Hyderabad22-02-2013

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)

Sindh: 22 district in 2012 compared to 17 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

22 Districts Surveyed in Sindh

ASER Hyderabad

Access

What are our children doing?

Every 3rd child in Rural and every 11th child in Urban area is out of school in Hyderabad district

Enrollment in HyderabadRural Urban

% Children in different types of schools

% Out-of-school

TotalAge

group Govt.Non-state providers Never

enrolledDrop-

outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 72.3 4.9 2.5 0.0 19.1 1.2 100

11-13 62.7 3.7 1.7 0.0 21.6 10.4 100

14-16 51.9 0.9 1.3 0.0 30.0 15.9 100

6-16 65.5 3.7 2.0 0.0 22.1 6.6 100

Total 71.2 28.7 100By

type 91.9 5.2 2.8 0.0

% Children in different types of schools

% Out-of-school

TotalAge

group Govt.Non-state providers Never

enrolledDrop-outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 38.3 53.4 1.6 0.0 4.7 2.0 100

11-13 42.1 48.9 3.0 0.0 3.8 2.3 100

14-16 44.7 38.1 1.3 0.0 5.8 10.2 100

6-16 40.8 48.7 1.9 0.0 4.7 4.0 100

Total 91.4 8.7 100By

type 44.6 53.3 2.1 0.0

Enrollment in HyderabadRural Urban

Enrollment in HyderabadRural Urban

Every 3rd child in Rural and every 11th child in Urban areas of Hyderabad is not

in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Hyderabad (Urban) 8.6 --

Dadu 26.0 5Hyderabad

(Rural) 28.7 11

Badin 32.5 12Thatta 33.6 14

Jamshoro 35.5 15

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

46%(Rural) and 77%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 46%(Rural) and 77%(Urban) children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL - URDURural Urban

DISTRICT% Children who

can read URDU Stories

in Class 5RANK

Hyderabad (Rural) 53.5 3Dadu 51.9 4Badin 49.3 6

Jamshoro 27.0 19Thatta 25.8 20

Hyderabad (Urban) 23.3 ..

Hyderabad is at 3rd position in rural district ranking (URDU/Sindhi)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi (Ranking)

72%(Rural) and 57%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 72%(Rural) and 57%(Urban) children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISHRural Urban

DISTRICT

% Children who can

read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Badin 29.6 7Hyderabad (Rural) 27.8 10

Dadu 25.0 14Jamshoro 17.2 17Thatta 15.5 19

Hyderabad (Urban) 43.2 ..

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

ENGLISH (Ranking)

79%(Rural) and 80%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 79%(Rural) and 80%(Urban) children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATHRural Urban

DISTRICT% Children who

can do 3 Digits Division

in Class 5 RANK

Badin 37.5 3Dadu 23.2 14

Hyderabad (Rural) 21.2 15Jamshoro 18.0 18Thatta 14.6 20

Hyderabad (Urban) 19.7 ..

Hyderabad is at 15th position in rural district ranking (MATH)!

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator %

(Urban)%

(Rural) Rank (Rura

l)

1 Out of School Children 8.6 28.7 11

2 Urdu Readings 23.3 53.5 3

3 English Readings 43.2 27.8 10

4 Arithmetic learning 19.7 21.2 15

RANKING OF DISTT. Hyderabad(Summary)

Rural Urban

More percentage of Class 5 students in Govt. Schools and Pvt. Schools can do better in Urdu/Sindhi and English respectively.

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

Hyderabad when compared to all rural districts of Sindh the learning levels are not good in English and Math.

Hyderabad dose not come in the Top 9 rural districts in learning levels in these subjects.

What are children learning in Hyderabad schools?

Rural Urban

• 74% (Rural) and 53% (Urban) Children from Pvt. Schools And 3%(Rural) and 25% (Urban) Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Only 19% (Rural) and 54% (Urban) Mothers have completed primary education in Hyderabad.

Parental EducationAn important factor that influences learning levels

Rural Urban

Attendance in Government Schools

Rural Urban

Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools

Rural Urban

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 debatesMilestone 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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