Q35. Consider the following Statements regarding ASER Report 2017:
1. It is published by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development
2. It publishes reports which focuses only the children belonging to age group 6-14 years old.
3. It is an annual, nationwide survey of children's ability to read simple text and do basic arithmetic.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Q35. Consider the following Statements regarding ASER Report 2017:
1. It is published by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development
2. It publishes reports which focuses only the children belonging to age group 6-14 years old.
3. It is an annual, nationwide survey of children's ability to read simple text and do basic arithmetic.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
The correct option is B (b) Only 3
ASER is an annual, nationwide survey of children's ability to read simple text and do basic arithmetic that would engage ordinary citizens in finding out whether their children were learning. It is published by a NGO called Pratham.
The 2017 ASER focuses on 14 to 18-year-olds. The survey looks “Beyond Basics”, exploring a wider set of domains beyond foundational reading and arithmetic abilities of youth.
Key Highlights
1. Enrolment – In 14-18 age groups, around 14% are not currently enrolled in school or college.
2. However, this number varies a lot with age, ranging from around 5% at age 14 to around 30% at age 18.
3. The low 5% at age 14 is a positive outcome of the compulsory education for 6-14 years under the RTE.
4. The enrolment ratios for boys and girls are almost the same at 14 years.
5. However, at 18 years 32% of girls are not enrolled, as against 28% for boys.
6. There are also discrete differences among States on the number of youth who are not enrolled in appropriate levels of schooling.
7. Knowledge – 14% of rural youth in the age group of 14-18 failed to identify the map of India.
8. A worrying 36% of those surveyed did not know that Delhi is the capital of India.
9. 60-8-% of them cannot even tell the time correctly.
10. About 25% of this age groups still cannot read basic texts fluently in their own language.
11. 53% of all 14 year-olds in the sample can read English sentences.
12. More than half in the age group struggle with simple division (3 digit by 1 digit) problems.
13. Besides, that report points to a massive digital divide, with poor access to facilities.
In this again, girls were worse off in terms of access to computers and the Internet.
(b) Only 3
ASER is an annual, nationwide survey of children's ability to read simple text and do basic arithmetic that would engage ordinary citizens in finding out whether their children were learning. It is published by a NGO called Pratham.
The 2017 ASER focuses on 14 to 18-year-olds. The survey looks “Beyond Basics”, exploring a wider set of domains beyond foundational reading and arithmetic abilities of youth.
Key Highlights
1. Enrolment – In 14-18 age groups, around 14% are not currently enrolled in school or college.
2. However, this number varies a lot with age, ranging from around 5% at age 14 to around 30% at age 18.
3. The low 5% at age 14 is a positive outcome of the compulsory education for 6-14 years under the RTE.
4. The enrolment ratios for boys and girls are almost the same at 14 years.
5. However, at 18 years 32% of girls are not enrolled, as against 28% for boys.
6. There are also discrete differences among States on the number of youth who are not enrolled in appropriate levels of schooling.
7. Knowledge – 14% of rural youth in the age group of 14-18 failed to identify the map of India.
8. A worrying 36% of those surveyed did not know that Delhi is the capital of India.
9. 60-8-% of them cannot even tell the time correctly.
10. About 25% of this age groups still cannot read basic texts fluently in their own language.
11. 53% of all 14 year-olds in the sample can read English sentences.
12. More than half in the age group struggle with simple division (3 digit by 1 digit) problems.
13. Besides, that report points to a massive digital divide, with poor access to facilities.
In this again, girls were worse off in terms of access to computers and the Internet.
