Worried over NAS report, Goa CM calls for focused efforts to improve maths learning outcomes among students

Expressing concern over the findings of the National Achievement Survey (NAS), which states that Goa has fallen below the national average in some areas of education, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday met officials and called for “reforms”. focused” efforts will be made. Mathematics learning outcomes in students. The National Achievement Survey (NAS) is a representative large-scale survey of student learning conducted by the Union Ministry of Education. NAS gives a system-level reflection on the effectiveness of school education. Its findings help to compare performance across the spectrum and across populations to find the desired direction for improvement.

Presided over a meeting with the Department of Education. We are concerned with the data from the National Achievement Survey report as Goa is below the national average in some areas. Concentrated efforts will be made to improve learning outcomes in Mathematics of students in Goa,” tweeted Sawant. He also said that the state government is contemplating to implement CCS rules for the employees in aided schools. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Sawant said that the government-run schools should not be blamed only for poor performance as they cater to only 20 per cent student population in the state.

The Chief Minister said that the State Government is seriously concerned about the NAS Report 2021. He said that 80 percent of the students in Goa study in aided schools and the government provides them grants to aid them. Sawant also said that teachers should teach full time without any side-business that distracts. Chief Minister, whoever holds education The department said that due to the increase in the number of government aided schools, the number of state government-run schools has come down significantly.

Sawant said that the affiliated schools should improve the performance as it is the government which pays the salaries and provides other grants-in-aid. NAS 2021 has indicated that the students of Goa have shown worse performance than the national average in Mathematics, Language, Social Science and Science.

“In mathematics, we are below the national average. The national average is 32 per cent and we are 30 per cent for class 10. In class 8, the national average is 36 per cent and we are at 32 per cent. In class 5, the national average is 44 per cent and we are 39 per cent,” the chief minister said. For Class III, the national average is 57 per cent and we are 55 per cent.

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