ASER Pakistana citizens’ led initiative

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About the ASER SurveyThe purpose of the ASER rapid assessment survey and its planned annual rounds in rural areas is twofold:

1.To get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic) up to grade II at the district level

2. To measure change in these basic learning and school statistics over time- annually

ASER Pakistan – the Architecture

Voluntary Surveyors (VSs)(CBOs, NGOs, Colleges,

Universities)

Village Level20 Houses per Village

District Level30 Villages per district

Provincial Level2011=85 Districts

2012-2015 = All Pakistan

National Level

Collaborating Partner Organizations (Master Trainers

MT) & Volunteers

Chief Collaborating Partners(CCP)

External Collaborators(ASER India, PCE, Experts/

Resource Persons)

SAFED /ITA Team

Provincial Coordinators

ASER Associates

Master Trainers District

Coordinator

Donors/Development

Partners

ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015• Citizen led large scale

national household survey (3-16)

• Quality of education in rural and some urban areas (5-16)

• Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access gaps

• Influence National & Provincial policy and actions for RTE.

• Provides information for tracking trends and MDG/EFA Targets up to 2015

• Influence Goal Setting for Post-2015 Agenda

• ASER addresses double crisis: learning levels of in-school children & OOSC

The Information We Collect: •Status of Schooling

Demographics, Enrollment Status, Institution type etc.•Learning level

•Reading - letters; word; para; story (Class 1&2) Arithmetic- numbers (1-9;11-99); Subtraction 2 digits; division 3 digits by 1 digit (Class1&2)

•School Statistics•Enrollment•Attendance ( Teachers, Children)•School Infrastructure ( facilities)•Class Room Environment•School Grants

Sample Size

• Coverage•145 Districts/ agencies across Pakistan

•Population• 30 villages per District through PPS • 20 Households ( Randomly Selected)

(30×20 =600 Households per District)• Schools

• 30 Govt. Schools per District • 1 School per village(If No Govt. School in the village then school in

the nearby village)

ASER 2013 OUTREACH:

145 Districts/ Territories

4350 Villages

87000 Households

250,000 Children

8500 Schools

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What is the child learning? CHILD ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Where is the child going? SCHOOL SURVEY

From where is the child coming? HOUSEHOLD SURVEY

Key Findings - ASER 2012 23% Children out of school aged 6-16 years old – 20%

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63% Children out of school aged 3-5 years old

87% teachers attend schools - Sindh 83% (lowest)

82% students attend schools - Sindh 60% (lowest)

Almost 49% children in class 5 will graduate without class 2 level competencies in Urdu/Sindhi ,

English and Arithmetic

Girls access and learning is lower than boysMissing facilities persist particularly in Primary

schools: Toilets ( 50%) , Drinking Water, (61%), Boundary

Walls (62%) Mothers who have completed at least primary (highly correlated with children’s access and learning) is Low

in Pakistan (22 %)

Learning Levels are better in Private schools overall

52% children in government and 37% children in private schools in class 5 cannot read class 2

Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto story.57% of the children in Government schools and 36%

of children in private schools cannot read English sentences

More Private school students take paid tuition than government students

6% Government against 25% Private enrolled children take Paid tuition in Rural Areas

87% and 86% teachers in private and government schools respectively were in attendance on the day of

the survey

39% primary government schools and 16% private still do not have useable water

Learning levels – Public vs. Private Key Findings – Public vs. Private

Communicating the ASER Findings

Village •Village Baithak ( Community gatherings) review results for action

District

•District Seminar /launch based on ASER findings•Civil society coalitions for Education Development•Demand generation through advocacy and action posters

•District Report Cards

Provincial /

State

•Provincial Seminar/launch•Departmental briefings based on ASER data•Policy seminars/dialogues – thematic e.g. OOSC /Gender

National

•National Launch on ASER Findings•Briefing to Research institution i.e. SDPI, Jinnah institute , PEAS, etc. And many more ..

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Communication Channels Used•Newspaper•TV- campaigns Social Media• Face book• Twitter•Policy booklets•Friends of ASER

How can ASER inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation  of 25 A?

ASER can help assess education with respect to info. on:AccessQualityEquity

Planning according to district based assessment – generating District Report Cards (DRCs) linked to the Roadmap to Reforms initiative of the Govt. of Punjab.Use of ASER data and teams for advocacy on Right to Education – focusing on gender & the excluded groups Forming District RTE Vigilante Committees mobilizing coalitions, teachers, youth, media and bar associations.

Supporters/Partners of ASER 2013

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For more information visit: www.aserpakistan.org

Email: safedafed@gmail.com