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EW Research & Analytics

COUNTINGWELL’S

STATE OF MATH LEARNING

REPORT 2021

ountingwell — a supplementary math learning app/online
Cplatform owned by Illuminati Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd —
released its State of Math Learning Report 2021 in early January
highlighting the decline in math learning skills and outcomes of
middle school children countrywide. The report analysed data of
75,000 class VI-VIII students from the learning cycles, assessments
and tests taken on the Countingwell Maths learning digital app over
the pandemic year 2021.

The key findings of the nationwide report are:
• Poor word problem comprehension i.e, lack of English language
skills is a major contributor to low math learning outcomes.
• One in five students lack basic calculation skills learnt in previous
classes.
• One of ten class VIII students is lagging behind in math skills
because they have not mastered concepts that they should have
learned in previous classes. This learning gap increases as students
move to higher classes.
• Students witness a drastic drop in math scores from class VII
onwards as they begin solving more complex problems that require
application of multiple concepts.
• Students from tier II and III cities such as Varanasi, Madurai,
Indore, Jabalpur, Vapi, Nashik and Bharuch performed on a par with
peers in metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.
• Male students fare better in math learning outcomes than girls, but
the gap is marginal. The widest gender gap is in comprehension.
While it was already quite low for both genders, boys did better
than girls
• Weakest comprehension is in math concepts such as fractions, ratio
and proportion, algebra, and decimals.

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