Frequently Asked Questions

The report card shows how well a government school in Anugola did overall on the SAKSHAM assessment. It is based on all the Grade 5 and Grade 8 students in that school who took the test. It does not show any single student's score. Each school gets an overall score out of 10, and separate scores for Grade 5 and Grade 8. The card also shows the score of the top-scoring school. The scores help teachers and parents see what the school does well and where it can do better. The top school's score is shown as an example of what's possible to achieve. Schools are not ranked against each other. The point of this report card is to help each school see where it currently stands and keep improving from its current position.

To give parents, teachers, and officials an honest, shared picture of how much children are learning in the school, so everyone can act on it. This is a whole school's report card, not one child's. It is not a ranking, and it is not meant to reward or punish anyone. It is a starting point: something for parents, teachers, and schools to talk about together and work on, so children learn better.

This initiative is led by the District of Anugola, Odisha. The assessment was led by the Office of the Collector and District Magistrate, Anugola, Odisha. The Anugola District Education Office ran the implementation.

Children were tested over two days in December 2025.

It is the highest score reached by any government school in your block on the same assessment. It shows what a school in your own block has already achieved, so it is a realistic goal for your school as well. If your school is well below this goal, that is a fair thing to raise with the school and the SMC.

Once a year, after each round of the SAKSHAM assessment.

Grade 5 and Grade 8 are important milestones in a child's schooling. Grade 5 is the end of primary school, and Grade 8 is the end of upper primary. Checking learning at these two points shows whether children have the skills they need before they move to the next stage.

It is a single number from 0 to 10 for the whole school, not for any one child. It shows how all the students assessed performed together, across every subject tested. Read it like a percentage: 6 out of 10 means 60%, and a higher number means students got more answers right. Because the assessment was conducted across two days, not every child sat for every subject. But the score adjusts for this to stop uneven attendance from distorting the school's result. The score is not simply every child and every subject added up and divided.

Yes. This report card looks only at learning: how much children in the school are actually learning. Other important things, like the state of school buildings or teacher attendance, are not part of it. The purpose is to keep the focus on learning, and improve learning for every school.

This report card does not show any single child's score. It shows how your child's whole school is doing together. To know how your own child is doing, please talk to the class teacher.

No. The report card shows numbers for schools, blocks, and the district only. It does not name any child, and it does not show any personal details for a particular child.

No. A low score means many children in the school have not yet reached the level expected for their grade. There can be many reasons for this which are applicable to the larger system, not to any one child or one teacher. The point is to find where help is needed and collectively work to improve school quality for all schools.

The score is a school average, so a few children being absent does not change the overall picture much. And because no individual scores are shown, being absent has no effect on your child.

Start with your school's report card. Look at its overall score, and at how other government schools in your block are doing. Then take it to the next parent meeting or School Management Committee (SMC) meeting. Ask the principal and teachers what the school plans to improve this year, how they plan to do it, and how you can help.

If your school is not listed, it may be because it is not a government school covered by this assessment, or it did not have Grade 5 or Grade 8 students who took the test, or there was a data issue. If you think your school should be listed, write to the District Education Office with the school's name and UDISE code.

Write to the District Education Office. Include your school's name and UDISE code, and explain what looks wrong.

It is based on a census, not a small sample. That means nearly all government schools, and the Grade 5 and Grade 8 children present on the test day, took part. Every school took the same test, and the testing was run independently of the school. That makes it a fair, like-for-like measure at the school level.