Since 2005, the NGO Pratham has released the Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) to measure basic reading and arithmetic levels among school children, attendance in school and other indicators. The data have revealed broad trends in learning over the years.
The 2024 survey reached 6,49,491 children in 17,997 villages across 605 rural districts. It recorded major gains in the share of children of the pre-primary age group (3 to 5 years) enrolled in some kind of institution (LKG/UKG/Anganwadi/others). There were substantial increases in reading and arithmetic levels – an encouraging development after the learning losses during the Covid-19 pandemic. This was also the first full-length ASER survey to record digital literacy among older children (15 and 16 years).
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/aser-2024-survey-highlights-education-childhood-9804229/
