Skill Based Baseline Survey - Haryana (Rural) - Class 1 to 4

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Report on Kaksha Baseline Survey

For

Model Blocks Rajaund and Babain

Shashank Shekhar Rai

Block Resource Manager Rajaund, Kaithal

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Introduction

This report delineates the results of a baseline survey conducted in the two blocks, Rajaund (Kaithal)

and Babain (Kurukshetra), being shaped up as model blocks for education in the state of Haryana. The

survey was conducted as part of a larger program called Kaksha being run under the Smart Classrooms

Project in the two blocks. Thirty schools were part of the survey in both the blocks with fifteen schools

in both the blocks forming the experiment group for the Smart Classrooms Project while the other fifteen

formed the control group. The survey covered classes 1 to 4. Achievement tests in Hindi, English and

Mathematics were prepared for lower primary level students and administered on standard I-IV students

of the selected schools of the Rajaund and Babain blocks. From each class, five students were randomly

selected and surveyed on testing tools prepared by Kaksha. Each student was given a test in English,

Hindi and Mathematics. The survey was conducted by DIET students from both the districts under the

supervision of the DPC Office.

For Hindi and English languages, Listening, Reading, Vocabulary and Writing skills were covered in the

achievement test whereas for Mathematics, mathematical operations like Shape Recognition, Number

Recognition, Place Value of Numbers, Number Operations like Multiplication, Addition & Subtraction,

Number Patterns (Recognition of Odd/Even Numbers), Word Problems, Measurement Units and Time

(Time, Name of Days, Weeks & Months) were covered in the achievement test.

This report engages in a block level evaluation of the students based on mean scores on each of the test.

This analysis is done on a subject-wise basis with further insights into skills for each subject that is

expected to be learnt at school.

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Mean Score Evaluation

Below is an elucidation of the subject wise description of Rajaund and Babain and where the two blocks

stood before the interventions started.

English (Rajaund):

Below are tables that describe clearly the mean scores for each class in English in the block Rajaund.

Under the respective skills, the mean scores of respective skills are also mentioned. Figures under the

Percentage column on the right refer to the percentage of figures under to total column with respect to

the highest attainable score, which is mentioned in parenthesis. The figures in the Percentage row refer

to the mean scores with respect to the highest attainable score. Highest Score Attained and Lowest Score

Attained provide information on the highest and the lowest scores in a particular category independent

of all the other categories.1

CLASS 1 Listening

(12) Reading (6) Writing (5) Total (23) Percentage

Mean Score 7.34 2.52 0.12 10.02 43.57%

Highest Score Attained 12.00 6.00 4.00 20.00 86.96%

Lowest Score Attained 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 4.35%

Percentage 61.17% 42.06% 2.45% 43.57%

CLASS 2 Listening

(10) Reading

(6) Writing

(4) Total (20)

Percentage

Mean Score 5.01 3.55 1.82 10.42 52.11%

Highest Score Attained 9 6 4 18 90.00%

Lowest Scores Attained 1 0 0 1 5.00%

Percentage 50.14% 59.18% 45.58% 52.11%

CLASS 3 Listening

(4) Vocabulary

(04) Reading

(11) Writing

(4) Total (23)

Percentage

Mean Score 2.84 2.03 5.78 2.67 13.41 58.29%

Highest Score Attained 4 4 11 4 23 100.00%

Lowest Scores Attained 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%

Percentage 71.00% 50.83% 52.55% 66.67% 58.29%

CLASS 4 Listening

(2) Vocabulary

(8) Reading

(4) Writing

(16) Total (30)

Percentage

Mean Score 1.57 5.84 2.71 3.79 13.91 46.36%



Percentage 78.67% 73.00% 67.83% 23.71% 46.36%

1 This means that the highest and the lowest scores in all the categories may belong to different students and do not represent

the performance of any one student.

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The overall mean performance in English in Rajaund shows an increase and decrease between 43 per

cent and 59 per cent. It may be inferred here that students have initial difficulty in learning English but

improve with the basics in the initial years before facing problems with an increased level of difficulty

to be seen in class 4.

