The project aims to provide catalytic support to the existing youth volunteer schemes of the Ministry i.e. NYKS and NSS. This assignment has two broad objectives: (1) to conduct mid-term evaluation of the Project making recommendations for course corrections and (2) to develop a comprehensive M&E framework.
ASER is an annual survey that aims to provide reliable annual estimates of childrens schooling status and basic learning levelsfor each state and rural district in India.
The project has been highly relevant to the development plan of India, which aims to improve the enrollment rate in higher education and to promote distance and open education; to the development needs of the Electronic Media Production Centre (hereinafter referred to as “EMPC”). EMPC, which is attached to IGNOU
ASER survey is a household-based survey of school-aged children in all rural districts in India. It is the only annual survey that yields data on children’s basic learning levels in this country. It evolved out of the work of a non-governmental organization called Pratham.
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