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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 Hyderabad

Access

What are our

children

doing?

Hyderabad comes at the middle in the ranking of districts of Sindh regarding Enrollment. Almost 20%

of children are not enrolled at any Type of School.

Enrollment in Hyderabad

Every 3th child in Hyderabad is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Jamshoro 23.3 5

Umer Kot 25.6 6

Mithi 29.7 8

Hyderabad 32.3 9

Tando M. Khan 38.9 15

Enrollment

Quality Education ?

What are children learning

in schools?

76% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 56% 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

Mithi 72.9 1

Umer kot 45.9 7Tando Muhd

Khan 36.5 12

Jamshoro 34.3 13

Hyderabad 23.7 15

76% children in Hyderabad cannot read class 2 Urdu/Sindhi text (Class 5)

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI

73% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 73 % children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

ENGLISH

DISTRICT

% Children who can read English sentences(Class 5)

RANK

Tando Muhd Khan 30.1 2

Hyderabad 27.1 5

Mithi 23.5 7

Jamshoro 20.0 10

Umer kot 7.2 16

73% children in Hyderabad cannot read class 2 English

text

ENGLISH

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

MATH

DISTRICT

% Children who can do

3 Digits Division(Class 5)

RANK

Tando Muhd Khan 39.2 1Mithi 37.3 2

Jamshoro 25.7 9Umer kot 23.5 11

Hyderabad 19.6 12

80% children in Hyderabad cannot do 3 digits division

MATH

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

21.2% of class 5 students in Public Schools 41.7% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

20.2% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 75% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 11.8% of Class 5 students in Public while 75% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division.

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

21.2 20.211.8

41.7

75 75

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

• 26 % Children from Pvt. And 1% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No.

Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 32.3 9

2 Urdu/Sindhi Readings 23.7 15

3 English Readings 27.1 5

4 Math19.6 12

RANKING OF DISTT. Hyderabad amongst districts of SINDH

Hyderabad when compared to all the districts of Sindh the learning levels are extremely poor in Urdu and Math.

Around 75% of children do not have sufficient competencies in these subjects

What are children learning in Hyderabad schools?

• Only 35% Mothers are literate in Hyderabad

Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels

-- out of --- Mothers in Hyderabad are illiterate

Attendance in Schools

Children Attendance on the day of visit Government Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

% of Attendance (as per register)

68 - 71 56 64

Teacher Attendance on the day of visitGovernment Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

Teacher attendance (%)

93 - 89 89 91

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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