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The findings are a departure from ASER Centre’s rhetoric of rising student enrolment figures. The survey instead focuses on quality of education at cheap jordans sale various institutes.

“More than half struggle with division (3 digit by 1 digit) problems. Only 43 percent are able to do such problems correctly. The ability to do division a task that is usually done in ASER, can be thought of as a proxy for the ability to do basic arithmetic operations,” the survey states.

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Of the 107.5millionteens enrolled currently, 84 percent (90.3 million) teens who study cheap adidas in class X or below cannot calculate a loan repayment at the end of one year for a Rs 20,000 loan.

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“Vacancies should be filled quickly and urgently. Vacancies in teaching staff are unfair on students who have enrolled, and a disservice to their education,” Kovind had said.

On an average, the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) stood at 21in 2016, according to the MHRD report. The report also stated that the PTR had remained unchanged for the past five years, indicating a shortage of teachers as India’s student population grows.

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