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ic principle of effective management of quality involvement for students learning is
organizations is to have clear goals and to by reducing load of un-academic works from
reward employees for contributing towards their shoulders. Teachers’ role is pivotal in
meeting those goals. Implementing those ideas bringing positive and faster change as Dr. A.P.J.
effectively in a public sector setting will take Abdul Kalam said, ‘True quality does not come
considerable effort, but the evidence highlights from a great building or great facilities or great
the potentially large returns in doing so. There advertisements. It happens when education is
is also a need of motivating teachers for more imparted with love by great teacher’.
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
ASER is an annual survey that aims to provide Soumi Banerjee
reliable estimates of children’s enrolment
and basic learning level for each district and state administered in 16 regional languages.
in India. ASER has been conducted every year
since 2005 in all rural districts of India. It is the ASER tools and procedures are designed by
largest citizen- led survey in India. It is also the ASER center, the research and assessment arm
only annual source of information on children’s of PRATHAM (an NGO).The survey itself is
learning outcomes available in India today. coordinated by ASER center and facilitated by
the Pratham network. It is conducted by around
Unlike most other large scale learning 30,000 volunteers from partner organizations in
assessments, ASER is a household-based rather each district. All kinds of institutions partner with
than school-based survey. This design enables ASER: colleges, universities, NGOs, youth groups,
all children to be included those who have women’s organizations, self- help groups and
never been to school or have dropped out, as others.
well as those who are in government schools,
private schools, religious schools or anywhere Pratham is one of the largest non-governmental
else. This year in each rural district, 30 villages organizations in India. It works towards
are sampled. In each village, 20 randomly the provision of quality education to the
selected households are surveyed. This process underprivileged children in India. For 21 years,
generates a total of 600 households per district, it has catered successfully to the learning needs
or about 3, 00,000 households for the country of approximately ten millions of disadvantaged
as a whole. Approximately 7, 00,000 children in children. In doing so, it has designed and
the age group 3-16 who are residents in these implemented new methods that accelerate
households are surveyed. reading acquisition, using a grass-root approach
in which pupils are grouped by actual levels
Information on schooling status is collected and needs instead of age, while providing
for all children living in sampled households specific training to the teachers and volunteers
who are in the age-group 3-16. Children recruited to its programs
in the age group 5-16 are tested in basic
reading and basic arithmetic. The same test In India ASER provides a regular feedback on
is administered to all children. The highest the status of primary education annually. There
level of reading tested corresponds to what is is a need to have more such surveys done by
expected in standard II. In 2012 this test was Government itself and other organizations
to explore more deeply the causes which are
deterrent in quality improvement at the basic
level of learning.
Success does not come alone. Everyone who achieves much does it with the help of countless others.
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organizations is to have clear goals and to by reducing load of un-academic works from
reward employees for contributing towards their shoulders. Teachers’ role is pivotal in
meeting those goals. Implementing those ideas bringing positive and faster change as Dr. A.P.J.
effectively in a public sector setting will take Abdul Kalam said, ‘True quality does not come
considerable effort, but the evidence highlights from a great building or great facilities or great
the potentially large returns in doing so. There advertisements. It happens when education is
is also a need of motivating teachers for more imparted with love by great teacher’.
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
ASER is an annual survey that aims to provide Soumi Banerjee
reliable estimates of children’s enrolment
and basic learning level for each district and state administered in 16 regional languages.
in India. ASER has been conducted every year
since 2005 in all rural districts of India. It is the ASER tools and procedures are designed by
largest citizen- led survey in India. It is also the ASER center, the research and assessment arm
only annual source of information on children’s of PRATHAM (an NGO).The survey itself is
learning outcomes available in India today. coordinated by ASER center and facilitated by
the Pratham network. It is conducted by around
Unlike most other large scale learning 30,000 volunteers from partner organizations in
assessments, ASER is a household-based rather each district. All kinds of institutions partner with
than school-based survey. This design enables ASER: colleges, universities, NGOs, youth groups,
all children to be included those who have women’s organizations, self- help groups and
never been to school or have dropped out, as others.
well as those who are in government schools,
private schools, religious schools or anywhere Pratham is one of the largest non-governmental
else. This year in each rural district, 30 villages organizations in India. It works towards
are sampled. In each village, 20 randomly the provision of quality education to the
selected households are surveyed. This process underprivileged children in India. For 21 years,
generates a total of 600 households per district, it has catered successfully to the learning needs
or about 3, 00,000 households for the country of approximately ten millions of disadvantaged
as a whole. Approximately 7, 00,000 children in children. In doing so, it has designed and
the age group 3-16 who are residents in these implemented new methods that accelerate
households are surveyed. reading acquisition, using a grass-root approach
in which pupils are grouped by actual levels
Information on schooling status is collected and needs instead of age, while providing
for all children living in sampled households specific training to the teachers and volunteers
who are in the age-group 3-16. Children recruited to its programs
in the age group 5-16 are tested in basic
reading and basic arithmetic. The same test In India ASER provides a regular feedback on
is administered to all children. The highest the status of primary education annually. There
level of reading tested corresponds to what is is a need to have more such surveys done by
expected in standard II. In 2012 this test was Government itself and other organizations
to explore more deeply the causes which are
deterrent in quality improvement at the basic
level of learning.
Success does not come alone. Everyone who achieves much does it with the help of countless others.
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