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Daily News Analysis ‘PARAKH RS Survey Reveals Learning Gaps Across Grades’ : 9 July

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About the Survey:

  • Conducted by: PARAKH (formerly National Achievement Survey)
  • Coverage: 21.15 lakh students from 74,229 schools across 781 districts
  • Subjects Assessed:
    • Grades 3 & 6: Language, Maths, and ‘World Around Us’
    • Grade 9: Language, Maths, Science, Social Science
  • Teacher Feedback: 2.7 lakh teachers and school heads responded.

Key Findings – Grade-wise:

Grade 3:

  • Language:67% could use adequate vocabulary.
    • 60% could comprehend short stories.
  • Maths:68–69% could sort and identify patterns.
    • Only 50–55% could handle basic geometry and operations.
    • 50% could perform simple money transactions.

Grade 6:

  • Maths: Only 38% could solve real-life number problems.
    • 29% could understand common fractions.
  • Environment Awareness: 44% could identify natural and social features.
    • Only 38% could observe and predict environmental patterns.
    • 56% could explain local institutions’ roles.

Grade 9:

  • Language:54% could identify key points in texts.
  • Maths:Only 28–31% could apply percentages and understand number sets.
  • Science:
    • ~37% could explain phenomena like breathing, circuits, floating/sinking.
    • 34% could distinguish between living and non-living characteristics.
    • 37% understood adolescence-related changes.

 Concerns:

  • Reveals learning gaps increase with higher grades.
  • Kendriya Vidyalayas underperformed in Grade 3 maths but did best in Grade 9.
  • Indicates need for targeted interventions in foundational numeracy and comprehension.
  • Suggests gaps in science conceptual understanding, especially at secondary level.

Why in News?

  • The PARAKH RS (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development – Rashtriya Sarvekshan) survey 2025, covering over 21 lakh students in Grades 3, 6, and 9 across India, revealed significant learning deficits, especially in mathematics and language.