Chinese kids sickened by school pressure: Study

[super_star]

We don't have many of them. Chinese people don't need to learn English to be successful - that is a pretty huge difference between you and me.

so they don't know what is happening around the world. Looks like frog in a pond thinking that is ocean. IMO

 

[xebex]

Just 44% Class 1 kids know English alphabets (of course, in India!!!)
TNN, 16 January 2010, 12:10am IST





NEW DELHI: The scare raised by the Supreme Court on Thursday about China being poised to overtake India in English proficiency is about to come true. The annual audit by Pratham, a well-known education NGO, reported on Friday that the ability to read and comprehend English varied wildly across India and only 43.8% of class I kids could read the alphabets, even in big capital letters.

It's worse than the average in many states. Gujarat is the worst with barely 25.3% class 1 children able to read capital letters. Bihar, Orissa, Assam and Jharkhand are only marginally better at 33.4%, 34.5%, 36% and 41.8%, respectively. In the south, Karnataka, despite its hi-tech glitter, scores just as bad only 37% of class I kids could pass the simple English test.

In short, the much-touted advantage that India enjoys over China because of its knowledge of English, could vanish pretty soon unless there is all-round recognition of the looming crisis. Education experts say that unless English is made compulsory in school, India might be in an irreversible slide.

In Kerala, the knowledge of English appeared the best with 85% of kids reading capital letters, West Bengal was way below at 57%. The entire north-east and Himachal Pradesh have scored well.

Pratham's Annual Statistics of Education Report, the only private audit of elementary education in the country, was written after a survey of 575 out of 583 rural districts and 3.38 lakh households involving nearly seven lakh children.

The good news is that a lot more children are going to school. As many as 96% children in the age-group of 6-14 are in schools. In other words, access to education has dramatically improved; the issue is the quality of education being imparted.

In mathematics, for instance, it's only marginally better. Just 69% of class 1 students could recognise numbers between one and nine. The figure for states like Bihar, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and UP hovers between 50% and 60%, while all north-eastern states and Kerala are much better with more than 90% of their children recognising the numbers.

Alarmingly, things get worse as kids go up to higher classes. By class II, the national average of children who can recognise numbers between 11 and 99 declines to 54.6. And by class V, percentage of children who can do division comes down to 38%. MP and HP record relatively high levels topping the chart with over 60% of children in class V able to solve division problems. Chhattisgarh is the big success story showing the jump from 31% last year to 59% this year. Even in Kerala only 45% children of class V can do division. Goa is the best at 80% children doing division successfully.

In the case of English, performance improves after class V. Till class V many states show the falling trend of students either able to read words or sentences. It can be gauged from the fact that while in class V the all-India average of students who can read sentences is 25.7%, by class VIII it goes up to 60.2%.

But the decline till class V is noticeable. Many states like Gujarat, Jharkhand, Assam, Orissa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, English language skills falls dramatically in class V. Even southern states follow the same trend. Take the case of Kerala. In class V only 54.5% children can read English sentences. In Gujarat it is abysmally low at 8%. In Tamil Nadu, only 19% children of class V can read sentences while in Uttar Pradesh it is 14%. Bihar remains more or less consistent at 31.3%.

In class VIII all the north-eastern states, except Tripura, Goa, HP and Kerala more than 80% of children can not only read simple sentences fluently but also understand the meaning.

Just 44% Class 1 kids know English alphabets - India - The Times of India

seems like u r in a mission to drag India wherever China is mentioned thereby derailing the thread. How about opening a new thread for the above article. Professional trolling at its best.

 

[grey boy 2]

so they don't know what is happening around the world. Looks like frog in a pond thinking that is ocean. IMO

Yes, i second you, kids in China need to know whats happening

outside China to find out how fortunate they are , most impotant of

all, they need to know whats the definition of a living "Hell Hole";

India Failing to Control Open Defecation Blunts Nation?s Growth - Bloomberg.com

Extreme Poverty and Hunger in India

India's "Untouchables" Face Violence, Discrimination
India on various Global ranking studies India Fact Book

 

[mjnaushad]

Again barbaric Chinese. See how they treat their people. Freedom of people etc etc.

Seriously the much time Indian member spent on finding ANTI CHINESE news if they spend half of it on building their country they might get ahead of China and USA.

 

[ek_indian]

Yes, i second you, kids in China need to know whats happening

outside China to find out how fortunate they are , most impotant of

all, they need to know whats the definition of a living "Hell Hole";

India Failing to Control Open Defecation Blunts Nation?s Growth - Bloomberg.com

Extreme Poverty and Hunger in India

India's "Untouchables" Face Violence, Discrimination
India on various Global ranking studies India Fact Book

Sir, your post is not making any sense to me. Completely offtopic just pure rant I would say.

Those who raised the issue "only 44 percent kids in India know English"...Do they have any idea how many language exist in India. I can do my stuff (read/write/speak) in three languages. So all this hue over less efficiency in English is not correct. Beside this, this is not related to topic as well.

Also this exam/study pressure is not unique to China. India is also suffering from this. Recently there is very good movie "3 idiots" produced in India which is a huge hit. This movie also deals with these issues and points out the lacking in educational syatem.

 

[super_star]

Yes, i second you, kids in China need to know whats happening

outside China to find out how fortunate they are , most impotant of

all, they need to know whats the definition of a living "Hell Hole";

India Failing to Control Open Defecation Blunts Nation?s Growth - Bloomberg.com

Extreme Poverty and Hunger in India

India's "Untouchables" Face Violence, Discrimination
India on various Global ranking studies India Fact Book

Why there is so much censorship on the outside media?? see google china news. May be there will be riots in china once they come to know that they in greater jail without any freedom of speach. IMO

 

[grey boy 2]

Why there is so much censorship on the outside media?? see google china news. May be there will be riots in china once they come to know that they in greater jail without any freedom of speach. IMO

Why 650 million Indians lining up for the "basic human-right"

=*****in India ?

Kids in China will definitly appreciate an honest answer from you as a

"JOKE" for pressure relieve sake.

 

[Communist]

Why there is so much censorship on the outside media?? see google china news. May be there will be riots in china once they come to know that they in greater jail without any freedom of speach. IMO

Pure off topic deliberate trolling.

One indian member gifted me this spray.

Hopw it works on you...

 

[super_star]

Why 650 million Indians lining up for the "basic human-right"

=*****in India ?

Kids in China will definitly appreciate an honest answer from you as a

"JOKE" for pressure relieve sake.

Atleast in india people are lining up and person from china able to know it. You guyz can't protest anything otherwise will be executed. BTW If people are happy and standard of living.human right are benchmark in entire world, why china censors so much?? I am curious to know.

 

[Hammy007]

One indian member gifted me this spray.

Hopw it works on you...

hahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Communist]

why china censors so much?? I am curious to know.

Either create a separate thread on this topic or ask the mods to get your answer.

See the title of the thread. Your post is off topic and an example of trolling.

Your post reported.

 

[super_star]

Either create a separate thread on this topic or ask the mods to get your answer.

See the title of the thread. Your post is off topic and an example of trolling.

Your post reported.

Man, u need to read entire post. PDF has no censorship

 

[savitashri]

sorry to hear that. but i think Chinese should confess themselves.