India, July 10 -- https://tehelka.com/media/2025/07/learning-education-ideas-insight-intelligence-study-concept1-1024x512.jpg

In a landmark development for India's education system, the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, the largest-ever school-level assessment conducted in the country, has revealed significant improvements in foundational learning outcomes, marking a critical step toward achieving the goals of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and Mission NIPUN Bharat.

Conducted by the National Assessment Centre, PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) under NCERT, the survey assessed over 21.15 lakh students across 74,229 schools in all 781 districts spanning India's 36 States an...