New Delh: The Annual Status of Education Report, ASER 2012 was released in New Delhi today by the Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju
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Speaking on the occasion the Hon’ble Minister said that the focus of the current 12th Five Year Plan is on quality of education imparted in schools. He said that the quality of the teachers in schools has to be improved and infrastructure needs to be strengthened. Appreciating the trend in improvement of infrastructure in schools including sanitation and mid-day meals, he said that the trend of the girls enrollment going down is a matter of concern.
Speaking on the occasion the Hon’ble Minister said that the focus of the current 12th Five Year Plan is on quality of education imparted in schools. He said that the quality of the teachers in schools has to be improved and infrastructure needs to be strengthened. Appreciating the trend in improvement of infrastructure in schools including sanitation and mid-day meals, he said that the trend of the girls enrollment going down is a matter of concern.
Expressing satisfaction over the performance of some states, the Hon’ble Minister said that after the enactment of RTE Act some states are doing well in primary and elementary education but states from north-east regions have to catch up.
Report: The report says that the enrollment level for the 6-14 age group continue to be very high in rural areas. In 2012, 96.5% of all the children in this age group in rural areas were enrolled in schools. The proportion of the children in the age group of 6-14 who are not enrolled in schools has gone up slightly from 3.3% in 2011 to 3.5% in 2012. The increase is largest in Rajasthan and UP. The report also says that learning outcomes were low but steady in the years leading to 2010. But across the country, children’s ability to read simple text and do basic arithmetic has declined since then.
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