Himachal Pradesh improved its National Achievement Survey (NAS) rank to top-five in 2025 due to reforms like school mergers and public schooling commitment. The NAS, India's triennial assessment, measures language, math, and science learning outcomes in government schools, informing policy, but focuses on testable skills.
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Punjab and Kerala retained their leading positions in the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2025 conducted by the Ministry of Education.
It measures the learning outcomes of students in government and government-aided schools, serves as a diagnostic tool, providing insights into what students know and can do in core subjects.
It was started in 2001 and in 2024, the NAS was rebranded as the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan (PARAKH RS).
The Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH), an autonomous institution under the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), administers it.
The Ministry of Education conducts the NAS every three years. The survey assesses students in government and government-aided schools. The 2025 edition of PARAKH RS specifically covered students in Grades 3, 6, and 9.
The 2025 PARAKH RS assessed the performance of over 21 lakh students across 74,229 schools in 781 districts of the country. The survey tests core subjects depending on the grade level:
Overall Top Performers => Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, and Chandigarh emerged as the best performing states and union territories in school education.
Grade 3 => Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Kerala led the performance.
Grade 6 => Kerala, Punjab, and Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu were the top performers.
Grade 9 => Punjab, Kerala, and Chandigarh showed the best performance.
Which districts showed lower performance?
Grade 3 => Sahebganj in Jharkhand and Reasi and Rajouri from Jammu and Kashmir were low-performing districts.
Grade 6 => North Garo Hills, South Garo Hills, and South West Garo Hills of Meghalaya were the three low-performing districts.
Grade 9 => Shi Yomi of Arunachal Pradesh, South West Garo Hills, and North Garo Hills of Meghalaya were low-performing districts.
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