{"id":205336,"date":"2022-09-10T19:18:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=205336"},"modified":"2022-09-10T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T13:48:09","slug":"foundational-learning-study-basic-skills-poor-in-hindi-but-poorer-in-regional-languages-ncert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/foundational-learning-study-basic-skills-poor-in-hindi-but-poorer-in-regional-languages-ncert\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundational Learning Study: Basic skills poor in Hindi, but poorer in regional languages: NCERT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: The post is based on the article<b> \u201cBasic skills poor in Hindi, but poorer in regional languages: NCERT\u201d <\/b>published in <b>The Hindu <\/b>on <b>10th September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Education and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foundational Learning Study(FLS) 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the <\/b><b>Foundational Learning Study(FLS) 2022<\/b><b>?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FLS is a national report on benchmarking for oral reading fluency with reading comprehension and fluency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide reliable and valid data about Grade 3 students to know what they are able to do in foundational literacy and numeracy and the extent of the learning outcomes achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Samples Size:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> FLS was carried out among 86,000 class 3 children in 10,000 schools in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Categorization: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey divides learners on the basis of their knowledge and skills into four categories \u2014 those who \u201clack\u201d them have \u201climited\u201d proficiency, \u201csufficient\u201d competency and those who are \u201csuperior\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What are the key findings of the study?<\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_205337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205337\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-205337 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/631c46a718c8e15567d8b936_OI.png?resize=401%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Foundational Learning Study(FLS) 2022\" width=\"401\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/631c46a718c8e15567d8b936_OI.png?w=717&amp;ssl=1 717w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/631c46a718c8e15567d8b936_OI.png?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-205337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TOI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Languages: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foundational learning of students in Hindi is poor but their performance in regional languages in some States was even worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Around 53% of class 3 students in 18 States surveyed for Hindi proficiency either lacked or had limited knowledge and skills in reading and comprehending the language.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 But proficiency in regional languages such as Kannada, which was analyzed in States such as Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala was poorer with 59% students either lacking or displaying limited skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Skills in Mathematics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Most basic knowledge and skills in numeracy were either lacking or limited in 48% of Class 3 students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 As many as 11% of students couldn\u2019t complete the most basic grade-level tasks in numeracy and 37% of learners could only partially complete basic grade-level tasks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Among the States, Tamil Nadu was the worst performer with 77% of students either lacking <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or possessing only limited numeracy skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 In all, there were 11 States with more than 50% of students who either lacked or had limited skills with numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the significance of this study?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This study will help the government determine benchmarks in 20 languages and numeracy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Government has launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-education-minister-to-launch-nipun-bharat\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NIPUN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a national mission to enable all children at the end of class 3 to attain foundational skills by the year 2026-2027 and these benchmarks will provide a baseline for subsequent surveys.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cBasic skills poor in Hindi, but poorer in regional languages: NCERT\u201d published in The Hindu on 10th September 2022. What is the News? The Ministry of Education and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released a Foundational Learning Study(FLS) 2022. 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