Raipur, 30 July 2022
Due to the proper strategy and continuous efforts adopted in Chhattisgarh, the learning loss in children due to Corona period has improved rapidly. According to the survey conducted on more than 27 lakh students for the assessment of learning loss, now the number of students with learning loss has come down from 51 to 7 to 8 percent. On the basis of annual examination, 90.13 percent students have reached their class level. With this, the percentage of students of minimum and elementary level has come down to about 4 percent.
Due to the closure of schools for a long time during the Corona period, learning loss was seen in children even after many efforts. For its assessment, a major change was made in the state level assessment system and it was redesigned. SCERT brought a big change in the traditional pattern of question papers. Online Automated Assessment Analysis System has been developed in collaboration with NIC. This ensured that how many levels the student was below his class level.
In the first assessment after the Corona period, it was found that 51 percent of the students were not fit for their class. The big challenge of this learning loss was addressed by Education Secretary S. Bharathidasan and director Rajesh Singh Rana accepted it and started many programs. To bring the students to their class level, ‘Bridge Course’ (Bridge Course) was created and ‘Nawajatan’ program for remedial teaching was started by Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam. School monitoring was strengthened. As a result, 75.13 percent of the students in the midline test (half-yearly examination) reached their class level and 29 percent of the students who had almost reached the elementary level, their number came down to 11 percent. Similarly, in the endline test (annual examination), 90.13 percent students came to their class level and the percentage of students of minimum / elementary level came down to about 4 percent.
This success of Chhattisgarh has been praised all over the country. From NITI Aayog to the National Council of Educational Research, praising Chhattisgarh, the measures to improve the quality of education here have been described as effective.
It is worth mentioning that during the Corona period, when educational institutions were closed indefinitely, on the instructions of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Principal Secretary Shri Alok Shukla has built an online education portal ‘Padhai Tuhar Duar’ in less than a month. Online classes have been started. All textbooks from 1st to 12th were uploaded on this portal so that any student can read it easily on their mobile. Innovative offline learning mediums like Mohalla Classroom, Loudspeaker Classroom, Angana Me Shiksha were adopted as soon as the Covid infection subsided.
