Chhattisgarh School Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam on Friday said that all the districts have been asked to take follow-up action based on ASER-2022.
He was speaking after the release of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) - 2022 here. He said the Corona-19 pandemic had caused a lot of loss in the learning level of children in various states.
He said the way mothers have been connected in the state through the ‘Angana Ma Shiksha Karyakram’, it would be further taken forward this year during summer months.
ASER-2022 surveyed 64,131 children in the age group of 3 to 16 covering 33,330 houses in 1,679 villages in 28 districts of the state.
Children aged 5-16 were tested for comprehension skills in reading, mathematics and English. The first survey was conducted in 2021 in October-November when schools were about to reopen after several months of closure due to the pandemic.
The report states that the state ranks seventh in the country in terms of enrolment of children. The average enrolment in government schools is 72.9 percent while private schools rank fifth with 81.6 percent at the national level.
The state is ranked 14th in terms of impairment in learning of reading skills of children and 12th in terms of learning impairment in mathematical skills of Class III children.