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2023 ASER Survey – Key Findings

January 20 , 2024 314 days 486 0
  • This year’s survey puts the spotlight on youth aged 14 to 18 years in rural India which was last studied in the 2017 survey.
  • Around 30% are already working, often for their parents.
  • About one in four children in the 14-18 age group still cannot read a Std II-level text fluently in their regional language.
  • Across enrolment categories, girls do better than boys in this respect.
  • More girls aspire to continue studying after class 12 than boys.
  • More than half struggle with division (3-digit by 1-digit) problems, a skill that is usually expected in Std III or IV.
  • About 57% can read sentences in English; more than 73% among them can also tell their meanings.
  • Boys do better than girls in both arithmetic and English reading.
  • About 90% of surveyed households had smartphones.
  • Of the surveyed children, almost 95% boys and 90% girls could use a smartphone.
  • The 'basic' ASER survey was first implemented in 2005 and is conducted annually until 2014.
  • Since, 2014, it switched to an alternate-year cycle in 2016.

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