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