Shangla

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)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 23 district in 2012 compared to 14 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

23 Districts Surveyed in KP

ASER Shangla

Access

What are our children doing?

Every 4th child is out of school in Shangla district

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

TotalAge group

Govt.Non-state providers Never

enrolledDrop-

outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 52.3 21.8 1.7 0.5 22.2 1.4 100

11-13 57.7 16.7 3.3 0.0 15.8 6.6 100

14-16 55.9 15.6 0.9 0.0 17.6 10.0 100

6-16 54.3 19.4 1.9 0.3 19.8 4.4 100

Total 75.9 24.2 100

By type 71.5 25.5 2.5 0.4

Enrollment in Shangla

Enrollment in Shangla

Every 4th child in Shangla is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Mansehra 6.2 3

Swat 9.4 6

Shangla 24.2 19

Batagram 26.7 20

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

42% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 42% 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

Shangla 58 5

Swat 50.4 7

Mansehra 48 11

Batagram 39.4 15

Shangla is at 5th position in district ranking (URDU/Pashto)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Pashto (Ranking)

43% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 43% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT

% Children who can read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Shangla 57.3 8

Swat 49.6 9

Batagram 42.6 15

Mansehra 35 21

Shangla is at 21st position in district ranking (English)!

ENGLISH (Ranking)

48% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 48% 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

Shangla 52 6

Batagra, 43.2 10

Swat 41.4 14

Mansehra 36.2 19

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

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 24.2 19

2 Urdu Readings 58 5

3 English Readings 57.3 8

4 Arithmetic learning 52 6

RANKING OF DISTT. Shangla(Summary)

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

54% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 71% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

55% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 65% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 45% of Class 5 students in Public while 76% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

Shangla when compared to all the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa learning levels are good in these subjects.

Shangla comes in the Top 8 in learning levels in these subjects.

What are children learning in Shangla schools?

• 20% Children from Pvt. And 4% 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. 7.8 1.3 3.4 2.1 3.5 5.1 4.2 3.3 5.4 7.9

Pvt. 7.5 20.0 27.8 18.4 27.3 26.7 23.1 37.5 8.3 23.1

Attendance in Government Schools

Only 9% Mothers have completed primary education in Shangla

Parental Education

An important factor that influences learning levels

Basic Facilities in Government Schools (Primary)

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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