PRS 2024 report shows Nagaland students lag national averages, with weak maths outcomes and no district in top tier.
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DIMAPUR — Nagaland students performed below the national average across several stages of school education, with the state ranking among the bottom 10 states in Grade 6 learning outcomes, according to the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan (PRS) 2024 State Report for Nagaland.
The report, released by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) on Wednesday, provides an assessment of student learning outcomes and school education practices across Grades 3, 6 and 9. The large-scale assessment, earlier known as the National Achievement Survey, was conducted by PARAKH under NCERT and the Ministry of Education.
According to the report, the survey covered 22,220 students and over 3,335 teachers from 724 schools across Nagaland, assessing competencies in Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Science. Performance was analysed across categories including gender, location, school management type and social group.
At the foundational stage (Grade 3), Nagaland’s overall performance was below the national average, with a marked weakness in Mathematics. Phek and Mokokchung emerged as the top-performing districts in the state, while Kiphire and Tuensang were among the lowest performers. Kiphire was also listed among the 50 lowest-performing districts in the country at this stage.
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At the preparatory stage (Grade 6), student performance again remained below the national average, particularly in Mathematics, placing Nagaland among the bottom 10 performing states nationally. Mokokchung and Phek ranked at the top within the state, while Noklak, Mon, Shamator, Tuensang and Kiphire remained at the lower end. Noklak, Shamator and Kiphire were also among the 50 lowest-performing districts in the country at this level.
At the middle stage (Grade 9), students performed above the national average in Language but continued to lag behind in Mathematics, Science and Social Science.
Kohima, Mokokchung and Dimapur featured among the top-performing districts in the state, while Shamator, Kiphire, Noklak and Mon were among the lowest performers. Shamator and Kiphire continued to be listed among the 50 lowest-performing districts nationally in this category as well.
The report noted that none of Nagaland’s districts featured among the top-performing districts at the national level in any of the three grades assessed.