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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 Swabi

Access

What are our

children

doing?

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

Enrollment in Swabi

Every 12th child in Swabi 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?

68% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 68% 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 4Swabi 32.2 7

Haripur 29.7 9Abbotabad 21.1 11

68% children in Swabicannot read class 2 Urdu text (5-16

years)

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

57% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 57% 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 4Mansehra 38.9 6Haripur 26.6 11

Abbotabad 20.5 12

57% children in Swabi cannot read class 2 English

text

ENGLISH

65% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 65% 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 4Swabi 34.7 5

Haripur 18.0 10Abbotabad 17.4 11

42% children in Swabi cannot do 3 digits division

MATH

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

33% of class 5 students in Public Schools 29% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

44% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 42% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 37% of Class 5 students in Public while 29% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

33.3

43.6

37.2

28.9

42.1

28.9

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

• 16.8% Children from Pvt. And 2.5% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 8.1 4

2 Urdu Readings 32.2 7

3 English Readings 43.2 4

4 Arithmetic 34.7 5

RANKING OF DISTT. Swabiamongst districts of Punjab

Swabi when compared to all the districts of KP the learning levels are really bad in Urdu.

Swabi comes in the middle in learning levels in this subject

What are children learning in Swabi schools?

• Only 37.0% Mothers are literate in Swabi

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

90 - 93 83 85

Teacher attendance (%)

Teacher Attendance on the day of visitGovernment Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

74 - 73 89 85

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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