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NAS 2021: Fewer students, logistics may come in way of survey

On Thursday, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia too requested the Centre to postpone the survey

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The NAS aims to assess learning loss among school students

Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad
With the Ministry of Education scheduling the massive nationwide National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 on Friday, states are concerned about student attendance and logistics that might hamper the survey.

The NAS, being implemented on a rolling process every three years, aims to assess learning loss among school students, with this year’s edition especially looking to assess disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to school students’ learning abilities.

Expected to cover 123,000 schools and 3.8 million students across 733 districts in 36 states and Union territories, NAS 2021 will be conducted in language, mathematics and EVS for classes three and five. Class eight

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