Graphs for individual skills are below:

43.57%

52.11%

58.29%

46.36%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

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English Performance Rajaund

61.17%

50.14%

71.00%

78.67%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

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English Listening Rajaund

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As one can clearly see, in English, it is the writing segment that is forming the greatest effect on the

drop in scores, so much so that the Writing graph is vaguely similar to the overall graph with a rise in the

second and the third year and a fall in the last year. While it is intuitive to reason why the scores are

abysmally low for Writing in Class 1 considering English is a foreign language, the scores for class 4 do

stand to question. This may be because of certain concepts introduced in class 4 may have a difficulty

level disproportionate with the difficulty levels encountered in the previous classes. At any rate, this is

an interesting outcome that may be studied by researchers for a better pedagogical understanding.

The reading scores show a constant increase in the learning levels with a small fall in Class 3. But the

overall performance is satisfactory depicting an increased ease with the language among the students.

Similarly, Listening skills have shown a considerable improvement.

The graph for Vocabulary is below and shows an increased awareness of words in students over the classes

3 and 4.

42.06%

59.18%

52.55%

67.83%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

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English Reading Rajaund

2.45%

45.58%

66.67%

23.71%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

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English Writing Rajaund

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English Babain:

Below are tables that describe clearly the mean scores for each class in English in the block Babain.







CLASS 1 Listening

(12) Reading (6)

Writing (5)

Total (23) Percentage

Mean Score 8.68 2.04 2.01 12.51 54.41%


Lowest Score Attained 1 0 0 1 4.35%

Percentage 72.33% 33.96% 40.30% 54.41%

CLASS 2 Listening

(10) Reading

(6) Writing

(4) Total (20)

Percentage

Mean Score 6.39 2.71 1.49 10.60 53.01%



Percentage 63.91% 45.24% 37.22% 53.01%

CLASS 3 Listening

(4) Vocabulary

(04) Reading

(11) Writing

(4) Total (23)

Percentage



50.83%

73.00%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

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English Vocabulary Rajaund

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Mean Score 2.61 1.98 5.71 2.20 12.59 54.74%



Percentage 65.31% 49.61% 51.87% 55.04% 54.74%

CLASS 4 Listening

(2) Vocabulary

(8) Reading

(4) Writing

(16) Total (30)

Percentage

Mean Score 1.22 6.24 1.97 3.40 12.89 42.98%



Percentage 61.07% 77.96% 49.24% 21.28% 42.98%

The overall mean performance for Babain is almost stable at 53-54 per cent for classes 1 to 3 before

seeing a steep fall to 43 per cent for class 4. While Rajaund showed a certain increase in learning levels

of students from classes 1 to 3, Babain is rather stagnant thereby depicting a low rate of improvement

in the underperforming students. The reasons for the steep fall may be analysed below through individual

skill analysis.

54.41%53.01%

54.74%

42.98%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

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English Performance Babain

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72.33%

63.91%

65.31%

61.07%

54.00%

56.00%

58.00%

60.00%

62.00%

64.00%

66.00%

68.00%

70.00%

72.00%

74.00%

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English Listening Babain

33.96%

45.24%

51.87%49.24%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

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English Reading Babain

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Through the individual skill analysis, we see that the large part of the overall greater than 50 per cent

score for Class 1 is formed of the Listening Skills thereby representing a greater ease with the language

in Babain as compared to Rajaund. The high level of writing scores are also indicative of this. However,

it is surprising to see that the mean score of over 40 per cent on Writing corresponds to a mean

score of just under 34 per cent on Reading. It is hard to imagine how students competitive enough

to write in the language are facing problems in reading the same language. There is also a constant

drop in the scores of Listening skills while the corresponding skills in Reading and Writing are

improving for classes 2 and 3. Finally in Class 4, there is a fall in all the three skills. So while, like

Rajaund, there is a steep fall in the Writing skills of the students, unlike Rajaund, the Reading and

Listening skills are also showing a drop. This should call in for a greater focus by the teachers on these

skills.

