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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)

Sindh: 17 districts in 2011 compared to 6 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

17 Districts Surveyed in Sindh

ASER Sukkur

Access

What are our

children

doing?

Sukkur comes at the bottom four in the ranking of districts of Sindh regarding Enrollment. Almost 27%

of children are not enrolled at any Type of School.

Enrollment in Sukkur

Every 3th child in Sukkur is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Larkana 15.9 1Khairpur 18.5 3Ghotki 28.2 7Sukkur 33.0 10

Shikarpur 38.0 14

Enrollment

Quality Education ?

What are children learning

in schools?

82% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 82% of the children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI

DISTRICT% Children who can read URDU/Sindhi

Stories(Class 5)

RANK

Gotki 50.0 2Khairpur 49.6 3Shikarpur 44.2 8Larkana 42.6 9Sukkur 18.0 16

82% children in Sukkur cannot read class 2 Urdu/Sindhi text (Class 5)

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI

92% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 92 % children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

ENGLISH

DISTRICT% Children who can

read English sentences(Class 5)

RANK

Khairpur 36.0 1Shikarpur 28.4 4Larkana 23.5 8

Gotki 17.4 11Sukkur 8.0 15

92% children in Sukkur cannot read class 2 English

text

ENGLISH

91% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 91% children are 2 classes behind with respect to their competency level in math.

MATH

DISTRICT% Children who can

do 3 Digits Division

(Class 5)RANK

Shikarpur 33.7 3Khairpur 32.7 4

Gotki 28.6 6Larkana 25.9 8Sukkur 9.0 17

91% children in Sukkur cannot do 3 digits division

MATH

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

14.1% of class 5 students in Public Schools 62.5% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

4.3% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 50.0% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 4.3% of Class 5 students in Public while 62.5% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division.

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

14.1

4.3 4.3

62.5

50

62.5

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

• 16.7 % Children from Pvt. And 0.8% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No.

Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 33.0 102 Urdu/Sindhi Readings 18.0 163 English Readings 8.0 154 Math 9.0 17

RANKING OF DISTT. Sukkuramongst districts of SINDH

Sukkur when compared to all the districts of Sindh the learning levels are extremely poor in Urdu, English and Math.

Around 80% of children do not have sufficient competencies in these subjects

What are children learning in Sukkur schools?

• Only 28% Mothers are literate in Sukkur

Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels

-- out of --- Mothers in Sukkur are illiterate

Attendance in Schools

% of Attendance (as per register)

Children Attendance on the day of visit Government Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

67 54 76 60 67

Teacher attendance (%)

Teacher Attendance on the day of visitGovernment Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

97 89 89 100 95

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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