Summary:
Trichy: The learning outcome of students in Class VIII in mathematics and science in government and government-aided schools in Trichy remained poor, going by national achievement survey-2017 of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). In Trichy, the average performance in EVS was also not impressive with 44.25 % recorded in Class 5. Students of the three classes in Perambalur proved better than those in other districts with a score above 60 % in overall average performance. As far as environmental science (EVS) was concerned, the overall average performance of Class 3 and Class 5 students was normal.The performance of Class 3 students in Perambalur district topped the list with 71.05 % among the other districts in the region. Class VIII students in all the other six districts also failed to make an impressive performance in mathematics, except the students of Perambalur who scored slightly higher by achieving the overall average performance of 42.94 %.In fact, the overall average performance of Class VIII students across the state also remained low at 35.17 %..