If we are to compare the 2022 ASER findings with previous years, the proportion of children currently unenrolled in school in the 6–14 age group is 1.6 percent — almost half of what was observed in 2018.

In terms of reading levels, the proportion of children in grade 3 who could read a grade 2 level text was 27.2 percent in 2018 but it has dropped to 20.5 percent in 2022.

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