Delhi government plans reading test for kids to assess progress

“Teachers will give reading tests to students over two days following which the State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) DIET will assess students. The department will look for any mismatch in their reports. When we started the programme, only 24 per cent of the children could read. We hope we are far ahead now,” Delhi education minister, Manish Sisodia said.

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Chunauti 2018 saw students from classes VI to VIII at government schools divided into readers and non-readers. An hour of reading-related activities a day were set aside for the non-readers.

According to the education department, schools where more than 90 per cent of the children in classes VI to VIII can read and schools that have seen an increase of more than 25 percentage points in advanced story reading will be considered for special recognition.

Schools where the variance between the teachers’ assessment and the SCERT DIET students’ assessment is more than 5 per cent will have to undergo external checks. The exercise will be completed by November 30.

“There are students who still can’t read and we need a separate plan for them. There is no learning without reading,” Sisodia said.