NCERT Mid Term National Survey about childrens education in India

The impact of mother's education on children is bigger than their father's education.

This was revealed in a recent survey conducted by the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to judge the learning achievements of Class Five students

84,322 students, 14,810 teachers from 6,828 schools across 266 districts in the country were covered in the survey which included 33 States and Union Territories.

The NCERT's Mid Term National Survey said that the learning capability of children increased by 7 to 11 percent as the level of their father's education level increased from illiterate to graduation. It increased by 9 to 13 percent as their mother's education level increased from illiterate to graduation and higher furthermore.

The survey also said that supplementary reading material like newspapers contribute significantly in increasing the learning abilities of students. It increases the learning ability by eight percent.

Language plays a key role in the childrens learning abilities. Children scored three percent better if the language used at home and school was the same.

Participation of community also had a positive effect, the survey report stated, which found that the mean achievement of indian schools increased by two percent wherever the community participated in school activities.

The survey tested the learning achievement of all essential competencies and concepts taught in major curricular areas at Class Five level in Mathematics, Environmental Studies (EVS) and Languages.

It concluded that schools that enjoyed better infrastructure and facilities like televisions, computers, higher number of teachers, community participation and monitoring of school etc, altogether contributed 10 percent more in EVS, 8.4 percent better in Mathematics and 19.6 percent better in Languages