A baseline study conducted by the Education department has shown that around 40%-50% of children in classes 1-3 have not attained age-appropriate competencies in numeracy and 35%-40% in Literacy owing to 18 months of pandemic-induced school closure.
The next academic year, 2022-23, inKarnatakawill be declared as a Learning recovery year with complete focus on bridging this gap.
As per the study, 40% of children have not achieved competency in literacy skills in class 1, 36% in grade 2 and 35% in class 3. Around 22% have partially attained it in these grades. In numeracy, 49% have not acquired the skills in
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