About ASER
ASER Centre uses simple yet rigorous methods to generate evidence at scale on the impact of social sector programs and policies, focusing mainly on the education sector.
ASER 2024
ASER 2024: Full Report
National findings
All India pages
ASER 2024 reached
1
States & UTs
1
Districts
1000
Villages
34000
Children
Core areas
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is a nationwide household survey that captures the status of children’s enrollment and learning outcomes in rural India every year.
The Research and Assessment units design and implement research projects and measurement tools that delve deeper into different aspects of children’s educational trajectories.
The Capacity building unit helps individuals and institutions understand the importance and the nuts and bolts of designing simple metrics and measures.
ASER 2022 reached
500
Districts
15000
Villages
20000
Volunteers
500000
Children
Impact
ASER in the news
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ASER 2024: With increasing preschool enrollment, road ahead
for early childhood education
The Indian Express, 2025
- Rukmini Banerji -
ASER report brings good news — classrooms have recovered
post Covid
The Indian Express, 2025
- Wilima Wadhwa -
Smartphone skills growing as digital divide gets bridged
across rural India
The Asian Age, 2025
- Deepak Kumar -
Mind the Gap: ASER survey finds the kids are (more than)
alright
Hindustan Times, 2025
- Abhishek Jha
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Reading, math skills improve in schools across states: What
explains these gains?
The Indian Express, 2025
- Abhinaya Harigovind , Uma Vishnu -
ASER study shows post-COVID recovery, but many students still
lag in reading, arithmetic
The Hindu, 2025
- Maitri Porecha -
How educated mothers of young kids can help strengthen
their learning journey
The Indian Express, 2024
- Sanjay Kumar, Rukmini Banerji -
It's a strong foundation of primary education that will take India
forward
Mint, 2024
- Rukmini Banerji
In focus
Journal article co-authored by Dr Suman Bhattacharjea and Dr Wilima Wadhwa published in International Journal of Research and Method in Education | Read here
Dr Rukmini Banerji spoke at the Annual Conference of What Works Hub for Global Education | Watch here
Read Dr Deepak Kumar's journal article 'Improving children's foundational learning through community-school participation' in Labour Economics
Play Video
After a four year gap, ASER returned to the field in 2022 and surveyed around 700,000 children. Watch this video on the national picture of enrollment and learning levels in rural India after the Covid-19 pandemic.
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