PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 assesses baseline learning under NEP 2020; links findings to NIPUN Bharat Mission
PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 measured baseline learning under NEP 2020 and linked results to the NIPUN Bharat Mission for foundational literacy and numeracy.
- Education policy belongs to the Concurrent List, so States and Union work together.
- PARAKH sets assessment norms and uses large-scale surveys to track school education health.
- PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 measures baseline performance in foundational literacy and numeracy at key grades.
- NEP 2020 promotes regular, learning-time checks (formative) focused on competencies, not memory tests.
What happened: PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 captured baseline learning under NEP 2020
The Ministry of Education used the National Assessment Centre, PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) to run PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan (PRS) 2024, a baseline learning assessment under NEP 2020. The Ministry’s stated aim was to measure how far student competencies have developed by the end of key schooling stages, using large-scale assessment evidence and district-level reporting.
PRS 2024 was conducted in December 2024 for grades 3, 6, and 9 (end of Foundational, Preparatory, and Middle stages of education).
UPSC may treat PRS 2024 as a case of policy implementation through an assessment architecture: PARAKH sets norms for assessment, PRS collects baseline evidence, and the government uses results to track progress on foundational learning under NIPUN Bharat Mission. The linkage between assessment data and education governance is central to answering how NEP 2020 is operationalised.
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