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ASER Survey on Chhattisgarh (Rural)

January 27, 2022

Report on “Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Chhattisgarh (Rural) 2021” was released recently. The report highlights the learning crisis created by covid-19 pandemic induced lockdowns, since March 2020. Highlights Report highlights that, proportion of primary school children who cannot recognize letters of the alphabet have increased double fold since 2018. Furthermore, fewer students can ..

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ASER 2021 Report – Highlights

November 18, 2021

16th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021 (Rural) was published by Pratham foundation on November 17, 2021. Highlights ASER provides report on schooling status of children in the age group of 5-16 age across rural India including the ability to do basic reading & arithmetic tasks. This year, ASER followed a phone-based survey format, ..

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2021 Yidan Prize

October 1, 2021

India-based Dr Rukmini Banerji was awarded with the 2021 Yidan prize on September 28, 2021. Key Points Award was presented to her by Yidan Prize Foundation. Apart from her, US-based Professor Eric Hanushek was also conferred with the prestigious Yidan Prize 2021. Both have been awarded the Yidan Prize for recognition of their ground-breaking work ..

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Annual Status of Education Report 2019

January 15, 2020

On January 14, 2020, the Non-Profit Organization Pratham released its annual report, Annual Status of Education Report, 2019. The report is based on the survey conducted in 26 districts that covers 36,000 children in the age group of 4 to 8 years. Key Findings of the report Number of girls enrolled in government schools is ..

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ASER Report 2018

January 16, 2019

The Annual Status of Education, ASER report by the NGO Pratham which measures the learning outcomes has been released. The report was based on an annual household survey which covered 5.46 lakh children in 596 rural districts across the country. Findings of the ASER 2018 Survey The important findings from the ASER 2018 survey are: ..

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Parliament passes RTE amendment Bill

January 4, 2019

The Parliament has given its approval for the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018. What was the amendment proposed? The features of the amendment proposed are: The amendment bill does away with the no-detention policy mentioned in the law. The amendment bill now leaves it to the states to decide ..

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