Bihar kids top learning race, says NCERT HindustanTimes.com Chetan Chauhan New Delhi, February 13, 2006
An NCERT survey conducted over the last year says primary students in Bihar are turning out to be the fastest learners in classroom. Over six out of ten students understood exactly what was being taught in the classrooms in Bihar. Elsewhere, in UP, Goa and Chattisgarh, the number did not cross five. The survey was to find out classroom learning skills of class V students for mathematics and languages. The study was also aimed at evaluating teaching skills and finding ways to improve them at the local level. The results came as a surprise as the best students were found in the ramshackle schools of Bihar. About 64 per cent of students there can follow what is being taught compared to the national average of 52 per cent. They were better off in languages where 65 per cent comprehended what was being taught as against the national average of 58 per cent. In maths, the percentage was 63 per cent while the national average was 47 per cent.
