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 Gujrat
Access
What
are our
children
doing?
Enrollment in Gujrat
% Children in different types of schools
Age
group
Govt.
6-10
60.1
36.5
0.2
11-13
63.9
30.8
14-16
66.3
6-16
62.5
Non-state providers
Madrasah
Others
Dropout
0.2
1.8
1.3
100
0.0
0.0
2.6
2.6
100
18.5
1.6
0.0
4.9
8.6
100
30.9
0.5
0.1
2.7
3.3
100
Pvt.
94.0
66.5
Total
Never
enrolled
Total
By type
% Out-of-school
32.9
6.0
0.5
0.1
Only 6.0% children are out-of-school!
100
Enrollment in Gujrat
Enrollment in Gujrat
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN
RANK
Narowal
4.5
3
Gujrat
6.0
4
Gujranwala
6.2
5
Mandi Bahuddin
10.3
10
Hafizabad
10.8
11
Sheikhupura
12.8
13
Gujrat is at 4th position in district ranking!
Quality Education?
What are
children
learning in
schools?
LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
28% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other
words, 28% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)
Gujrat is at 11st position in district
ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read URDU Stories in
Class 5
RANK
Narowal
80.8
1
Gujrat
72.5
11
Sheikhupura
71.0
15
Hafizabad
70.4
17
Mandi Bahuddin
70.2
18
Gujranwala
55.4
31
ENGLISH
33% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In
other words, 33% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
ENGLISH (Ranking)
Gujrat is at 15th position in district
ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read English sentences
In Class 5
RANK
Narowal
78.2
2
Sheikhupura
68.5
12
Gujrat
66.9
15
Mandi Bahuddin
61.7
20
Hafizabad
53.5
28
Gujranwala
39.4
35
MATH
44% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other
words, 44% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency
level in math
MATH (Ranking)
Gujrat is at 17th position in
district ranking (MATH)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can do
3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Narowal
69.9
4
Sheikhupura
56.9
16
Gujrat
56.5
17
Mandi Bahuddin
53.5
21
Hafizabad
52.5
24
Gujranwala
40.6
32
RANKING OF DISTT. Gujrat
(Summary)
Sr.
No.
Indicator
%
Rank
6.0
4
1
Out of School Children
2
Urdu Readings
72.5
11
3
English Readings
66.9
15
4
Arithmetic learning
56.5
17
LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT
SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of
Private and Public Schools
 73% of class 5 students in
Public Schools and 71% in Pvt.
Schools can read story in Urdu.
 63% of Class 5 students in
Public Schools while 73% in Pvt.
Schools can read sentences in
English.
 Totally 53% of Class 5
students in Public while 62% 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.
20.5
23.0
17.2
20.3
24.4
25.7
17.6
26.4
25.4
42.1
Pvt.
40.7
36.2
38.5
50.0
44.7
52.5
48.1
56.0
66.7
54.5
44% Children from Pvt. And 23% Children from Public
Schools are attending Paid Tuition.
Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools
Attendance in Government Schools
What are children learning in
Gujrat schools?
Gujrat when compared to all the districts
of Punjab the learning levels are not very
good in Math and English.

Gujrat comes at 17th position in learning
levels(Math).

Parental Education
An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 63% Mothers have completed primary education
in Gujrat
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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