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Prof. Geeta Kingdon (Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. and society.
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learning outcomes in rural primary education. The latest ASER 2023 which
EDITOR assesses the learning outcomes of rural teens arrives at the dismal conclu-
Dilip Thakore sion that almost 50 percent of senior and higher secondary students casually
MANAGING EDITOR promoted year after year, can’t read a sentence in English or manage common
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Sundar Anand Regrettably, learning outcomes in higher education aren’t much better. For
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Chand N, (Bangalore), Autar Nehru (Delhi) at 27 percent is low by international standards (Korea: 85 percent). Moreover
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