250 Ludhiana schools ready for NAS test today

Shivani Bhakoo

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 11

The National Achievement Survey (NAS) test is going to be held tomorrow for schoolchildren across the country. In the district, around 250 schools are shortlisted where the test is going to be held for students of Classes third, fifth, eighth and tenth.

For the past over four to five months, hard work and efforts are being made by the Education Department to train teachers, staff and students for the test.

As per the SCERT Punjab guidelines, the schools should ensure (where tests are being held) that there will be no annual function, sports day or cultural activity on that day. Survey teams have been constituted which will have an observer and a field investigator. All field investigators will report at the respective school at sharp 7:30 am. The observers will report at the schools with sealed packets of NAS papers at 8:30 am. Students from government, aided and private schools are going to appear for the test tomorrow.

As per information, around 3.8 million students from 1, 23,000 schools in 733 districts across 36 states and union territories will participate in the National Achievement Survey (NAS), 2021, on November 12.

NAS findings would help diagnose learning gaps of students and determine interventions required in education policies, teaching practices and learning. Through its diagnostic report cards, the NAS findings help in capacity building for teachers and officials involved in the delivery of education. NAS 2021 would be a rich repository of evidences and data points furthering the scope of research and development.

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