April 16, 2012

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORTASER-PAKISTAN - 2011

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORTASER-PAKISTAN - 2011

ASER PAKISTAN 2011 ASER- Annual Status of Education report is a

survey of the quality of education.

ASER seeks to fill a gap in educational data by looking to provide a reliable set of data at the national level, that is comprehensive and at the same time, easy to understand.

ASER is a citizen led survey and it is conducted with the help of Govt., Civil Society Organizations and some other stakeholders working in education sector.

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.

To interpret these results and use them to affect policy decisions at various level.

ASER PAKISTAN 2011

How well our children learn?

What are the competencies of our children in Urdu, English & Math?

The test conducted for the said assessment are up to class II & III level designed from their textbooks.

FOCUS OF ASER

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Coverage : Across Pakistan

Phase I : Year I 2010 – 32 districts across Pakistan

Phase II: Year II 2011 – 85 districts across Pakistan (84 Rural + 3 Urban /2 overlap with rural districts)

Punjab : 28 districts in 2011 compared to 15 Districts in 2010

Sample: 600 households per district. Two-stage stratified sample;   30 Villages 20 Households per village60 Schools per district 2 Schools per village (1 Govt. & 1 Private school)

Scale of Survey

15 Districts Surveyed in Balochistan

ASER Ketch

Access

What are our

children

doing?

Enrollment of Ketch as compared to some other districts in the Balochsitan is Good

Enrollment in Ketch

Every 8th child in Ketch is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Ketch 12.8 2Khuzdar 13.3 3Quetta 13.3 4Chaghi 21.6 9Kalat 32.3 12

Enrollment

Quality Education ?

What are children learning

inschools?

52% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 52% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT % Children who can

read URDU Stories(5-16 Years)

RANK

Quetta 32.4 1Ketch 29.7 2Kalat 20.7 7

Khuzdar 6.2 14Chaghi 6 15

77% children in Ketchcannot read class 2 Urdu text (5-16

years)

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

77% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 77 % children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences

(5-16 Years)

RANK

Quetta 32.4 2Ketch 22.9 5Kalat 20.3 6

Khuzdar 6.5 14Chaghi 4.9 15

77% children in Ketch cannot read class 2 English text

ENGLISH

74% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 74% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

DISTRICT % Children who can do

3 Digits Division(5-16 Years)

RANK

Ketch 35.1 1Kalat 18.9 7

Quetta 18.6 8Chaghi 5.9 14

Khuzdar 4.5 15

65% children in Ketch cannot do 3 digits division

MATH

• 3.3% Children from Pvt. And 1.7% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 12.8 2

2 Urdu Readings 29.7 23 English Readings 22.9 54 Arithmetic 35.1 1

RANKING OF DISTT. Ketchamongst districts of Balochistan

Ketch when compared to all the districts of Balochistan the learning levels are Good in Urdu & Math.

Ketch comes at the TOP in learning levels in these subjects.

What are children learning in Ketch schools?

• Only 48.9% Mothers are literate in Ketch

Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels

How far have we come on RTE compliance?

Article 25 - A “The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five

to sixteen years in such a manner as may be

determined by Law”

Discussion

For more information visit:

www.aserpakistan.org Email: safedafed@gmail.com