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 Khushab
Access
What
are our
children
doing?
Enrollment in Khushab
% Children in different types of schools
Age
Govt.
group
Pvt.
Non-state providers
Madrasah Others
% Out-of-school
Never
enrolled
Dropout
Total
6-10
54.6
34.7
0.3
1.1
8.1
1.1
100
11-13
62.8
27.8
0.6
0.0
7.6
1.3
100
14-16
60.2
25.7
1.1
0.0
10.9
2.1
100
6-16
58.0
30.8
0.6
0.6
8.6
1.4
100
Total
By type 64.5
90.0
34.2
0.6
10.0
100
0.6
Every 10th child is out of school in Khushab district
Enrollment in Khushab
Enrollment in Khushab
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Khushab
Sargodha
10.0
14.2
9
15
Mianwali
Bakhar
16.2
24.1
22
33
Every 10th child in Khushab is not in school!
Quality Education?
What are
children
learning in
schools?
LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
49% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other
words, 49% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)
Khushab is at 33rd position in district
ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read URDU stories in
Class 5
RANK
Mianwali
Bhakar
Sargodha
75.6
63.7
51.1
7
26
32
Khushab
51.1
33
ENGLISH
54% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In
other words, 54% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
ENGLISH (Ranking)
Khushab is at 32nd position in district
ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
%Children who can
read English
sentences in Class 5
RANK
Mianwali
Bhakar
Khushab
62.2
50.8
45.7
11
30
32
Sargodha
38.1
36
MATH
49% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other
words, 49% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency
level in math
MATH (Ranking)
Khushab is at 25th position in
district ranking (MATH)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
do 3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Mianwali
Bhakar
Khushab
70.5
56.1
51.1
2
18
25
Sargodha
34.3
36
RANKING OF DISTT. Khushab
(Summary)
Sr.
No.
Indicator
%
Rank
1
Out of School Children
10.0
9
2
Urdu Readings
51.1
33
3
English Readings
45.7
32
4
Arithmetic learning
51.1
25
LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT
SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of
Private and Public Schools
 54% of class 5 students
in Public Schools and 46%
in Pvt. Schools can read
story in Urdu.
 47% of Class 5 students
in Public Schools while 43%
in Pvt. Schools can read
sentences in English.
 Totally 56% of Class 5
students in Public while 43%
in Pvt. Schools can do 3
digits division
What are children learning in
Khushab schools?
Khushab when compared to all the
districts of Punjab the learning levels are
poor in English, and Urdu.

Khushab comes in the bottom 5 districts
in learning levels(English).

Private Supplementary Tuition?
Class-wise % children attending paid tuition
Type
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
Govt.
13.7
16.2
9.5
20.3
10.1
16.4
10.9
13.6
11.6
32.6
Pvt.
45.3
46.8
38.0
41.0
50.0
51.5
50.0
65.6
36.4
50.0
• 46% Children from Pvt. And 15% Children from Public
Schools are attending Paid Tuition.
Parental Education
An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 31% Mothers have completed primary education
in Khushab.
Attendance in Government Schools
Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools
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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