Annual Status Of Education Report 2019 – Economics – Free PDF Download

CURRENT AFFAIR

• On January 14, 2020, the Non-Profit Organization Pratham released its annual report, Annual Status of  Education Report, 2019.
• The report is based on the survey conducted in 26 districts that covers 36,000 children in the age group of  4 to 8 years.

Topics Covered

• The role of NGOs.
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the  performance of these schemes.
• Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education,  Human Resources, etc.
• For Prelims: Brief overview of stats.
• For Mains: Concerns, challenges highlighted by the survey and ways and measures needed to address

Key Findings of the report

• Number of girls enrolled in government schools is higher than number of boys.
• On the other hand, number of boys enrolled in private institutions is higher than that of girls.
• The report says that around 56.8% of girls and 50.4% of boys are enrolled in government schools.
• In the age group of 6-8 years, 61.1% of girls and 52. 1% of boys were enrolled in government institutions.
• According to RTE act, 2009 (Right to Education act), children should enter Class I at the age of 6. But  according to the report, 4 out of every 10 children  entering Class I are less than 5 years old.

Suggestions of the report

• The existing network of Anganwadi Centres should be strengthened and expanded.
• Early language, numeracy, social and emotional learning tasks are closely related to age of the children.
• Therefore, it is mandatory to put children into primary grades at the right age.
• The age band of children between 4 and 8 are seen as continuous progressive stages.
• Therefore, utmost importance should be given in designing curriculum for these stages.

QUALITY OF EDUCATION-SIGNIFICANCE

• India’s demographic dividend depends on the learning level of students.
• The quality of education has a direct bearing on any
• With some 240 million students or nearly 20% of the Indian population in school, their quality of learning  or lack of it assumes significance for the  competitiveness of the country.
• It has an impact on the quality of life, efficiency at the workplace, and labour productivity issues.

WHY EDUCATION REFORMS???

• Every year, 12 million youth enter the labour market in
• Only 24% of 18- to 37-year-olds who dropped out of school before completing the primary level can read.
• India’s tertiary education system is the second largest in the world, after China.
• India also needs to overhaul its short-term skilling
• Adult learning is an important channel for readjusting skills to fit in the future of work.
• The demand for certain skills is going up in today’s labour markets.
• According to the World Development Report 2019, India needs to focus even more strongly on the quality  of education it offers to its greatest asset—its citizens.

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