and subjects at national, state, district and school types. The selection of sampled schools is based on UDISE+2019-20 data. Therefore, the states, districts used for drawing the samples for NAS 2021 is exactly as per the UDISE+2019-20, the report added.
NAS findings will help diagnose learning gaps of students and determine interventions required in education policies, teaching practices and learning. Additionally, the survey findings will also help in capacity building for teachers, officials involved in the delivery of education.
NAS 2021 will be a rich repository of evidence and data points furthering the scope of research and development.