Improvement in Elementary Education in India: ASER 2024 Findings

The basic arithmetic levels of children have shown an substantial improvement in both government and private schools in India, reaching the highest level in over a decade. This has been revealed in the latest version of the Annual Status of Education Report or ASER 2024.

ASER 2024, which has been released on Tuesday, January 28, informed that the arithmetic capabilities of the elementary age group, comprising of children aged 6 to 14 years, have improved substantially since 2018. For instance, the All-India figure for children in Class 3 who can at least do one numerical subtraction problem was 28.2% in 2018 and 25.9% in 2022. This figure in 2024 has increased to 33.7%.