School Education Minister holds review meeting on National Achievement Survey with school heads in Tiruppur

School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi convened a meeting of school heads in Tiruppur on Saturday to determine readiness of schools in backward areas to prepare students for the National Achievement Survey (NAS).

The Minister sought suggestions from the heads of government, government-aided and private unaided schools, to improve learning levels of students in third, fifth and eight grades.

Though the NAS does not provide scores for individual student/school, it is a national representative survey that provides a system-level reflection on effectiveness of school education, according to the organisers of the review meeting.

The NAS is the basis for educational planners and policy makers including researchers in understanding the interdependence of assessment, pedagogical process and learning outcomes.

The tests are conducted in language, mathematics and environmental studies for class 3 and 5; language, mathematics, science and social science for class 8; and modern Indian language, mathematics, science, social science and English for class 10.

Mr. Poyyamozhi called upon parents to monitor smart phone usage and ensure that their wards are not distracted.

District Collector Manish S Narnaware, Commissioner of Tiruppur City Corporation M.P. Amit and officials of School Education department took part.