May 24, 2012

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 Dadu

Access

What are our

children

doing?

Enrollment of Dadu is the Second best in Sindh. Still, almost 11% of children are not enrolled at any Type

of School

Enrollment in Dadu

Every 6th child in Dadu is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Larkana 4.7 1Dadu 16.4 2

Khairpur 18.5 3NowsehroFero

ze 19.4 4

Sukkhar 33.0 10

Enrollment

Quality Education ?

What are children learning in Dadu schools?

54% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, half 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

Khairpur 49.6 3Dadu 46.3 4

Larkana 42.6 9Nowshero

Feroze 41.5 10

Sukkhar 18.0 16

54% children in Daducannot read class 2 Urdu text

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI

86% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 86 % children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

ENGLISH

DISTRICT% Children who can

read English sentences(5 Class)

RANK

Khairpur 36.0 1Nowshero Feroze 24.7 6

Larkana 23.5 8Dadu 14.0 12

Sukkhar 8.0 15

86% children in Dadu cannot read class 2 English text

ENGLISH

86% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 86% children are 2 classes behind with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

DISTRICT % Children who can do

3 Digits Division(5 Class)

RANK

Khairpur 32.7 4Nowshero

Feroze 30.9 5Larkana 25.9 8

Dadu 14.4 14Sukkhar 9.0 17

Almost 86% children in Dadu cannot do 3 digits division

MATH

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

48% of class 5 students in Public Schools can read story in Urdu/Sindhi.

13.9% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 20.0% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Only 14.8% of Class 5 students in Public can do 3 digits division.

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

47.6

13.9 14.8

0

20

0

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

• 5.1 % Children from Pvt. and 1.3% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No.

Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 16.4 22 Urdu/Sindhi Readings 46.3 43 English Readings 14.0 124 Math

14.4 14

RANKING OF DISTT. Dadu amongst districts of Sindh

Dadu when compared to all the districts of Sindh comes in the last five in learning levels in English and Math

More than 85% of children do not have sufficient competencies in all these subjects

What are children learning in Dadu schools?

• Only 35.2% Mothers are literate in Dadu

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

62 - - 37 50

Teacher attendance (%)

Teacher Attendance on the day of visitGovernment Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

83 - - 82 82

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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