CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Q. The National Achievement Survey (NAS) is conducted once in how many years? Notes: The National Achievement Survey (NAS) is conducted every three years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recently, the Ministry of Education released the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report. The Triennial Survey was conducted in November 2021. About 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts from both rural and urban areas have participated in NAS 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first edition of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) was carried out in 2001. It has been designed by the Ministry of Education along with the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT).

Detailed explanation-4: -NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SURVEY-2021 NAS gives a system level reflection on effectiveness of school education. Findings help compare the performance across spectrum and across population in order to find the desirable direction for improvements. National Achievement Survey-2021 is scheduled on 12th November 2021.

Detailed explanation-5: -The survey was managed through the technology platform designed and developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC). In order to capture student attainment of Learning Outcomes at the end of Classes III, V, VIII and X, an OMR based achievement test comprising of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) was conducted.