Sixty-six per cent of Class III students in
the country are able to answer mathematics questions correctly but 30
per cent still have problems handling simple multiplication, a survey
released today said. It also found that 64 per cent of the children
were able to answer language questions correctly. Seventy per cent of
the kids were able to handle simple multiplication and 84 per cent of
the students data relevant to their context. Further it said 65 per
cent of the children were able to listen and respond correctly and about
86 per cent of them were able to recognise a given picture. Releasing
the 'national achievement survey' report, HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju
said the results show that the level of learning outcome is not as
"dismal" as is being projected by other surveys. The survey was
conducted on over 1 lakh students across the country, involving over
7,000 schools and 14,000 teachers. The results of the NCERT-conducted
study are in sharp contrast to the one released by Pratham, a private
entity last month. Though the Pratham report was confined to rural
schools, it said that only about 40 per cent children able to read a
Class-I level paragraph and just about 25 per cent in Class V able to
solve a simple division. Officials attributed the improvement in
performance of students both in language and mathematics to the
intervention provided by Sarva Siksha Abhiyan scheme. The NCERT
assessed students' abilities in two subjects -- language and
mathematics. In language, they were judged on listening, recognition of
words and reading comprehension. Similarly, in mathematics, they were
judged on numbers, basic operations like addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division, money, measurement and data handling
through a child-friendly test administered in 16 languages. In this
subject, about 40 per cent of the students answered more than 75 per
cent questions correctly while only 10 per cent students scored below 35
per cent. In language, 30 per cent of the students answered more than
75 per cent questions correctly while only 10 per cent students scored
less than 35 per cent. The study also said that in mathematics, 14
states or Union Territories scored significantly above the national
average. High performance was in Daman and Diu, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry,
Karnataka and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. On the other hand, 12 states
scored below the national average, of which the low performers were
Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.
Congress leader Manishankar Aiyar attracted opposition BJP's ire today in Rajya Sabha when he said he was not interested in listening to speech of a BJP member on vote on account, prompting the Chair to adjourn the House amid uproar. During the Zero Hour, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien allowed Aiyar, who wanted to ask a question, to do so, which was opposed by BJP members. Kurien asked Aiyar whether he yielded to allow others to speak, to which he said he had no objection and he can ask his question later. As the House got ready to initiate discussion on Vote on Account, Kurien said, "Let us reduce the discussion to two hours from four hours," which was opposed by BJP members including Piyush Goyal who was given a chance to speak on Vote on Account. When it was agreed that discussion will take place as per schedule, Aiyar remarked he was not interested in listening to the speech by BJP member. "You had given me the chance to ask a question
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