NBJK Contributes to ASER Survey

In the period of 8 – 10 September, NBJK and Pratham (Mumbai) have organized a training program for volunteers selected to conduct ASER survey in 30 villages of different blocks of Hazaribag district within next 15 days. ASER (Annual Status of Education & Research) is a nation wide survey by Pratham to check academic condition of children fall under 05 – 14 years age group. This training was imparted to 21 volunteers who are assigned to draw information by visiting selected villages. In every village, they will go to the government primary school and 20 selected families to get the required feedback. The volunteers will make draft maps of the visited village and will assess children’s performance in Maths, English and Hindi in course of the survey. During the training at NBJK, all the trainee volunteers had an opportunity to conduct mock survey in nearby villages like Oriya and Singhani. Mr. Narayan Rajak (NBJK) and Mr. Suryabhan (Pratham) were resource persons while Mrs. Sujata Prasad (PM-education, NBJK) has coordinated the program.