Only 39 percent Class V, 30 per cent class VIII students give correct response to Mathematics questions: Survey
Bhat Imran
Srinagar, Jul 25 (KNO): On an average, out of 100 hundred students, only 39 percent of Class-V and 30 percent students of Class-VIII have given correct responses to questions of Mathematics subject during a survey conducted by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT).
According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory assessment survey—2021 regarding the report on student learning levels and learning gaps due to Covid-19, only 39.32 percent students of Class-V and 30.18 percent of Class-VIII have given correct responses to learning outcomes in Mathematics subjects.
However, according to the assessment survey, at least 50.20 percent students of Class-III have given correct responses to learning outcomes in Mathematics subjects.
In the survey, at least 26,812 students of 876 schools of Classes III, V and VIII participated in the Language, Mathematics, Environmental Science, Science and Social Science.
The survey reveals that from Class-VIII, 49.13 percent students have correct responses to language subjects followed by 30.18 percent in Mathematics, 42.32 percent in Science and 35.43 percent in Social Science subjects.
Similarly, from the Class-V, only 41.82 percent students have correct responses to language subjects followed by 39.32 percent in Maths and 57.56 percent in Environmental Science.
Likewise, the survey reveals that from Class-III, only 43.46 percent of students have correct responses to language subjects followed by 50.20 percent in Maths and 68.01 percent in Environmental Science.
SCERT said that the assessment survey was successfully conducted throughout the JKUT in which competency-based test items (MCQs) were developed by it to assess the learning outcomes suggested by the NCERT.
“The findings of the survey will help to guide education policy, planning and implementation at UT, district and classroom levels for improving learning levels of students and bringing about qualitative improvements,” SCERT said—(KNO)
