Findings – Enrolment and attendance:
Findings- Learning levels: Foundational skills in reading and arithmetic
- Nationally, children’s basic reading ability has dropped to pre-2012 levels, reversing the slow improvement achieved in the intervening years. Drops are visible in both government and private schools in most states, and for both boys and girls.
- Nationally, children’s basic arithmetic levels have declined over 2018 levels for most grades.
- Nationally, children’s ability to read simple English sentences has stayed more or less at the 2016 level.ï€
Findings – School observations
- The proportion of government schools with less than 60 students enrolled has increased every year over the last decade.
- The states with the highest proportion of small schools in 2022 include Himachal Pradesh (81.4%) and Uttarakhand (74%).
Teacher and student attendance
At the All-India level, no major change is seen in students’ and teachers’ attendance. Average teacher attendance increased slightly, from 85.4% in 2018 to 87.1% in 2022. Average student attendance continues to hover at around 72% for the past several years.ï€
School facilities
The fraction of schools with useable girls’ toilets increased from 66.4% in 2018 to 68.4% in 2022. The proportion of schools with drinking water available increased from 74.8% to 76%,
Most sports-related indicators also remain close to the levels observed in 2018. In 2022, 68.9% of schools have a playground, up slightly from 66.5% in 2018.
