The Hindu : Kerala News : Lower primary students learn better, shows study

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Lower primary students learn better, shows study

Staff Reporter

KASARAGOD: A study conducted by Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the State has found that a larger section of students in the lower primary schools show higher standards of learning compared to their counterparts in upper primary schools.

On an average, 75 per cent of students in lower primary schools are placed in A grade. The percentage of students with A grade in upper primary classes was only 50 per cent, the study said. The study conducted by the SSA throughout the State had been completed in Kasaragod, Wayanad, Palakkad, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram.

Only those students who score 80-100 per cent were graded as A in the State. But at the national level, those who got 60 per cent onwards were considered A grade, the study noted. Applying the same yardstick, the number of students with A grade in lower primary schools in the State was around 90 per cent.

The study found that a very high number of lower primary students had high skills in numerical ability and comprehension. The study also noted that a large number of students in upper primary classes showed high standards in Malayalam and Hindi.

The study also revealed that the number of upper primary students who excelled in Mathematics and Social Sciences were low. The SSA study also noted that planning, management and monitoring in schools in the State was of average quality. It found that around 40 per cent of teachers were abstaining from cluster training programme.

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