Bengaluru: The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2016 for rural Karnataka, which has revealed that learning levels of students in languages and mathematics have been deteriorating over the years, is worrying for the government as most students in the state are enrolled in its schools.
Going by the report, only 27.4 per cent of children in the six to 14 age group are in private schools and the rest are in government schools. Only two districts, Bengaluru and Udupi, have over 50 per cent of their students in the same age group studying in private schools. The majority of students in the most economically and socially backward districts like Koppal (87 per cent), Yadgiri (82.7per cent), Raichur (81.6 per cent) and Gadag (83.8 per cent) are enrolled in government- run schools, putting the onus of improving the quality of education in the state squarely on it.
“The learning levels of students till Class VIII in these districts is very low. Going by the report the learning levels of the students has deteriorated in almost all the districts since 2010 despite RTE, SSA, RMSA and other schemes and the huge funding the schools get under them in addition to support from the SDMCs,” noted a retired officer of the department of public instruction, pointing out that the schools in these districts were not short of teachers either.
“Teachers are required to have a B.Ed qualification for higher primary schools. But despite this the learning level of students is showing a negative trend,” he noted with surprise.
Admitting that the report’s findings were embarrassing for the state government, a senior education officer said it would soon hold a review meeting and take corrective measures to improve the learning level of students in its schools. : The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2016 for rural Karnataka, which has revealed that learning levels of students in languages and mathematics have been deteriorating over the years, is worrying for the government as most students in the state are enrolled in its schools.
Going by the report, only 27.4 per cent of children in the six to 14 age group are in private schools and the rest are in government schools. Only two districts, Bengaluru and Udupi, have over 50 per cent of their students in the same age group studying in private schools. The majority of students in the most economically and socially backward districts like Koppal (87 per cent), Yadgiri (82.7per cent), Raichur (81.6 per cent) and Gadag (83.8 per cent) are enrolled in government- run schools, putting the onus of improving the quality of education in the state squarely on it.
“The learning levels of students till Class VIII in these districts is very low. Going by the report the learning levels of the students has deteriorated in almost all the districts since 2010 despite RTE, SSA, RMSA and other schemes and the huge funding the schools get under them in addition to support from the SDMCs,” noted a retired officer of the department of public instruction, pointing out that the schools in these districts were not short of teachers either.
“Teachers are required to have a B.Ed qualification for higher primary schools. But despite this the learning level of students is showing a negative trend,” he noted with surprise.
Admitting that the report’s findings were embarrassing for the state government, a senior education officer said it would soon hold a review meeting and take corrective measures to improve the learning level of students in its schools.
