The State Mission Director, Samagra Shiksha has informed that PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan (PRS) formerly called as National Achievement Survey (NAS) is a national level large-scale assessment conducted to obtain information about the learning achievement of students of Classes 3,6 and 9 studying in State Govt. schools, Govt. Aided schools, Private Unaided and Central Govt. schools. It is a national representative survey that provides a system level reflection on effectiveness of school education. NAS findings help compare the performance across the spectrum and across populations which may serve as input to move in the desirable direction and areas for remedial interventions. NAS is embedded in an extremely rich system of background variables. This survey correlates students' performance with contextual variables. NAS is useful for educational planners and policy makers including researchers in understanding the interdependence of assessment, pedagogical process and learning outcomes.
Nagaland along with the rest of the country will be conducting the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan (NAS) 2024 on the 4th of December 2024 with a total of 1077 sample classes covering 742 Govt. schools, Private Unaided and Central Govt. schools and a total of 1187 Field Investigators (FIs), 742 Observers and 25132 students. The outcome of NAS will be an indication of our state’s educational health for grades 3, 6, and 9 and the findings will be used as one of the sources for determining the Performance Grading Index (PGI) of the State.
The duration of the survey will be 90 minutes each for class 3 and 6 and 120 minutes for class 9. Classes 3 and 6 will be assessed on their knowledge of Language, Mathematics and the World Around Us and Class 9 on language, Mathematics, Social Science and Science. The School Heads, Teachers of the sample schools will be required to be present in the school on the day of the Survey. The State officials from the Directorate of School Education, SCERT, NBSE and Samagra Shiksha along with District Level Coordinators shall visit the school on 3rd December 2024 to assess the school readiness preparations for the Survey. The training for the Field Investigators is scheduled on 2nd December 2024 to be conducted in 16 districts.
In view of the importance of PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan (NAS) 2024, all District Educational Officers, Field Investigators (FIs), School Heads of selected sample schools and students are requested to make this undertaking a success of the Survey as per the guidelines of the PARAKH.
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