Students find Maths most challenging: Survey

Nagpur: An in-depth survey among 5000 students between the ages of 5 and 13 years and their parents has revealed some interesting insights about the likings and disliking of students for different subjects and the areas that they need to improve.
The survey shows that students across geographies and demographics find mathematics as the most difficult subject. Schools across the country are implementing new methods for teaching maths, especially during 1st to 5th class. However, Indian parents often use Mathematics as a benchmark to measure the intelligence for their wards. They tend to ask their children addition/subtraction related questions more than that of any other subject.
Rather than investing their time in the subject they like, children are bound to pay more time and attention to maths because of the pressure build on them by their parents. The undue expectations from parents makes it even more challenging for the kids to perform good in Maths.
The stereotype can be seen in all parts of the country. Maths scores do not show any correlation with demographics or geographies.
The study also showed students like no subject in particular.
Private agency iChamp conducted the survey through a gamified practice app for kids.
The study and interaction with students did not find any pattern of affinity for any subject. Most of them could highlight subjects they liked more when compared to other subjects.
Students from metropolitan cities, i.e., Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai scored about 15% more marks in English compared to rest of the country in the tests.
Students in tier 2 cities such as Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Patna, Jaipur, Indore, Chandigarh etc scored more marks in English compared with students from tier 3 cities. However, their scores are less than those scored by tier 1 cities students .
Students in South Indian states scored about 8% more marks in English compared to the rest of the country.
Hindi is a big challenge for students in metros. Students in tier 1 cities take more Hindi tests on the platform as compared to students from other cities. Feedback from parents in metro cities is also to add more Hindi content than any other subject.