India, Jan. 28 -- Like other states, Bihar has also witnessed improvement in the learning outcome, but the pace of progress is slower, says the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) - 2024, which was released on Tuesday.

The reading level of Class 5 students in government schools improved to 44.8% in 2024 (up from 38.5%) across the country, while in Bihar it was 41.2% (up from 37.1% in 2022). They were given a simple Class 2 text to read. At the national level the improvement during the period is 6.3% points during the two year period.

A significant finding of the report is that the government schools have improved by 4.1% point, private schools have shown decline of -7.2% in reading outcome compared to 2022. The report points to vis...