ASER 2018

Question: Which of the following non-profit organization has been facilitating the ASER 2018 Report?
(a) PRAYAS
(b) PRATHAM
(c) PAHAL
(d) NONE OF THE ABOVE
Answer: (b)
Related facts:

  • ASER 2018 was launched by government of India with the cooperation of non-profit organization PRATHAM on January 15, 2019.
  • ASER 2018 has covered 596 districts in rural India, a total of 354,944 households and 546,527 children in the age group 3 to 16 were surveyed.
  • There are 573 partner institutions, 820 master trainers and approximately 30,000 volunteers have taken part in the survey.
  • Survey has been done on the basis of HOW, WHAT and WHO parameters.

ASER findings:

  • Overall enrollment of children in the age group (6-14) has been above 95%.
  • The proportion of children (age 6-14) who are not enrolled in school has fallen below 3% for the first time and stands at 2.8% in 2018.
  • In 2018, the overall proportion of girls in the 11 to 14 age group out of school has fallen to 4.1%. This figure is more than 5% in only 4 states.
  • The percentage of out of school girls aged 11-14 has fallen significantly over time.
  • Average teacher attendance has been around 85% and average student attendance at around 72% for past several years in both primary and upper primary schools.
  • Nationally in 2018, 4 out of 10 government primary schools visited had less than 60 students enrolled.
  • The fractions of schools with girls toilet has been doubled to 66.4%.
  • In 2018 survey, about 8 out of 10 schools had a playground available for students, either within premises or nearby.
  • Physical education teacher are scarce in rural India.
  • More than half of children enrolled in class 5 can read at least a standard 2 level text.
  • The percentage of all children in standard 3 who can read at least at standard 2 levels has increased slowly over the past years.
  • Enrollment in private schools has been increased from 2006 to 2014 but since then it is plateaued at around 30% for the age group 6-14.

ASER (Annual Status of Education Report):

  • It is an annual survey that aims to obtain reliable estimates of children’s schooling and basic learning levels for each state and rural district in India & to measure the change in these basic learning and school statistics over time.
  • It is the largest citizen-led survey in India, and is also the only annual source of information on children’s learning outcomes available in India today.
  • This report has been published annually since 2005 except the year 2015.

Pratham

  • It is an innovative learning organization created to improve the quality of education in India.
  • As one of the largest non-governmental organisations in the country, Pratham focuses on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the education system.
  • It was established in 1995 to provide education to children in the slums of Mumbai; Pratham has grown both in scope and geographical coverage.

Links:
http://www.pratham.org/about-us/about-pratham http://img.asercentre.org/docs/ASER%202018/Release%20Material/aser2018nationalfindingsppt.pdf http://img.asercentre.org/docs/ASER%202018/Release%20Material/aser2018nationalfindings.pdf http://img.asercentre.org/docs/ASER%202018/Release%20Material/aserreport2018.pdf
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