40% of rural youth can't tell time, 57% awful at basic math: ASER Survey
120 million youth are in
14-18 age group; survey covered more than 28,000 youngsters from 26 rural
districts across 24 states
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NEWS : About 60 per cent of the rural youth have
never used a computer or accessed internet; 57 per cent cannot solve a division
problem; 40 per cent struggle to tell time in hours and minutes, while around
14 per cent of them cannot measure length using a reference scale properly, the
2017 annual status of education
report (ASER) on assessment of youth in the age group 14 to 18 years,
facilitated by Pratham education foundation has found.
In less simple tests of ability, only 54 per cent could
understand three out of four instructions written on a food packet, and further
down the complexity line, only 38 per cent could find a particular count after
applying a discount, and only 15 per cent could calculate a loan repayment
amount exercise.
However, there is a huge difference between youth who have
completed more than eight years of education and those who haven’t, suggesting
that the right to education (RTE) Act has made a difference. While 46 per cent
of the former can perform arithmetic division, only 29 per cent of the latter
can do the same. Similarly, while 63 per cent of the former can correctly read
a small sentence, only 36 per cent of the latter can do it.
Close to 120 million youth are in the 14-18 age group today,
according to the report.
The pilot survey covered more than 28,000 youngsters from 26
rural districts across 24 states.
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