Learning Achievement in Mathematics and Hindi Language in Municipal Corporation Schools of Delhi

Abstract

 The research paper is an outcome of an exploratory study to assess learning levels of children in Mathematics and Hindi as a language in Municipal Corporation schools of Delhi. The two tests were administered on 1668 pupils of Grades II, III and IV across 16 corporation schools in the West District of Delhi. The study brings out evidences to show that in almost all corporation schools, 95 per cent pupils in Grades II, III and IV obtained a percentage between 43.85 and 68.43 in Mathematics. Overall Grade IV pupils in all schools needed improvement as the average performance came to 46.72 per cent with 95 per cent scoring between 43.40 per cent and 50.05 per cent. The school and grade wise analysis in Hindi language test reveals that the learners in Grades II, III and IV performed well in Hindi. The study found girls to be showing better performance than boys in both the subjects. The study also revealed that performance of pupils is largely dependent on family size and occupation of parents than the distance travelled to school. Few schools showing low performance in both or a single subject were also identified. The recommendations in the paper centre on building enabling conditions in primary schools to facilitate improved performance of pupils.