17th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022

17th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022

Why in News?

  • The 17th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022 was recently released by NGO Pratham, which highlights the impact of the pandemic on education.

Highlights

  • The report unveils high enrolment of children in schools which is a good performance indicator for government programmes like Nipun Bharat Mission.
  • The ASER, Is an annual, citizen-led household survey that aims to understand whether children in rural India are enrolled in school and whether they are learning.
  • ASER has been conducted every year since 2005 in all rural districts of India. It is the largest citizen-led survey in India.
  • ASER surveys provided representative estimates of the enrolment status of children aged 3-16 and the basic reading and arithmetic levels of children aged 5-16 at the national, state and district level.
  • According to the ASER, 2022 the country has seen an increase in the enrollment of children in government schools.
  • There has been a decline in the basic reading and arithmetic skills of young children in Class 3 and Class 5 in India
  • The decrease In the proportion of girls not enrolled in schools for the age group 11-14 from 4.1% in 2018 to 2% in 2022 is a significant improvement and a positive development.
  • This indicates that efforts to promote gender equality in education have been effective and have helped to increase the enrollment of girls in schools.
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