The graph for Vocabulary is below and shows an increased awareness of words in students over the classes

3 and 4.

40.30%37.22%

55.04%

21.28%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

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English Writing Babain

49.61%

77.96%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

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English Vocabulary Babain

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Hindi Rajaund:

Below are tables that describe clearly the mean scores for each class in Hindi in the block Rajaund. Under

the respective skills, the mean scores of respective skills are also mentioned. Figures under the






CLASS 1 Listening

(14) Reading (11) Writing (6) Total (31) Percentage

Mean Score 10.88 5.52 0.94 17.39 56.08%



Percentage 77.73% 50.22% 15.63% 56.08%

CLASS 2 Listening

(2) Reading

(17) Writing

(7) Total (25)

Percentage

Mean Score 1.18 11.82 2.00 15.04 60.14%



Percentage 59.15% 69.55% 28.57% 60.14%

CLASS 3 Listening

(6) Reading

(13) Writing

(13) Total (32)

Percentage

Mean Score 4.51 7.23 3.25 14.93 46.67%



Percentage 75.11% 55.64% 24.97% 46.67%

CLASS 4 Listening

(6) Reading

(10) Vocabulary

(4) Total (20)

Percentage

Mean Score 2.35 5.80 3.11 11.32 56.60%



Percentage 39.22% 58.00% 77.67% 56.60%



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While the average performance lies somewhere between 56 to 60 per cent, there is a dip in the

performance levels of Class 3 students in Hindi in Rajaund where the mean falls down to just below 47

per cent. Individual skill graphs may shed some more light on the same but barring Class 3, the average

performance on Hindi is considerably better than the performance of the same students in English.

Below are the individual skill graphs:

56.08%

60.14%

46.67%

56.60%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

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Hindi Performance Rajaund

77.73%

59.15%

75.11%

39.22%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

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Hindi Listening Rajaund

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The greatest fluctuation in mean scores is seen in Listening skills. While for Classes 1 and 3, it is over 75

per cent, for Class 2 it falls just below 60 per cent while for Class 4 it is really low at just above 39 per

cent. This can be understood as students facing increased difficulty in understanding concepts of the

language which are just above the basic level. The Writing scores are rather low for Classes 1 to3 with

this highest being for Class 2 which is just a shade below 29 per cent. In contrast, the Reading scores are

constantly above 50 per cent with the mean scores for Class 2 touching 70 per cent. These graphs tell

us two things – a) The students have greater difficulty in Writing as opposed to Reading and Listening

their mother tongue, and; b) There is a discrepancy hard to explain with respect to Class 4 results

where the Reading scores are at 58 per cent but the Listening scores are abysmally low at 39 per

cent.

The vocabulary mean score of just under 78 per cent for Class 4 depicts a good level of comfort with new

words in the language.

15.63%

28.57%

24.97%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

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Hindi Writing Rajaund

50.22%

69.55%

55.64%

58.00%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

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Hindi Reading Rajaund

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Hindi Babain:

Below are tables that describe clearly the mean scores for each class in Hindi in the block Babain. Under

the respective skills, the mean scores of respective skills are also mentioned. Figures under the






CLASS 1 Listening

(14) Reading

(11) Writing (6)

Total (31)

Percentage

Mean Score 11.53 5.26 1.03 16.74 53.99%



Percentage 82.36% 47.84% 17.13% 53.99%

CLASS 2 Listening

(2) Reading

(17) Writing

(7) Total (25)

Percentage

Mean Score 0.96 10.54 1.87 13.34 53.34%



Percentage 47.76% 62.03% 26.65% 53.34%

CLASS 3 Listening

(6) Reading

(13) Writing

(13) Total (32)

Percentage

Mean Score 4.86 8.10 2.31 15.24 47.64%



Percentage 81.04% 62.30% 17.79% 47.64%

CLASS 4 Listening

(6) Reading

(10) Vocabulary

(4) Total (20)

