The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)-2016, says that Himachal Pradesh ranks first among States in language and Mathematics competencies, a spokesman of the Education Department said here on Friday.
“Not only does HP have the highest rate of children who can read a standard II level of text in the country, it also ranks first on the basis of students who are competent to read stories meant for standard 5 students,” the spokesman said.
He added that on the basis of standard 5, in division competency, Himachal is first among all the States in the country in Mathematics as well. “This is no mean a feat as it has raced ahead of States like Kerala which boasted of holding the pole position in education for years,” he said.
The spokesman said as per ASER, the achievement level of Government schools of Himachal in language was 65.3 per cent as compared to the national average of 41.6 percent. The achievement level of Government schools of Himachal in math was 47.4 percent as compared to the national average of 21.1 per cent. The official said these results were not entirely surprising as Himachal has been undertaking several initiatives in recent times to improve the quality of learning.