Signs of more than a recovery in learning

Findings of the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2024 point to a Robust Recovery from the Learning Loss Incurred in the Covid Years. Extended school shutdowns, digital hurdles — lack of access to hardware/connectivity and know-how among teachers and households — and unready systems marked much of the academic years 2020-21 and 2021-2022. As a result, Learning Gains Steadily Built Over the Past Couple of Decades Saw Significant Erosion. While Aser 2022 Painted A Mournful Picture, Aser 2024 Reassures That Things are Track and, Quite Encouringly, The Progress is LED by Government Schools, Whoan .

Reading Ability-One Proxy Being The Percentage of Standard III Students Able to Read Standard II Level Text-Is Back to the Pre-Pandemic Level of 27%, Having Fallen to 20.5% in a scholar Vement, Reaching 23.4 %, up not just from aser 2022’s 16.3%but also the pre-pandemic peak of 20.9%. Private Schools Recovered Some Ground But Are Yeet to Reach their pre-pandemic peak. The Arithmetic Learning Indicators Indicators Much more than a recovery, Registering Substantial Increases Over the Pre-Pandemic Peak. Here, Too, Government Schools Lead.

This turning may have ben ushared in by the fourteen is starting to pay off. That said, there is still a significant gap to overcome, give an overwhelming portion of the student population still suffers from from learning deficiencies. How nep enables building on Present Gains will be its true test.