Percentage

Mean Score 2.76 5.52 3.30 11.60 57.98%



Percentage 46.06% 55.19% 82.44% 57.98%



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Babain’s performance on Hindi lies between 47 to 58 per cent. It falls a little for Class 3 before rising for

Class 4. Interestingly, Class 3 results are also low for Rajaund. It points to a good inflection point

wherein the reasons for the same may be studied. While Rajaund showed an increase in performance

in Hindi as compared to English, Babain’s performance in Hindi is very similar to its English

performance for Classes 1 and 2, while for Class 3 the performance in English is distinctly better

than that of Hindi. Class 4 performance in Hindi has risen while in English it further plummeted in Babain.

53.99%

53.34%

47.64%

57.98%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

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Hindi Performance Babain

82.36%

47.76%

81.04%

46.06%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

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Hindi Listening Babain

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Yet again, like Rajaund, there is a huge fluctuation scores of Hindi Listening skills which makes the

analysis very difficult and asks us further questions as to why there is such a stark contrast in Listening

skills in consecutive classes. The gap in Listening skills of consecutive classes is close to 35 per cent in

Babain and the comparison with Reading skills, which continue to be more stable, throws further

questions. Class 2, for example, has Listening skill score of close to 48 per cent with a Reading score

of 62 per cent. In Class 3, however, the listening score rises to 81 per cent with negligible change in

Reading skills. This score in Class 4 falls 35 points to 46 per cent while the Reading score only falls

7 per cent. The Writing scores for all classes is almost at the bottom with the highest being just a shade

below 27 per cent signifying the need to focus on students’ writing skills. The Vocabulary score is at 82

per cent signifying a good comfort level with new words in the language.

17.13%

26.65%

17.79%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

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Hindi Writing Babain

47.84%

62.03%

62.30%

55.19%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

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Hindi Reading Babain

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Rajaund Mathematics:

Below are tables that describe clearly the mean scores for each class in Mathematics in the block Rajaund.







CLASS 1 Measurement

(4) Counting (5) Matching (4) Addition (4)

Subtraction (4)

Mean Score 3.04 1.86 3.26 0.98 0.60

Highest Score Attained 4 5 4 4 4

Lowest Scores Attained 0 0 0 0 0

Percentage 76.01% 37.18% 81.54% 24.50% 15.10%

Identification (9)


4.64 14.27 47.56%

9 30 100.00%

0 0 0.00%

51.60% 47.56%

CLASS 2 Shape

Recognition (9)

Number Recognition

(4)

Comparison of Ascending Order (4)

Comparison of Descending

Order (4)

Addition (6)

Mean Score 2.64 2.27 1.24 0.96 2.39



Percentage 29.31% 56.71% 31.04% 23.99% 39.82%

Subtraction (6)

Identification (8)

Time (9) Total (50) Percentage

1.69 1.52 2.41 15.18 30.36%

6 8 9 45 90.00%

0 0 0 0 0.00%

28.19% 18.96% 26.77% 30.36%



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CLASS 3 Shape

Recognition (05)

Number Recognition

(3)

Place Value (4)

Number Operation

(Multiplication) (8)

Addition (4)

Mean Score 0.62 2.13 0.88 4.78 2.35



Percentage 12.40% 71.11% 22.00% 59.75% 58.67%

Subtraction (2)

Odd Even Number Pattern

(2)

Word Problem

(2)

Measurement (3)

Time (4)

Total (37)

Percentage

0.77 1.06 0.80 1.30 1.24 15.98 43.19%

2 2 3 3 4 34 91.89%

0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%

38.67% 53.00% 40.00% 43.33% 31.00% 43.19%

CLASS 4 Geometry (3) Multiplication

(4) Division (2)

Meaning & Identification of Fraction (4)

Word Problems

(2)

Mean Score 0.87 2.26 0.94 0.89 0.91



Percentage 29.08% 56.38% 23.49% 22.15% 45.30%

Measurement (5)

Time (5)

Total (25)

Percentage

1.69 2.15 9.72 38.87%

5 5 23 92.00%

0 0 0 0.00%

33.83% 43.09% 38.87%

Mathematics, unsurprisingly, proves to be the Achilles’ heel of the students. Since different skills are

taught in different classes, individual skill gaps are not present for Mathematics to understand year-by-

year performance of the students. However, the individual subject skills will be analysed in greater detail

in the next section. The problem areas are nevertheless marked in red in the Percentage row.

