Chandigarh, Oct. 15 -- Two years after Chandigarh's government schools recorded relatively low learning outcomes in the 2024 PARAKH assessment, the UT education department is shifting its focus to early intervention, with regular assessments planned to identify students struggling academically and give schools time to improve their performance before the next national-level exercise.

In an initiative aimed at improving learning outcomes across government schools, the department will assess students of Classes 2, 5 and 8, identify their weak areas and ensure additional academic support rather than wait for the next PARAKH results to highlight the gaps.

"This is to identify those students who are relatively weak so that special efforts ca...