ASER 2024: In rural Punjab, only 34% Class 3 students can read basic text but show better arithmetic skills

The survey has besides recovered that gains successful learning levels has been higher among authorities schoolhouse children than those studying successful backstage schools successful Punjab. The survey has further recovered important summation successful pre-primary enrollments successful Punjab, indicating a displacement towards a amended instauration earlier entering Class 1.

The ASER Rural India study has been released aft 2 years, aft the past was published successful 2022. This time, the survey has been conducted crossed 17,997 villages crossed 605 districts crossed the country, surveying 6.49 lakh children aged 3 to 16 years. In Punjab, 20,226 children person been surveyed successful 600 villages crossed 20 districts.

The survey has been conducted successful 3 age-wise categories: nether 6, 6-14 and 15-16.

While the children aged 6 to 14 person been surveyed for basal speechmaking and arithmetic skills, those aged 15-16 person been surveyed for integer skills. For instance, implicit 92 per cent children aged 15-16 could find a video connected a circumstantial taxable connected their smartphones and stock it with their household oregon friends, but lone 87 per cent could acceptable an alarm connected their phones, the survey has found.

Reading and arithmetic levels among Class 3 children

The children were made to work basal Class-2 level substance successful either Punjabi oregon English arsenic per their choice. Only 34.2 per cent children from Class 3 could work the basal substance (full sentences and a paragraph), 1 per cent higher than than the 2022 findings.

However, the arithmetic occupation solving has shown a important improvement. At slightest 51.2 per cent children from Class 3 could bash astatine slightest subtraction, 6 per cent higher than 44.8 per cent successful 2022.

In some categories, Punjab has performed amended than the nationalist mean of 27 per cent (reading) and 33.7 per cent (arithmetic).

Reading and arithmetic levels (class 5)

In lawsuit of Class 5 children too, the arithmetic levels person shown a important betterment but speechmaking levels person registered a decline. The Class 5 children were besides made to work basal Class 2 level substance and lick a part occupation (3 digit by 1 digit).

Only 61.4 per cent of them could work Class 2 level textbook, little than 66.2 per cent successful 2022. However, 48.8 per cent could lick the part problem, 7 per cent higher than successful 2022.

Nationally, 48.8 per cent of children tin work basal substance and 30.7 per cent could lick basal part problems.

Pre-primary enrollment successful Punjab

Punjab has a precise precocious pre-school property sum and much than 85 per cent children aged 3 and 4 are enrolled successful immoderate benignant of aboriginal puerility acquisition programme oregon pre-primary school, the survey has found.

At slightest 85.9 per cent children aged 3, astatine slightest 92 per cent aged 4 and 73.5 per cent aged 5 were recovered to beryllium enrolled successful immoderate benignant of school, according to the report. These figures are higher than nationalist numbers for the aforesaid – 77.4 per cent aged 3 and 83.4 per cent aged 4 are enrolled successful pre-primary.

In 2024, Punjab authorities pre-primary classes witnessed a important (13.5 per cent), finds the ASER 2024.

More children studying successful Punjab’s govt schools than private

Among the children who were surveyed, much were recovered to beryllium studying successful Punjab’s authorities schools than private. At slightest 58 per cent children aged 6 to 14 were successful authorities schools, and 41.3 per cent successful private. In 2022, the authorities schoolhouse enrollment was 58.8 per cent and backstage was 40.4 per cent. More than 99 per cent surveyed children successful this property radical were getting schoolhouse education, says the report.

Older children tested for integer skills

The adolescents aged 15-16 were tested for integer skills for ASER 2024. In Punjab, 96.2 per cent children from this property radical said they had a smartphone astatine home, higher than 89.1 per cent nationally. At slightest 94.2 per cent said they tin usage a smartphone, portion 46 per cent owned their ain telephone (higher than 31.4 per cent nationally). In Punjab, 79.4 cent could bring a smartphone to bash tasks connected the time of the survey.  Of 3 integer tasks fixed to the children: 87.8 per cent could acceptable an alarm timepiece connected the phone, 85.4 per cent could browse for accusation and 92.5 per cent could find a video connected a circumstantial taxable and stock it up via WhatsApp oregon Telegram.