TNPSC Thervupettagam

ASER report on Tamilnadu

November 4 , 2020 1275 days 1912 0
  • The 15th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2020 was recently released by the Pratham Education Foundation.
  • Pratham is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in the country which works towards providing quality education to underprivileged children.
  • The study aimed to look at various aspects of school education and its impact under COVID-19.
  • This included school enrolment patterns, household resources available, home support available for learning and access to learning material.
  • According to the survey, nearly 93.7% of the students from government schools in the Tamilnadu State had access to textbooks whereas only 68.1% of private school students had them.
  • Of all the children surveyed, 64.6% of them in Tamilnadu were found to have access to digital learning through smartphones.

Other data

  • West Bengal ranks first in decline of school dropout rate.
  • West Bengal also holds the first position in the country in terms of text books provided to the students with 99.7 per cent coverage.

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