7.1% class 3 students in Karnataka cannot read a single letter: Report
Bengaluru: A new report from the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2024 has raised concerns about the reading abilities of class 3 students in rural Karnataka. The report reveals that 7.1% of these students, from both government and private schools, cannot read a single letter.
The findings, cited by Deccan Herald, show that 19.3 percent of class 3 students can read letters but struggle with words or sentences, while 36.2 percent can read words but not text above a class 1-level.
Only 21.5 percent of students can read class 1-level text but not class 2-level, and 15.9 percent are able to read class 2-level text.
Encouragingly, the percentage of class 3 students, who can read class-2 level textbooks, has shown a slight increase across both government and private schools.
In addition to literacy concerns, the report highlighted challenges in numerical skills. It was found that only 19 percent of government school children in class 5 and 35 percent in class 8 could perform division, compared to 25 percent and 43 percent, respectively, in private schools.
The ASER 2024 also noted a decline in the enrolment of children aged 6-14 in government schools in Karnataka, from 76 percent in 2022 to 71 percent this year.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
