UP students outclass rest of India
One of the most comprehensive survey of learning achievement of class V students by NCERT shows that mean achievement of children of Uttar Pradesh in language and mathematics is highest in the country.
By Akshaya Mukul, TNN | Updated:
NEW DELHI: One of the most comprehensive survey of learning achievement of class V students by NCERT shows that mean achievement of children of Uttar Pradesh in language and mathematics is highest in the country.
In environmental studies, UP students are a close second after Tamil Nadu (72.30%), with a mean score of 67.15%. In all respects - performance of girls, rural children and percentage of children getting more than 80% - UP has outclassed all states.
The survey that was carried out between March and May, 2010, under the direction of Avtar Singh, head of department of educational measurement and evaluation, tested over one lakh students in language, mathematics and environmental studies in 31 states and is more exhaustive than Pratham's Annual Status of Education Report. NCERT followed the internationally-recognized principle of Item Response Theory (IRT), where a student is graded on each item asked rather than on a total test. The last such comprehensive survey was conducted in 2006-07, but IRT was not followed. The HRD ministry has decided to make the survey a regular affair.
In language, students were asked questions based on comprehension, asked to identify, evaluate and interpret a text. In mathematics, students were asked subtraction based on decimal system, questions on geometry and number system. In environmental studies, questions were asked on health and economic problems.
In mathematics, mean percentage scored by UP students is 72.89%; in language (71.12%) and environmental studies (67.15%). In mathematics, UP is followed by Karnataka (61.53%), Delhi (58.89%), J&K (58.4%), Madhya Pradesh (58.68%), West Bengal (57.74%) and Odisha (56.02%). In language, Tamil Nadu (65.89%) follows UP. West Bengal (64.29%), Maharashtra (63.87%), Karnataka (61%) and Delhi (59.89%) have done well in the language test.
In environmental studies, Karnataka ranks third, with a mean score of 66.59%. Students from MP (58.85%), West Bengal (58.75%) and J&K (58.45%) have also fared well.
Mean percentage of students of Bihar stands at 49.4% in mathematics, language (45.47%) and environmental studies (47.44%).
Girls are outperforming boys in Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Mizoram, Kerala and Puducherry. In case of UP, performance of boys and girls is at par. In mathematics, mean percentage of boys is 73.34%, while girls (72.49%). A similar marginal difference can be seen in other two subjects.
UP's achievement is not a fluke is illustrated by the fact that there is not much difference in the score between urban and rural children in all three subjects. While in most states, urban students are doing better, their rural counterparts are performing well in language in Daman and Diu, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Uttarakhand. In mathematics, rural children of Daman and Diu, Delhi, J&K, Karnataka, Nagaland and Maharashtra are doing better than students from urban areas.
In environmental studies, UP students are a close second after Tamil Nadu (72.30%), with a mean score of 67.15%. In all respects - performance of girls, rural children and percentage of children getting more than 80% - UP has outclassed all states.
The survey that was carried out between March and May, 2010, under the direction of Avtar Singh, head of department of educational measurement and evaluation, tested over one lakh students in language, mathematics and environmental studies in 31 states and is more exhaustive than Pratham's Annual Status of Education Report. NCERT followed the internationally-recognized principle of Item Response Theory (IRT), where a student is graded on each item asked rather than on a total test. The last such comprehensive survey was conducted in 2006-07, but IRT was not followed. The HRD ministry has decided to make the survey a regular affair.
In language, students were asked questions based on comprehension, asked to identify, evaluate and interpret a text. In mathematics, students were asked subtraction based on decimal system, questions on geometry and number system. In environmental studies, questions were asked on health and economic problems.
In mathematics, mean percentage scored by UP students is 72.89%; in language (71.12%) and environmental studies (67.15%). In mathematics, UP is followed by Karnataka (61.53%), Delhi (58.89%), J&K (58.4%), Madhya Pradesh (58.68%), West Bengal (57.74%) and Odisha (56.02%). In language, Tamil Nadu (65.89%) follows UP. West Bengal (64.29%), Maharashtra (63.87%), Karnataka (61%) and Delhi (59.89%) have done well in the language test.
In environmental studies, Karnataka ranks third, with a mean score of 66.59%. Students from MP (58.85%), West Bengal (58.75%) and J&K (58.45%) have also fared well.
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Mean percentage of students of Bihar stands at 49.4% in mathematics, language (45.47%) and environmental studies (47.44%).
Girls are outperforming boys in Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Mizoram, Kerala and Puducherry. In case of UP, performance of boys and girls is at par. In mathematics, mean percentage of boys is 73.34%, while girls (72.49%). A similar marginal difference can be seen in other two subjects.
UP's achievement is not a fluke is illustrated by the fact that there is not much difference in the score between urban and rural children in all three subjects. While in most states, urban students are doing better, their rural counterparts are performing well in language in Daman and Diu, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Uttarakhand. In mathematics, rural children of Daman and Diu, Delhi, J&K, Karnataka, Nagaland and Maharashtra are doing better than students from urban areas.
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