ASER Report 2024 Shows Government Schools Outshine Private in Post-COVID Learning Recovery with Government Schools Enrolment Dropping to 66.8%.
National
In January 2025, the Pratham Education Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), released the "Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2024", a nationwide household survey that assesses children's enrolment and learning outcomes in rural India. The report indicated that the enrolment in both government and private schools has returned to pre-COVID levels.
- However, the report highlighted that government schools have outperformed private schools in Post-COVID learning recovery levels.
- The report revealed that enrolment in government schools, which saw a surge during the pandemic for children aged 6-14, has now returned to pre-pandemic levels, dropping from 72.9% (in 2022) to 66.8% (in 2024).
- This trend is consistent across every state, except for Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).
Main Point :- (i) The household-based survey ASER 2025 covered 649,491 children aged 3-16, in 17,997 villages across 605 districts of 29 States/Union Territories (UTs) of India.
(ii) The drop-out rate for children aged 15-16 decreased significantly from 13.1% (in 2018) to 7.5% (in 2022), but remained stable at 7.9% (in 2024) at the national level.
(iii) For the first time, the survey included a digital literacy section to assess the digital literacy awareness among children aged 14-16. The report showed that nearly 90% of both girls and boys in the 14-16 age group have access to smartphones at home.
About Pratham Education Foundation
CEO : Rukmini Banerji
Headquarter : Mumbai, New Delhi
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