Govt. aided schools fail to sustain results in higher classes: survey
PARAKh Sarvekshan, earlier known as National Achievement Survey, assessed the performance of 46,737 Class III, VI, and IX students in 1,899 schools across the 14 districts in the State.
In Class III, State government schools and aided schools scored 78% in Language, which was not only higher than the national average but also than that scored by private and Central government schools (71%).
In Mathematics too, the pattern was repeated with government and aided schools scoring 74% while private and Central government schools students scored 63% and 62%, respectively.
By Class VI, Central government schools had turned the tables. They had the highest score of 80% in Language, with private schools scoring 77%, aided schools close behind at 76%, and government schools at 75%.
In Mathematics too, Central government schools topped with a score of 66%, with the other three management types tied at 59%.
In Class IX too, Central government schools performed better. In Language, they scored 82%, just slightly ahead of private schools with 81%. Government and aided schools were tied at 69%.
In Mathematics, Central government schools with 52% did much better than private schools that scored 46%. Aided institutions were next with 43% and government schools scored 42%.
Education officials said students currently in Class VI in State government and aided schools were severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, unlike students in Class III now. Class IX students were also affected to an extent, but their results had to be studied in detail. The result pattern in the State was similar to the all-India trend, they said.
While girls in the State did better than boys across all three grades, students from rural schools did better than those in urban schools in Class III, scoring 76% and 75%, respectively, in Language and 71% and 68% in Mathematics. The situation changed by Class VI when urban students edged out rural students by 2 percentage points in Language, Mathematics, and 'The World Around Us.'
In Class IX, urban students maintained the advantage on rural students, scoring 1 percentage point more in Mathematics, 2 percentage points more in Science and Social Science, and 4 percentage points more in Language.
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