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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AI-enabled sign language interpretation, live dubbing of PM's speech at AI Impact Summit
New Delhi (PTI): India's strides in artificial intelligence were showcased during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at the AI Impact Summit here on Thursday, which was dubbed live in 11 languages, along with an AI-enabled sign language interpretation.
The AI-enabled sign language interpretation was projected on a large screen behind the prime minister in the auditorium at Bharat Mandapam, ensuring the speech was accessible to everyone.
The speech was dubbed live in 11 languages: Assamese, Bangla, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.
Videos featuring the multilingual and sign language interpretations were shared on the prime minister's social media accounts.
