Director SCERT urges teachers to work harder in future to improve performance, quality further
By Farooq Shah
SRINAGAR- Jammu and Kashmir has registered an impressive performance in the sample-based National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted by the Ministry of Education for classes 3, 5, 8 and 10 on November 12 last year.The survey, which took place in all 733
districts across the country, was a competency-based national-level large-scale
assessment that aimed to provide information about students’ learning
achievement so that a system-level reflection on the effectiveness of school
education in the country could be conducted.
Language, Mathematics and Science were
chosen as subjects for assessment in classes 3 and 5, while Environmental
Studies was added for class 8 and Social Science and Modern Indian Language for
class 10.
A total number of 79256 students and 16260
teachers in 3650 schools from all the 20 districts of J&K UT participated
in the survey.
According to the NAS report card published
recently, the percentage ratio of boys to girls for class 3 was 51 and 49
respectively while it was 78 and 22 for urban to rural.
The performance percentage for Language
stood at 66 as against the national average of 62. Similarly, for Mathematics
the percentage stood at 59 in comparison to 57 while as for EVS, it was 59 as
against 57.
The management participation ratio with
respect to schools run by the state government, private recognized and central
government was at 46, 47 and 7 per cent respectively.
However, there was no significant
improvement over the NAS 2017 results, with the exception of Mathematics, which
showed a modest improvement. The performance of boys and girls did not differ
significantly, despite the fact that girls scored marginally higher at all
levels—basic, competent, and advanced.
Pulwama topped the results with 73.4%
followed by Srinagar at 71.6 and Anantnag at 70.1 as against the national
average of 59%. Jammu stood at 66.4.
The quality of the teaching staff and
sports facilities were praised by the head teachers who also emphasized the
need to increase audio-visual and library facilities. The Covid-19 epidemic did
cause issues, with 40% of pupils reporting difficulties studying at home.
The percentage ratio of boys to girls in
class 5 was 50.9 and 49.1, respectively, while the urban-rural participation
ratio was 76 and 24. In schools run by the state government, private recognized
institutions, and the central government, the management participation ratio
was 43%, 49%, and 7%, respectively.
Language had a performance percentage of 61,
which was higher than the national average of 55. Similarly, the percentage for
Mathematics was 48, compared to 44, and for EVS, it was 54, compared to 48.
In comparison to the NAS 2017 results,
there was a significant improvement in Mathematics and EVS, though Language
scored 13 points lower.
Even while girls scored somewhat higher at
all levels—basic, proficient, and advanced—the performance of boys and girls
did not differ significantly.
Anantnag came out on top with 64.8 percent,
followed by Pulwama with 62.7 percent and Srinagar with 62.6 percent, compared
to a national average of 49 percent. Jammu had a score of 59.0.
In class 8, the percentage ratio of boys to
girls was 49.3 and 50.7, respectively, while the percentage ratio of urban to
rural participation was 77 and 23.
In schools run by the state government,
private recognized schools, and the central government, the management
participation ratio was 52%, 43%, and 5%, respectively.
Language had a performance percentage of
59, which was higher than the national average of 53. Similarly, the percentage
for Mathematics was 39 versus 36, for EVS, 45 versus 39, and for Social
Science, 43 versus 39.
In comparison to the national average of
41.9 percent, Srinagar led the rankings with 55.7 percent, followed by Anantnag
at 53.2 and Jammu at 52.7.
Head teachers were pleased with the
teaching staff and sports facilities, but they emphasized the need to increase
audio-visual and library resources. The Covid epidemic did cause issues, with
98 percent of pupils reporting some type of difficulty when studying at home.
For class 10, the percentage ratio of boys
to girls was 48.9 and 51.1, respectively, while the urban-rural participation
ratio was 71 and 29.
In schools run by the state government,
private recognized institutions, and the central government, the management
participation ratio was 51, 45, and 4%, respectively.
Mathematics had a performance % of 31
compared to the national average of 32, Science had a performance percentage of
38 to 35, Social Science had a performance percentage of 39 to 37, and English
had a performance percentage of 50 to 43. It was 36 to 41 for Modern Indian
Languages (MIL).
Compared to NAS 2017, Mathematics and
Science had a little improvement, while Social Science, English, and MIL took a
dip.
In comparison to the national average of
37.8%, Jammu topped the rankings with 46.3 percent, followed by Srinagar with
44.5 percent and Anantnag with 43.3 percent.
Director State Council of Educational
Research and Training (SCERT), Prof Veena Pandita, while congratulating the
School Education Department and commenting on the report card said the efforts
of everyone involved in the education system helped significantly in putting
J&K ahead of the national average in the recently declared NAS results.
“I’d like to express my heartfelt gratitude
to Principal Secretary Shri B K Singh Ji, Director School Education Jammu,
Director School Education Kashmir, Project Director Samagra Shiksha, Chief
Education Officers and the NAS team from SCERT for their efforts to make this
survey a success,” Prof Pandita said. “All this would have not been possible
without the ever sincere and dedicated efforts of our coordinators at the district
level, representatives from the CBSE, Principals of the DIETs (District Nodal
Officers), field investigators and observers.”
SCERT had taken a slew of measures,
particularly in light of the NAS-17 results, which were not encouraging.
Prior to the NAS survey, the SCERT
performed a UT-level assessment of classes 3, 5, and 8 on September 30, 2021,
with the goal of discovering learning gaps created by the Covid-19 epidemic.
“The survey, which was performed throughout
all of J&K UT’s districts, served as a dress rehearsal for the NAS,” stated
G H Reshi, Academic Officer. “Because the survey was conducted along the same
lines as the NAS, the task ahead of us became relatively easy.”
The SCERT gave unused survey question
sheets to students from time to time to familiarize them with the evaluation
methodology, he said.
Director Pandita said the results would help us to comprehend effectively the students’ performance as per the different learning outcomes vis-à-vis the contextual variables. She urged the teachers to work harder in future to improve the performance and quality further.
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