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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

14 Districts Surveyed in KP

ASER Abbotabad

Access

What are our

children

doing?

Enrollment of Abbotabad as compared to some other districts in the KP is really good.

Enrollment in Abbotabad

Every 14th child in Abbotabad is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Abbotabad 7.1 2

Swabi 8.1 4

Mansehra 9.8 5

Haripur 10.9 6

Enrollment

Quality Education ?

What are children learning

inschools?

79% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 79% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT % Children who can

read Urdu Story(5 Class)

RANK

Mansehra 41.7 4

Swabi 32.2 7

Haripur 29.7 9

Abbotabad 21.1 11

79% children in Abbotabadcannot read class 2 Urdu text (5-16

years)

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

79% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 79% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT

% Children who can read English sentences(5 Class)

RANK

Swabi 43.2 4

Mansehra 38.9 6

Haripur 26.6 11

Abbotabad 20.5 12

79% children in Abbotabad cannot read class 2 English

text

ENGLISH

83% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 83% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

DISTRICT

% Children who can do

3 Digits Division(5 Class)

RANK

Mansehra 36.8 4

Swabi 34.7 5

Haripur 18.0 10

Abbotabad 17.4 11

83% children in Abbotabad cannot do 3 digits division

MATH

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

19% of class 5 students in Public Schools 31% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

20% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 23% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 15% of Class 5 students in Public while 28% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

18.5 19.9

14.6

30.8

23.1

28.2

Class 5: Can read at least a story in Urdu

Class 5: Can read at least a sentence in English

Class 5: Can do division

Class 5 Learning Levels -Urdu, English, Arithmetic

Govt School Pvt School

• 12.5% Children from Pvt. And 1.2% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1Out of School Children 7.1 2

2 Urdu Readings 21.1 11

3 English Readings 20.5 12

4 Arithmetic17.4 11

RANKING OF DISTT. Abbotabadamongst districts of Punjab

Abbotabad when compared to all the districts of KP the learning levels are really bad in Urdu, English and Math.

Abbotabad comes in the middle in learning levels in these subjects

What are children learning in Abbotabad schools?

• Only 23.1% Mothers are literate in Abbotabad

Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels

Attendance in Schools

% of Attendance (as per head count)

Children Attendance on the day of visit Government Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

80 73 88 83 82

Teacher attendance (%)

Teacher Attendance on the day of visitGovernment Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

93 80 84 85 87

Available Facilities in Schools

Available Facilities in Schools

Available Facilities in Schools

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

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