April 23, 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)

Balochistan:15 districts in 2011 compared to 5 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

15 Districts Surveyed in Balochistan

ASER Zhob

Access

What are our

children

doing?

Enrollment of Zhob is the most worst in Balochistan. 58% of children are not enrolled at any Type of School

Enrollment in Zhob

Every 2nd child in Zhob is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Sherani 24.6 10

Qilla Saifullah 26.0 11

Musa Khel 37.0 13

Barkhan 46.3 14

Zhob 57.8 15

Enrollment

Quality Education ?

What are children learning

inschools?

71% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . Almost every third child is 3 classes behind with respect to his competency level in Urdu

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

87% children in Zhobcannot read class 2 Urdu text (5-16

years)

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT% Children who can read URDU Stories

(5-16 Years)RANK

Qilla Saifullah 24.8 3

Sherani 18.0 9

Zhob 13.3 10

Musa Khel 9.8 12

Barkhan 7.9 13

ENGLISH

55% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 55 % children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences

(5-16 Years)

RANK

Zhob 17.3 7

Qilla Saifullah 15.1 8

Sherani 11.7 11

Barkhan 11.6 12

Musa Khel 7.7 13

83% children in Zhob cannot read class 2 English text

ENGLISH

78% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 78% children are 2 classes behind with respect to

their competency level in Math

MATH

DISTRICT % Children who can do

3 Digits Division(5-16 Years)

RANK

Qilla Saifullah 20.8 5

Sherani 16.0 9

Zhob 10.7 10

Barkhan 8.7 11

Musa Khel 6.5 13

89% children in Zhobcannot do 3 digits division

MATH

58% Children from Pvt. And 16% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid

Tuition

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 57.8 15

2 Urdu Readings 13.3 10

3 English Readings 17.3 7

4 Arithmetic 10.7 10

RANKING OF DISTT. Zhobamong districts of Balochistan

Zhob comes in BOTTOM FIVE in the learning levels in Urdu & Math when compared to other districts of Balochistan.

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

What are children learning in Zhob schools?

18% Mothers are literate in Zhob

Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels

In other words, only 1 out of 6 Mothers is literate in Musa Khel

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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