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NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SURVEY 2021 SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED ACROSS COUNTRY

The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021, was successfully conducted on Friday across all 36 states and union territories across the country. “As per initial estimates received from 24 states/UTs, nearly 96% of the sampled schools and nearly 92% of the targeted sampled children, of classes 3, 5, 8 and 10 participated in the survey. NAS […]

The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021, was successfully conducted on Friday across all 36 states and union territories across the country. “As per initial estimates received from 24 states/UTs, nearly 96% of the sampled schools and nearly 92% of the targeted sampled children, of classes 3, 5, 8 and 10 participated in the survey. NAS is a process of gathering information in order to develop a deep understanding of what students know, understand, and can do with their knowledge as a result of their educational experiences,” the Education Ministry said in a statement. The Ministry further said in a statement, “this process will ultimately culminate to improve the subsequent students’ learning and development through systemic interventions.” NAS was conducted in different mediums of instruction as available in the sampled schools.

NAS is a scientifically designed achievement survey. There are three phases of the NAS exercise, namely instrument development, sampling design, and actual administration of the test.

Grade-wise subject-specific learning outcomes have been identified, which have been assessed through NAS. Instruments have been developed in such a way that they can map the specific Learning Outcomes. NCERT, being a nodal academic body has done the instrument development, testing, finalisation of the test items. Being a sample-based survey, sampling design becomes crucial to make the data more representative and authentic.

Sampling-Design has been done in a scientific manner as per international standards. Actual Administration of the test in the sampled schools was conducted by CBSE in collaboration with states and UTs, to maintain the highest levels of reliability and impartiality, being a third-party assessment agency external to the school education department.

Besides student achievement tests, Pupil Questionnaires, Teachers Questionnaires and School Questionnaires were also obtained to understand the various settings and perspectives of students, teachers and schools. This will provide valuable information regarding the background, teacher training, rural-urban, the effectiveness of online education etc to comprehend the education system in a comprehensive manner.

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