Delhi Govt Schools Shine In Parakh 2024 Survey
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released the Parakh Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 report on Monday, highlighting the learning status of students in different classes in Indian schools. The report shows the comparative analysis of the students’ performance in different states and central boards.
The total number of schools surveyed was 381 for class 3, 391 for class 6, and 491 for class 9. It observed participation from 35.737 students and 4,191 teachers.
As per the report, students of class 3 in Delhi government schools have done far better in subjects such as language and Mathematics in comparison to their private school students and the rest of the country. In Language, Delhi govt school students scored 3% above the national average of 64%.
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The city’s private schools take the lead in classes 6 and 9. While in class 6, students in state government schools performed worse than private schools in Maths. Their performance in Language is better than the national figure.
And in Class 9, the performance of the government school students remains better than that of schools across the country in four subjects, including Maths, Language, Social Science, and Science. In Class 9, the Delhi government school students performed better than the national average by 7%. While private schools lead in the assessed subjects.
This is the first time since 2017, when the NCERT started the nationwide survey to assess the competency development at different levels – Foundational (class 3), Preparatory (class 6), and Middle (class 9) – that Delhi’s government schools performed better than other schools including government aidded, central government and private schools.
During the survey in 2017 and 2021, the then ‘National Achievement Survey’ (NAS) shows that the performance of Delhi government schools was below the national average at the Foundational Level for Language, Maths, and Environmental Science.
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However, Nationwide learning levels are yet to bounce back to pre-COVID levels in the primary stage, with students in Class 3 still not having caught up with the performance recorded in 2017.
To improve learning in Class 6, innovative teaching strategies, improving parent and community participation, and continuous professional development have been recommended. While for class 9 students in Delhi, skill education for diverse career paths is a key suggestion.