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As can be seen in the graph, best mean score in Mathematics is for Class 1, signifying clearly that students

are having difficulty in improving their level year-on-year. The problem areas for Class 1 are Counting,

Addition and Subtraction. For Class 2, the difficulty seems to arise in Shape Recognition, Ascending

and Descending Order, Addition, Subtraction, Identification and Time; while for Class 3 the problem

areas are Shape Recognition, Place Value, Subtraction, Word Problems, Measurement and Time.

Class 4 students show a difficulty in solving questions on Geometry, Division, Fractions, Word

Problems, Measurement and Time.

Babain Mathematics:

Below are tables that describe clearly the mean scores for each class in Mathematics in the block Babain.







CLASS 1 Measurement

(4) Counting (5) Matching (4) Addition (4)

Subtraction (4)

Mean Score 3.77 2.39 3.56 1.79 1.11



Percentage 94.27% 47.79% 89.12% 44.85% 27.86%



47.56%

30.36%

43.19%38.87%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

50.00%

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Mathematics Performance Rajaund

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Identification (9)


5.76 18.21 60.69%

9 30 100.00%

0 1 3.33%

64.04% 60.69%

CLASS 2 Shape

Recognition (9)

Number Recognition

(4)

Comparison of Ascending Order (4)

Comparison of Decending Order (4)

Addition (6)

Mean Score 3.52 1.78 1.85 1.65 2.72



Percentage 39.09% 44.44% 46.30% 41.30% 45.31%

Subtraction (6)

Identification (8)

Time (9) Total (50) Percentage

2.50 2.50 2.79 19.23 38.46%

6 8 9 46 92.00%

0 0 0 0 0.00%

41.73% 31.20% 31.03% 38.46%

CLASS 3 Shape

Recognition (05)

Number Recognition

(3)

Place Value (4)

Number Operation

(Multiplication) (8)

Addition (4)

Mean Score 0.63 1.80 1.24 5.03 2.53



Percentage 12.60% 60.10% 30.91% 62.89% 63.19%

Subtraction (2)

Odd Even Number Pattern

(2)

Word Problem (2)

Measurement (3)

Time (4)

Total (37)

Percentage

1.19 0.73 0.65 1.31 1.82 16.71 45.16%

2 2 2 3 4 33 89.19%

0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%

59.45% 36.61% 32.68% 43.57% 45.47% 45.16%

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CLASS 4 Geometry (3) Multiplication

(4) Division (2)

Meaning & Identification of Fraction (4)

Word Problems

(2)

Mean Score 0.54 2.02 0.68 1.09 0.58



Percentage 17.97% 50.43% 33.91% 27.17% 29.13%

Measurement (5)

Time (5)

Total (25)

Percentage

1.30 1.37 7.55 30.19%

5 5 23 92.00%

0 0 0 0.00%

26.09% 27.48% 30.19%

Babain tells a similar story except for the fact that Babain students tend to start off at a better score of

over 60 per cent but there is a gradual decline year-on-year till Class 4 when the mean score of students

is halved to just over 30 per cent. The problem areas seem similar to Rajaund. The problem areas for

Class 1 are Counting, Addition and Subtraction. For Class 2, the difficulty seems to arise in Shape

Recognition, Number Recognition, Ascending and Descending Order, Addition, Subtraction,

Identification and Time; while for Class 3 the problem areas are Place Value, Odd-Even Numbers,

Word Problems, Measurement and Time. Class 4 students show a difficulty in solving questions on

Geometry, Division, Fractions, Word Problems, Measurement and Time.

60.69%

38.46%

45.16%

30.19%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

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Mathematics Performance Babain

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