Faisalabad12-02-2013

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER)2012

ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015 Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-

16). Measure quality of education in rural and some urban

areas (5-16 years). Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access

gaps.

Objectives are: 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.

ASER Outreach over the last 3 years 2010 – 32 districts 2011 – 85 districts 2012 – 142 districts

Coverage: Across Pakistan

ASER 2012: 136 districts across Pakistan

(136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural districts)

Punjab : 36 district in 2012 compared to 28 districts in 2011

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

Access: Enrollment, Type of School etc.

Quality of Learning:Tested Subjects: Urdu, English and Math

School Facilities: Attendance teachers and children Availability of drinking water Availability of functional toilets, play ground and

boundary walls

Scope

ASER Survey Sheets

ASER Pakistan Assessment Tools Grade IIASER Assessment tools are prepared in following Categories•Reading

Urdu Sindhi Pashto

•Arithmetic abilities•English

36 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

ASER Faisalabad

Access

What are our children doing?

% Children in different types of schools % Out-of-school

TotalAge group

Govt.Non-state providers Never

enrolledDrop-

outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 63.9 26.7 0.3 0.0 8.2 0.8 100

11-13 68.6 16.2 0.7 0.0 6.9 7.6 100

14-16 57.5 13.6 0.6 0.0 11.0 17.2 100

6-16 63.5 20.8 0.5 0.0 8.6 6.7 100

Total 84.8 15.3 100

By type 74.9 24.5 0.6 0.0

Every 6th child is out of school in Faisalabad district

Enrollment in Faisalabad

Enrollment in Faisalabad

84.8%

15.3%

School Enrollment (6-16)

In-schoolOut-of-school

Enrollment in Faisalabad

75%

25%

1%

Enrollment in different schools

Govt.Pvt. Madrasah Others

Every 7th child in Faisalabad is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Jhang 14.9 18

Faisalabad 15.3 19

Toba Tek Singh 15.3 20

Chiniot 20.8 29

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

Class-wise % children who can read

Class Nothing Letters Words Sentences Story Total

1 22.6 42.6 31.3 0.9 2.6 100

2 6.1 18.2 47.7 22.0 6.1 100

3 1.5 5.9 31.9 36.3 24.4 100

4 0.0 1.9 15.2 39.0 43.8 100

5 0.8 0.8 5.5 18.1 74.8 100

6 1.5 0.0 3.0 9.1 86.4 100

25% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 25% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT

% Children who can

read URDU Stories in Class 5

RANK

Toba Tek Singh 77.3 5

Faisalabad 74.8 9

Chiniot 74.2 10

Jhang 59.4 29

Faisalabad is at 9th position in district ranking (URDU)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)

Class-wise % children who can read

Class Nothing Letters

Words Sentences Total Capital Small

1 21.7 25.2 44.3 5.2 3.5 100

2 7.6 9.2 40.5 36.6 6.1 100

3 2.9 3.7 22.1 55.1 16.2 100

4 0.0 1.9 14.2 48.1 35.8 100

5 0.8 0.0 3.9 25.8 69.5 100

6 1.5 0.0 0.0 11.9 86.6 100

30% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 30% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT

% Children who can read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Toba Tek Singh 72.0 6

Faisalabad 69.5 10

Jhang 68.4 13

Chiniot 57.8 24

Faisalabad is at 10th position in district ranking (English)!

ENGLISH (Ranking)

Class-wise % children who can do

Class Nothing Number recognition Subtraction

(2 Digits) Division (3 digits)

Total 1-9 10-99

1 20.0 28.7 46.1 2.6 2.6 100

2 6.8 9.8 54.1 24.8 4.5 100

3 2.9 2.9 34.6 47.8 11.8 100

4 0.0 2.9 20.0 41.9 35.2 100

5 0.8 0.0 4.7 25.6 69.0 100

6 1.5 0.0 6.0 13.4 79.1 100

31% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 31% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

DISTRICT

% Children who can do

3 Digits Divisionin Class 5

RANK

Faisalabad 69 6

Toba Tek Singh 67.2 8

Chiniot 58.9 14

Jhang 53.1 22

Faisalabad is at 6th position in district ranking (MATH)!

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 15.3 19

2 Urdu Readings 74.8 9

3 English Readings 69.5 10

4 Arithmetic learning 69 6

RANKING OF DISTT. FAISALABAD(Summary)

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

72% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 85% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

64% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 92% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 68% of Class 5 students in Public while 73% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

• 40% Children from Pvt. And 24% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?Class-wise % children attending paid tuition

Type I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

Govt. 19.0 18.8 18.9 29.3 20.9 30.2 22.1 32.4 29.8 30.0

Pvt. 42.0 41.2 42.1 48.5 44.4 58.8 63.6 46.7 50.0 35.7

Basic Facilities in Government Schools

Boundary Walls Toilets Water Facility Playground Facility

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

90%

86%90%

62%

Basic Facilites

Attendance in Government Schools

Children Attendance Teacher Attendance0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

89% 87%

Attendance (Government Schools)

Attendance

Faisalabad when compared to all the districts of Punjab the learning levels are not good in English, Math and Urdu.

Faisalabad comes in the Top 10 in learning levels in these subjects.

What are children learning in Faisalabad schools?

Only 47% Mothers have completed primary education in Faisalabad

Parental Education

An important factor that influences learning levels

ASER can help assess education with respect to : Quality Availability/Access Equity

Planning according to district based assessment – generating District Report Cards (DRCs) linked to the Roadmap to Reforms and/or Sector Plans of the Provincial Governments.

Holding ASER Baithaks in ASER survey villages, parents, communities with parliamentarians and political holding ALL to account for ACTION! Continued Dialogues with Parliamentarians and Politicians in 2013 for elections, manifestoes and actionable steps that can be tracked

Linking the ASER information to national data and GMR /UN Human Development Reports /others in the run up to 2015 & post 2015 debates

Milestone achievement:“The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012”

How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation of 25-A?

Discussion

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