Ludhiana, Jan. 29 -- Government pre-primary schools have seen an almost three-fold rise in enrolment among three-year-old students, according to the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2024 for rural Punjab, released by the Pratham Foundation on Tuesday. The report also highlights a significant increase in the enrolment of children aged 4 to 8 in government pre-primary schools, which has doubled over the past two years.

This year's ASER survey, conducted after a gap of two years, covered 17,997 villages across 605 districts, assessing the education status of 6.49 lakh children aged 3 to 16 years. In Punjab, the survey was carried out in 600 villages across 20 districts, covering a total of 20,226 children.

The findings indic...