Question: Recently the largest ever survey, National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted successfully. The NAS was not conducted for which of the following classes?
(a) Class 3rd
(b) Class 5th
(c) Class 7th
(d) Class 8th
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- On November 13th, 2017, the largest ever survey, National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted successfully.
- The NAS was conducted throughout the country.
- It was conducted for the Classes 3, 5 and 8 in government and government aided schools.
- The survey tools used multiple test booklets with 45 questions in Classes III and V related to language, mathematics and 60 questions in Class VIII in Mathematics, Language, Sciences and Social Sciences.
- Along with the test items, questionnaires pertaining to students, teachers and schools were also used.
- To ensure the fairness of the survey, a monitoring team was constituted which consisted of observers from inter-ministerial departments drawn from the State Governments, National and State Observers from Education Departments and multi-lateral organizations.
- The learning levels of more than 25 lakhs students from 1, 10,000 across 700 districts in all 36 States/UTs were assessed.
- More than 1.75 lakhs trained Field Investigators from outside the government education system were engaged to conduct the learning assessment in the country.
- The whole process will begin immediately and will be completed within 3-5 months.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=173462