Salesian college in Goa partner Annual Educational Survey

Ms. Vasudha S., Asst. Professor at Don Bosco College, Panaji participated in the ASER 2014 Report release function held at India International Centre in New Delhi on January 13.

India:  The Department of Social Work of Don Bosco Institute of Post Graduate Studies and Research, Panaji conducted the Annual Survey of Education Report (ASER) 2014 in Goa.

It is the largest household survey of children conducted in India by citizens’ groups, carried out by more than 25,000 volunteers and covering over 700,000 children in 15,000 villages each year.

In Goa, the Department of Social Work at Don Bosco College, Panaji co-ordinated the ASER under the leadership of Principal, Dr Raju George.

56 villages across two districts of Goa were surveyed. Sixty Students of Bachelors and Masters of Social Work and BA (Mass Media) from Don Bosco College volunteered to conduct the Survey. 1184 households were covered and 2046 children in the age group of 3-16 years across the State of Goa were surveyed.

Ms. Vasudha S., Asst. Professor at Don Bosco College, Panaji participated in the ASER 2014 Report release function held at India International Centre in New Delhi on January 13.

“ASER partners with 99 organisations/ universities and colleges across the Country to conduct the survey in 577 districts” said Vasudha.

In 2014, ASER visited 15,206 Govt Schools across rural India.

While sharing his experience about ASER, Asst. Professor Leroy Veloso at Don Bosco College, Panaji said, “Last year the survey did not take place in Goa on account of absence of a partner Institution. This was our first time and it has been an excellent for our students to participate and learn from this opportunity.”

Since 2005, ASER has been conducting surveys via the participation of local organizations and institutions amongst children aged between 6 -15 years in rural India to find out about their rate of going to school, basic readability and arithmetic skills.

Since 2009, ASER has also included a visit to one Govt School in each sampled village. Since the implementation of the Right to Education Act (RTE) in 2010, school-visits in ASER have included indicators of compliance with those norms and standards specified in the RTE that are easy to measure.

It is the only annual source of information regarding learning levels of children available in India today.

Source: Don Bosco India & ASER website