Starting from this academic session, children between Classes I to VIII will be tested for their basic knowledge — being able to say names in English properly and solving Maths equations, based on the learning outcomes that the central government has prepared recently. 

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This, however, will be a test run as the government wants to check the issues that students are facing while learning, so as to fix them later. After the trial run, students will be tested based on the questionnaire prepared on this basis, each year. 

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) had recently put up a document for inviting suggestions and comments on the learning outcomes prepared by the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Learning outcomes are parameters to test a student’s knowledge based on his age and levels of understanding.  

The final date for receiving suggestions was January 31, 2017, and the ministry has received a number of suggestions from states. While there is nothing new in terms of the testing methods, most states have asked for tests to be implemented from the upcoming academic session.

Based on the suggestions, the ministry has now decided to test students in September 2017, to test their levels of understanding. 

Government had decided to prepare learning outcomes for students after various education surveys found that students below Classes VIII had very poor levels of learning due to no-detention policy. 

According to the recent Annual Status Of Education Report for rural India, the proportion of Class VIII students who could solve a three digit by one digit division problem was 43.3 per cent in 2016 and that of Class III students who could perform a two-digit subtraction was 27.7 per cent.