Transcript ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015  Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-16).  Measure quality of education.

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER)
2012
ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015
 Citizen led large scale national household survey
(3-16).
 Measure quality of education in rural and some
urban areas (5-16 years).
 Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access
gaps.
Objectives are:
 To get reliable estimates of the status of children’s
schooling and basic learning (reading and
arithmetic level) at the district level.
 To measure the change in these basic learning
and school statistics from last year.
ASER Outreach over the last 3 years
 2010 – 32 districts
 2011 – 85 districts
 2012 – 142 districts
Scale
Coverage:
Across Pakistan
ASER 2012:
136
Punjab :
districts across Pakistan
(136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural
districts)
36 district in 2012 compared to 28 districts in 2011
Sample: 600 households per district. Two-stage stratified
sample;
 30 Villages
 20 Households per village
60 Schools per district
 2 Schools per village (1 Govt. & 1 Private school)
Scope
Access:
Enrollment, Type of School etc.
Quality of Learning:
Tested Subjects: Urdu, English and Math
School Facilities:
 Attendance teachers and children
 Availability of drinking water
 Availability of functional toilets, play ground and boundary
walls
ASER Pakistan Assessment Tools Grade II
ASER Assessment tools are prepared in following Categories
•Reading
Urdu
Sindhi
Pashto
•Arithmetic abilities
•English
36 Districts Surveyed in Punjab
ASER Jhelum
Access
What
are our
children
doing?
Enrollment in Jhelum
% Children in different types of schools
% Out-of-school
Age
Non-state providers
Never DropGovt.
group
Pvt.
Madrasah Others enrolled out
6-10 74.4
24.1
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.2
11-13 78.8
17.2
0.7
0.0
0.7
2.7
14-16 78.0
17.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
3.7
6-16 76.6
20.3
0.2
0.0
1.1
1.8
Total
By type 78.9
97.1
20.9
0.2
2.9
0.0
Only 2.9% children are out-of-school!
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Enrollment in Jhelum
Enrollment in Jhelum
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN
RANK
Rawalpindi
2.1
1
Jehlum
2.9
2
Gujrat
6.0
4
Attock
7.8
8
Jhelum is at 2nd position in district ranking!
Quality Education?
What are
children
learning in
schools?
LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
58% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other
words, 58% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)
Jhelum is at 37th position in district
ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read URDU Stories in
Class 5
RANK
Gujrat
72.5
11
Rawalpindi
61.3
27
Attock
41.7
36
Jehlum
41.7
37
ENGLISH
59% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In
other words, 59% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
ENGLISH (Ranking)
Jhelum is at 34th position in district
ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read English sentences
In Class 5
RANK
Narowal
78.2
2
Rawalpindi
55.7
25
Attock
51.1
29
Jehlum
40.8
34
MATH
63% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other
words, 63% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency
level in math
MATH (Ranking)
Jhelum is at 34th position in
district ranking (MATH)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can do
3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Rawalpindi
66.1
10
Gujrat
56.5
17
Jehlum
36.9
34
Attock
34.8
35
RANKING OF DISTT. Jhelum
(Summary)
Sr.
No.
Indicator
%
Rank
2.9
2
1
Out of School Children
2
Urdu Readings
41.7
37
3
English Readings
40.8
34
4
Arithmetic learning
36.9
34
LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT
SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of
Private and Public Schools
 45% of class 5 students in
Public Schools and 32% in Pvt.
Schools can read story in Urdu.
 42% of Class 5 students in
Public Schools while 36% in Pvt.
Schools can read sentences in
English.
 Totally 38% of Class 5
students in Public while 32% in
Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits
division
Private Supplementary Tuition?
Class-wise % children attending paid tuition
Type
I
II
III
IV
Govt.
5.0
3.8
11.6
9.2
Pvt.
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
11.9 11.0 12.9
18.8
28.6 25.4
30.4 17.9 40.7 23.8 40.7 41.2 53.3
45.5
41.7 26.7
33% Children from Pvt. And 12% Children from Public
Schools are attending Paid Tuition.
Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools
Attendance in Government Schools
What are children learning in
Jhelum schools?
Jhelum when compared to all the districts
of Punjab the learning levels are poor
especially in English.

Jhelum comes in the bottom 5 districts in
learning levels in these subjects.

Parental Education
An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 49% Mothers have completed primary education
in Jhelum
How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and
implementation of 25-A?
 ASER can help assess education with respect to :
 Quality
 Availability/Access
 Equity
 Planning according to district based assessment – generating
District Report Cards (DRCs) linked to the Roadmap to Reforms and/or
Sector Plans of the Provincial Governments.
 Holding ASER Baithaks in ASER survey villages, parents, communities
with parliamentarians and political holding ALL to account for ACTION!
Continued Dialogues with Parliamentarians and Politicians in 2013 for
elections, manifestoes and actionable steps that can be tracked
Linking the ASER information to national data and GMR /UN Human
Development Reports /others in the run up to 2015 & post 2015
debates
Milestone achievement:“The
Education Act 2012”
Right
to
Free
and
Compulsory
Discussion
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