Department of School Education and Literacy has released the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report. It assesses the health of school education system in the country by conducting comprehensive evaluation survey of children’s learning competencies at classes 3, 5, 8 and 10th with a cycle period of three years.
The report reflects the overall assessment of school education system. The last National Achievement Survey was held in 2017.
The NAS 2021 was held on 12th of November last year at all India level and covered Government Schools, Government Aided Schools and Private Unaided Schools.
About 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts from both rural and urban areas have participated in NAS 2021. The National Report Card has been released and placed in the public domain on nas.gov.in.
It will enable analysis of results and remedial action at the appropriate levels.
The objective of NAS 2021 is to evaluate children’s progress and learning competencies as an indicator of the efficiency of the education system, so as to take appropriate steps for remedial actions at different levels.
