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Tormentor, thy name is geometry -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph
Where Indian children stumble in Mathematics
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The children, however, tended to do better with the algebra questions asked in the National Achievement Survey, conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training.
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Addition and subtraction of algebraic expressions appeared the easiest.
Bengal students' average score across the 20 categories trailed the national average while their Karnataka counterparts were among the best performers.
