Lok Sabha Question No. 389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Joyanta Basumatary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-389

ANSWERED ON - 02/02/2026

## PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan

389 Shri Joyanta Basumatary:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  students  and  schools  that  participated  in  the  Performance  Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge from the North Eastern Region for Holistic Development (PARAKH) Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024;
- (b) whether the grades were assessed under the survey, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the role of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and State Governments in the administration of the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan; and
- (d)  the  purpose  of  the  Holistic  Progress  Card  (HPC)  conceptualized  by  PARAKH  and  the manner in which it align with the Competency Based Assessment Framework?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) & (b) The PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 (formerly National Achievement Survey) was undertaken by the National Assessment Centre, PARAKH, NCERT under the aegis of the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education to understand the baseline performance  with  regards  to  learning  competencies  acquired  by  students  at  the  end  of  the Foundational (Balvatika I to Grade II), Preparatory (Grades III to V) and Middle stages (Grades VI to VIII) of education, by assessing them in Grades III, VI and IX, respectively.

Nationwide over 21.15 lakh students and 2.70 lakh teachers from more than 74,000 schools across 781 districts from all States/UTs participated in the assessment. This includes 2.54 lakh students and 36,703 teachers from 9,145 schools in the North-Eastern States. National, State and  District  level  report  cards  for  PARAKH  Rashtriya  Sarvekshan  2024  are  available  at https://dashboard.parakh.ncert.gov.in/en.

- (c) The Sarvekshan conducted on 4th December, 2024 was administered by the Central Board of Secondary Education, in collaboration with PARAKH, NCERT and all States/UTs. CBSE was inter-alia responsible for appointment, training and payment of Regional Coordinators, District Level Coordinators and Observers, printing and logistical arrangement of test items including OMRs, Survey Questionnaire Booklet and other necessary formats and scanning of filled OMR sheets ensuring data secrecy and confidentiality.

(d) The Holistic Progress Card (HPC), conceptualised under the National Education Policy (NEP)  2020,  aims  to  shift  the  focus  from  rote  memorisation  to  competency-based  and formative assessment. It captures multi-dimensional progress of learners covering cognitive, socio-emotional,  and  physical  development  through  qualitative  and  quantitative  indicators. HPC is aligned with the Competency-Based Assessment Framework (CBAF) and supports personalized  learning  by promoting  teacher-led  peer  and  self-assessment  practices. It empowers students, teachers and parents with regular, actionable feedback to enhance learning outcomes. PARAKH has developed Holistic Progress Cards (HPC) at each of the four stages of school education envisioned by the NEP, 2020 namely foundational, preparatory, middle and secondary stage. The HPCs are available at https://ncert.nic.in/parakh/hpc.php?ln=.

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