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
Sindh:
districts across Pakistan
(136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural
districts)
22 district in 2012 compared to 17 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
22 Districts Surveyed in Sindh
ASER Shikarpur
Access
What
are our
children
doing?
Enrollment in Shikarpur
% Children in different types of schools
Age Govt
group
. Pvt.
% Out-of-school
Non-state providers
Never DropMadrasah Others enrolled out
Total
6-10
61.8
9.6
0.5
0.0
25.0
3.2
100
11-13
50.2
5.2
0.7
0.0
26.5
17.4
100
14-16
38.6
1.8
0.0
0.0
26.5
33.1
100
6-16
56.4
7.7
0.5
0.0
25.5
10.0
100
Total
By type 87.4
64.6
11.9
0.7
35.5
100
0.0
Every 3rd child is out of school in Shikarpur district
Enrollment in Shikarpur
Enrollment in Shikarpur
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN
RANK
Jacobabad
24.2
3
Larkana
25.9
4
Shikarpur
35.5
16
Qamber Shahdadkot
39.3
18
Kashmore
50.5
22
Every 3rd child in Shikarpur is not in school!
Quality Education?
What are
children
learning in
schools?
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi
64% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other
words, 64% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi (Ranking)
Shikarpur is at 14th position in
district ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read URDU Stories in
Class 5
RANK
Larkana
50.5
5
Qamber Shahdadkot
41.7
10
Kashmore
37.5
12
Shikarpur
36.1
14
Jacobabad
32.5
17
ENGLISH
74% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In
other words, 74% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
ENGLISH (Ranking)
Shikarpur is at 12th position in district
ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read English sentences
In Class 5
RANK
Larkana
38.9
3
Qamber Shahdadkot
32.7
5
Shikarpur
26
12
Kashmore
20.4
16
Jacobabad
10.3
21
MATH
65% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other
words, 65% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency
level in math
MATH (Ranking)
Shikarpur is at 6th position in
district ranking (MATH)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can do
3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Larkana
36.7
4
Shikarpur
34.5
6
Kashmore
34.5
7
Qamber Shahdadkot
24.5
11
Jacobabad
8.5
22
RANKING OF DISTT. Shikarpur
(Summary)
Sr.
No.
Indicator
%
Rank
1
Out of School Children
35.5
16
2
Urdu Readings
36.1
14
3
English Readings
26
12
4
Arithmetic learning
34.5
6
LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT
SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of
Private and Public Schools
 37% of class 5 students in
Public Schools and 25% in Pvt.
Schools can read story in Urdu.
 26% of Class 5 students in
Public Schools while 25% in Pvt.
Schools can read sentences in
English.
 Totally 34% of Class 5
students in Public while 50% in
Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits
division
Private Supplementary Tuition?
Class-wise % children attending paid tuition
Type
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
Govt.
2.5
5.3
3.1
2.8
2.3
5.7
7.1
0.0
0.0
25.0
Pvt.
12.5
11.1
25.0
20.0
40.0
100.0
40.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
• 19% Children from Pvt. And 4% Children from Public
Schools are attending Paid Tuition.
Basic Facilities in Government Schools
Attendance in Government Schools
What are children learning in
Shikarpur schools?
Shikarpur when compared to all the
districts of Sindh the learning levels are
not good especially in Urdu and English.

Shikarpur comes in the last 10 districts
in learning levels in these subjects.

Parental Education
An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 19% Mothers have completed primary education
in Shikarpur
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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