DIMAPUR — Nagaland, along with the rest of the country, will conduct the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, formerly known as the National Achievement Survey, on December 4. According to a DIPR report, the survey will cover 1,077 sample classes across 742 government schools, private unaided schools, and central government schools. A total of 1,187 field investigators, 742 observers, and 25,132 students will participate. The outcome will serve as an indicator of the state’s educational health for grades 3, 6, and 9. The findings will also be used as one of the sources for determining the state’s Performance Grading Index (PGI). The survey will have a duration of 90 minutes each for grades 3 and 6, and 120 minutes for Grade 9. Grades 3 and 6 will be assessed on their knowledge of Language, Mathematics, and the World Around Us, while Grade 9 will be evaluated on Language, Mathematics, Social Science, and Science. The school heads and teachers of the sample schools will be required to be present at their respective schools on the day of the survey. State officials from the Directorate of School Education, SCERT, NBSE, and Samagra Shiksha, along with district-level coordinators, will visit the schools on December...