Average Performance Of Students Drops In Jammu-Kashmir: Survey.

In Jammu and Kashmir, the average performance of students has declined in a fresh assessment survey as compared to the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2017.

According to a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Jammu and Kashmir State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has said that in comparison to NAS-2017, average performance of students has declined among the students of third standard, fifth standard and eighth standard.

In the assessment survey of 2021, SCERT has further said that the learning gaps have widened due to Covid-19 lockdown and school closure. “Primary class students have suffered more due to school closure.”