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School Dropout Rate Least in West Bengal: ASER 2020
Citing the Annual State of Education Report (ASER), West Bengal government has announced that the state achieved the least dropout rate among school students. As per TMC statement, while the dropout rate in WB declined to 1.5% from 3.3%, the national figure rose to 5.5% from 4%. Authorities said the improvement was due to the state’s policy of distributing curriculum-based books to every child in state-run schools and providing online… read-more
Tags: School education, West Bengal, school dropout, TMC, Mamata Banerjee, ASER 2020, Online education, Covid-19
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ASER Report Indicates Over 60% School Students Can Take Online Classes
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2020 has revealed that over 60% of enrolled student’s family have at least one smartphone to take online classes during the pandemic. Also, children in lower classes have received more family support than higher ones. While one-third of children received learning materials from teachers, most of them had personal contacts with teacher. Reportedly, private schools outperformed government ones and… read-more
Tags: ASER 2020, Education, Covid-19, WhatsApp, Online classes
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