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.
Correlating the ups and down in the Indian rupee with the stock market, Vijay Bhambwani, CEO, bsplindia.com, suggests that if the rupee continues with its downward fall, the Indian stock market may fall breach October lows and fall further. “If the rupee falls below the 53.0-53.50 mark vis-a-vis the USD, expect a mini meltdown atleast in the equity markets. In that case, the 2250 level (on Nifty) will be breached easily to form a new low. The possibility of that low being below the 2000 levels on the Nifty spot is fairly high,” he says. Bhambwani supports his outlook by comparing the value of rupee at the time of October lows. “The October 2008 lows were made with the INR at 51.20 - 51.40 band. The rupee has breached the 52 level since then. Clearly the nation’s ‘share price’ (currency) indicates weakness. The curency market is a far more accurate barometer of the nation’s health compared to the equity indices. Whether you like it or not, we are under siege. Had it not been March (NAV ...
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