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
districts across Pakistan
(136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural
districts)
AJK: 10 district are covered in 2012 across Pakistan
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
10 Districts Surveyed in AJK
ASER Mirpur
Access
What
are our
children
doing?
Enrollment in Mirpur
% Children in different types of schools
Never
enrolled
Dropout
Total
0.2
5.9
1.3
100
0.4
0.0
2.9
1.2
100
39.7
0.0
0.0
3.3
3.7
100
51.1
0.3
0.1
4.5
1.9
100
Age
group
Govt.
6-10
33.8
58.4
0.4
11-13
48.2
47.3
14-16
53.3
6-16
42.2
Non-state providers
Madrasah
Others
Pvt.
Total
By type
% Out-of-school
93.7
45.0
54.5
6.4
0.3
100
0.1
6.4% children are out of school in Mirpur district
Enrollment in Mirpur
Enrollment in Mirpur
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Bhimber
5.0
3
Mirpur
6.4
4
Kotli
6.8
5
6% children are out of school in Mirpur district
Quality Education?
What are
children
learning in
schools?
LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
38% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other
words, 38% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)
Mirpur is at 7th position in district
ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read URDU Stories in
Class 5
RANK
Bhimber
63.3
6
Mirpur
62.5
7
Kotli
21.4
10
ENGLISH
40% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In
other words, 40% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
ENGLISH (Ranking)
Mirpur is at 4th position in district
ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read English sentences
In Class 5
RANK
Mirpur
59.7
4
Bhimber
52.1
7
Kotli
30.1
10
MATH
73% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other
words, 73% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency
level in math
MATH (Ranking)
Mirpur is at 9th position in
district ranking (MATH)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can do
3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Bhimber
48.0
5
Mirpur
26.4
9
Kotli
16.7
10
RANKING OF DISTT. Mirpur
(Summary)
Sr.
No.
Indicator
%
Rank
1
Out of School Children
6.4
4
2
Urdu Readings
62.5
7
3
English Readings
59.7
4
4
Arithmetic learning
26.4
9
LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT
SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of
Private and Public Schools
63% of class 5 students in
Public Schools and 62% in Pvt.
Schools can read story in Urdu.
 51% of Class 5 students in
Public Schools while 68% in Pvt.
Schools can read sentences in
English.
 Totally 17% of Class 5
students in Public while 35% 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.
13.0
2.7
9.1
8.6
14.6
9.5
5.6
2.8
6.3
6.3
Pvt.
12.5
6.5
10.0
7.6
6.7
16.1 13.2
9.5
21.2 14.3
11 % Children from Pvt. And 8% Children from Public
Schools are attending Paid Tuition.
Basic Facilities in Government Schools (Primary)
Attendance in Government Schools
What are children learning in
Mirpur schools?
Mirpur(district) when compared to all the
districts of AJK learning levels are good
in English.

Mirpur comes in the Bottom 2 in learning
levels(Math).

Parental Education
An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 40% Mothers have completed primary education
in Mirpur
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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