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A majority of children of primary classes in rural areas are at least two grades below the required level of proficiency in both mathematics and language,” says a study released on Friday.
Covering nearly 30,000 children in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) on “teaching and learning in rural India” has assessed the abilities of the children and the common impediments affecting their learning.
The report has observed that while the ability of children to correctly formulate and write sentences on their own is “exceedingly” low, major group of children in class IV were still struggling with basic multiplications and divisions.
Highlighting the slow progress of students, the report said that while “children are expected to read simple words in standard I, less than 30 per cent could read them in standard II and only 40 per cent in standard III. Even in high performing States, both standard II and standard IV children have difficulty writing simple words correctly”.
Covering nearly 30,000 children in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) on “teaching and learning in rural India” has assessed the abilities of the children and the common impediments affecting their learning.
The report has observed that while the ability of children to correctly formulate and write sentences on their own is “exceedingly” low, major group of children in class IV were still struggling with basic multiplications and divisions.
Highlighting the slow progress of students, the report said that while “children are expected to read simple words in standard I, less than 30 per cent could read them in standard II and only 40 per cent in standard III. Even in high performing States, both standard II and standard IV children have difficulty writing simple words correctly”.
