The latest survey has been released by the non-governmental organization recently called ASER (annual status of Education reports). According to the survey, almost one-fourth children who read in schools are able to read and understand their mother tongue properly.
Annual Status of Education report-2017 includes statistics of 28 districts in the country's 24 states. 21 per cent of the rural area's children don't even know what their state name is. The country's chief Economic advisor, Arvind Subramanian, has also expressed concern for the situation.
Siuation of education in the country as per annual status of education report
- The survey included children aged 14-18 years. The survey included 1641 villages totaling 28 districts in 24 states.
- The survey revealed that 57 per cent of children are unable to do simple multiplication and 44 per cent of babies have no information concerning weights.
- 21 per cent of children have no information about their state, and 36 per cent are children who have no information about the country's capital.
- There are 44 per cent children (14-18 ages) who have never been to school and 25 per cent are children whose fathers never went to school.
- The number of children enrolled in class eight in the year 2004-05 was 1.1 crore which increased to 2014-15 to 2.2 crore. But the basic understanding of these children is very weak.
Steps are needed to improve primary education conditions:
- The proper infrastructure should be constructed and qualified teachers should be appointed.
- The performance based salary system should be implemented so that unqualified teachers can get a lesson and they do the seriously teaching.
- In private schools, private publishers should be banned and the same curriculum should be implemented at the national level.
- The teaching work should be made enjoyable, and audio-video methods should also be educated to children.
- A monitoring committee should be set up in each district so that each school can be periodically inspected and the teaching level information can be obtained.
Conclusion:
We can conclude that the annual status of Education report shows that the education situation in the country is extremely worrisome. To improve this situation, the above suggestions need to be applied as soon as possible.
