National Council of Educational Research and Training

National Achievement Survey: Class VIII

Tripura
How to use this report
This report shows results from the National Achievement Surveys (NAS) for Class VIII
students in Tripura for reading comprehension, mathematics, science and
social science.

The contents are as follows:

Page 3 … Schools and students: Tripura-National in %

Page 4 … Tripura Results

Page 5 … Results by gender and urban/rural students

Page 6 … Results by social category

The NAS provides information about the knowledge and abilities of students in government
and government-aided elementary schools. These are based on tests of students
of Classes III, V and VIII. The NAS are conducted under the Government’s flagship
programme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), which has been successful in ensuring greater
access, equity and quality in elementary education.

Test scores in the report are presented on a scale from 0 and 500. The national average
was set to 250 and the standard deviation was set to 50. This means about 70% of
students could potentially score between 200 and 300, and 95% of students could score
between 150 and 350.

NAS is not a test for each individual student or school. NAS results are based on carefully
selected samples of students, further weighted by population to be generalised to the
individual state. The ‘Standard Error’ is an estimate of the likely variation that may
occur. For example if the average language score for students in a State was 247 with
an estimated standard error of about 2.1 scale point, then the ‘true’ value of the State’s
average language score lies on the range of 244.9 to 249.1.

If you want to look into these results in more depth please refer to the individual state
report produced separately or the national report.

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 Schools and students: Tripura-National
in %
Participation
Social category
Gender Area 25 24 27 24 13 23 38 26
Boys Girls Urban Rural
48 52 47 53 18

Other Backward Class

Other Backward Class

Illitera

Scheduled Caste

Scheduled Caste
Scheduled Tribe

Scheduled Tribe
17 83 22 78

Other

Other
Tripura National average Tripura National average Tripura National average

School management
Assigned homework
Home Factors
every day

Local Body Municipal Committee

Local Body Municipal Committee

873
26 59 48 Parental education
63 65 54 51 Books at home Private tuition
Have Do not have

Tribal Social Department

Tribal Social Department

15 47 31 4 3 26 36 26 8 5Gender

Government Aided

Government Aided
25 2

State Government

State Government
Area
Illiterate Primary Secondary Higher Degree Illiterate Primary Secondary Higher Degree
Secondary Boys
and Girls 17 77 3 3 20 64 7 9 Urban Rural

Zila Parishad

Zila Parishad
Secondary and
above
48 52 above
47 53 71 29 35 65
hematics Science Social Reading Mathematics Science Social
11 - 25 books

11 - 25 books
1 - 10 books

1 - 10 books
More than

More than
Science Comprehension Science

Scheduled Tribe
11* 73* 3 5* 8* 74 6 4 2 13
No boo

No boo
Other

Tripura National average

17 83
Andhra Pradesh
22 78
National average
ks

ks
25

25

erage Tripura National average Tripura National average Tripura National average

Tripura National average Tripura National average

l category
13 School
23 38 26Factors
Pupil-teacher ratio
Parental education Books at home

44* 42* 9* 4* 29 26Assigned

16 homework
29
18 51 26 1 1 26 36 26 8 5
Other Backward Class

every day
Tribal Social Department

Illiterate Primary Secondary Higher Degree Illiterate Primary Secondary Higher Degree
13 65 9 13 20 64 7
Scheduled Caste

70 73 59 48 63 65 54 51
Scheduled Tribe

Secondary and Secondary and

Government Aided

above above
11 - 25 books

11 - 25 books
1 - 10 books

1 - 10 books
More than

More th
State Government
No boo

No boo
Other

Zila Parishad

Fewer 20 to 30 30 to 40 More Fewer 20 to 30 30 to 40 More

2 13 than 20 than 40 than 20 than 40
ks

ks
25

Reading Mathematics Science Social Reading Mathematics Science Social

erage National average Comprehension
Andhra Pradesh Science
National average Comprehension Science
Nagaland National average Nagaland National
11* aver
73*
Tripura National average Andh

management
Pupil-teacher ratio
Local Body Municipal Committee

43 36 14 6 29 26 16 29
Tribal Social Department

Government Aided
State Government

Zila Parishad

Fewer 20 to 30 30 to 40 More Fewer 20 to 30 30 to 40 More

74 6 4 2 13 than 20 than 40 than 20 than 40
National average Tripura National average

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 Andhra Pradesh in comparison
Tripura Results
250
250

239 264 265 258

Significantly below Significantly above Significantly above Significantly above
national average of national average of national average of national average of

247 245 251 247

Reading Mathematics Science Social Science

comprehension

Lowest and Highest Student Achievement (percentile score)

Reading comprehension Mathematics
Lowest Highest Lowest Highest
scoring students: scoring students: scoring students: scoring students:

183
Tripura
308Tripura
208Tripura
353Tripura

201 304
190
National average
310
National average
National average National average

10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th

Language
Science Mathematics Science
Social Science
Social Science
Lowest Highest Lowest Highest
scoring students: scoring students: scoring students: scoring students:

205
Tripura
346
Tripura 192 336
Tripura Tripura

199
National average
316
National average
194 309
National average National average

10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th

‘Low-scoring students’ are those that scored at and lesser than 10% percentile score.
‘High-scoring students’ are those that scored at and better than 90% percentile score.

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 Language Mathematics Science Social Science
The following pages compare scores of different groups of students in Tripura, for each subject.
The scores are compared with the national average (given in brackets).

Scores for boys and girls inBoys

each subject
and Girls
250
250

267 268 263

261 258 259
(245) (252)
(251)
238 241 (246) (247) (248)
(246) (249)

Reading Mathematics Science Social Science

comprehension

Scores for urban and rural students

Urban and Rural
250
250

259 235 255 266 278 262 267 256

(252) (247) (241) (246) (249) (252) (245) (248)
Urban

Urban

Urban

Urban

Reading Mathematics Science Social Science

comprehension

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250
250

223 (243) Scheduled Tribe

240 (244) Scheduled Caste
245 (249) Other Backward Class

Reading
249 (254) Other

comprehension
255 (245) Scheduled Tribe
257 (243) Scheduled Caste
Scores by social category

270 (246) Other Backward Class

268 (246) Other

Mathematics
250 (248) Scheduled Tribe
263 (250) Scheduled Caste
273 (252) Other Backward Class

Science 276 (254) Other

Tribe, Caste and Class

245 (244) Scheduled Tribe

254 (245) Scheduled Caste
267 (251) Other Backward Class
267 (251) Other
Social Science
Tripura

Population+ 3671032
Literacy Rate+ 87.75

Source : + Source: Census of India 2011, Provisional Population Totals

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 Examinations
An examination is a formal test of
an individual student’s knowledge or
proficiency in a subject on the curriculum.
The results of examinations apply to
individual students, enabling them to
progress through school or apply for
further education or employment. Taken
together, examination results provide an
overall snapshot of students’ performance
at the end of a school year or course
of learning. Examination results do not
indicate the reasons behind high or low
achievement of students.
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Assessment Surveys
Assessment Surveys provide a measure
of learning across a representative
sample of students. They allow
classification of students at a specific
grade level by their ability (what students
know and can do) in different subjects on
the curriculum.
National Assessment Surveys provide a
“Health Check” to the education system
by analysing achievement based on a
range of background factors (school,
home, teachers). They potentially
enable policy makers and practitioners
to address the challenges to enhance
student learning.
The RMSA Technical Cooperation
Fund is supported by the UK
Department for International
Development (DFID)