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.

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORTASER-PAKISTAN 2011

February 11 , 2012

ASER PAKISTAN 2011ASER- 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.

OBJECTIVES OF ASER

• ASER Pakistan focuses on status of schooling and learning level of the children. In ASER we assess that 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

Scale of Survey

Coverage : In all five provinces i.e. Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab,

Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and FATA & AJK.- Rural 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)Phase III : Years III, IV , V all districts across Pakistan (138 districts) Sample: 600 households per district. Two-stage stratified sample; 30 Villages will be selected randomly using the village directory of

the latest Census. The Probability Proportional to Size Sampling (PPS) technique will be adopted as an appropriate one when the sampling units are of different sizes. 20 households per village and in each village 1 govt. and 1 private school are surveyed

SCALE & SCOPE OF ASER

Scale: • Pilot Year in 2008 – 11 districts • 2010 – 32 districts• 2011 – 85 districts,

84 rural and 3 urban.

Punjab• 15 districts in 2010 • 28 districts in 2011 •City District Lahore surveyed for the first time

SCALE OF ASER

28 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

15 districts with * were surveyed in 2010 as well.

ASER 2011 Districts

Literacy Rank**

ASER 2011 Districts

Literacy Rank **

Rajanpur 37 Khushab 18 Muzaffar Garh 36 Multan 17 Chiniot* 33 Mianwali * 16 Lodhran 32 Nankana Sahib * 14

Rahim Yar Khan * 31 Attock * 13Bahawalpur 29 Mandi Bahuddin 12Bahawalnager 28 Sheikhupura 11 Jhang * 26 Faisalabad * 10 Khanewal * 25 T.T.Singh * 8

Vehari 23 Gujranwala 6

Hafizabad 22 Jehlum 5 Kasur * 21 Chakwal* 4 Sahiwal 20 Lahore * 3Sargodha* 19 Rawalpindi* 2

** Source: PSLM Pakistan 2010-2011

ASER Mianwali

• ASER conducted in 30 villages of Mianwali.• We selected 20 households from every village

randomly by using PPS technique.• Totally 600 households surveyed during ASER

2011 in Mianwali.• Also 60 Schools surveyed during ASER2011 in

Mianwali.

ASER- MIANWALI

RANKING OF DISTT. MIANWALI amongst districts of Punjab

Sr. No.

Level %age Rank

1 Out of School Children 9.7 8

2 Urdu Readings 41.2 11

3 English Readings 33.8 15

4 Arithmetic 31.7 12

Section I : Access?

Children in Different Types of Schools

% Out of Schools

Total

Age Group

Govt. Pvt. Madrassah Others Never Enrolled

Drop-Out

6-10 61.7 31.8 1.2 0.2 4.0 1.1 100

11-13 66.0 20.1 0.0 0.3 8.5 5.1 100

14-16 69.8 13.1 0.0 0.0 8.2 9.0 100

6-16 64.4 25.0 0.7 0.2 6.0 3.7 100

Total 90.3 9.7

By Type 71.4 27.7 0.7 0.2

FINDINGS OF ASER - MIANWALISCHOOL ENROLLMENT

ENROLLMENT

• Enrollment rate of Mianwali as compared to some other districts is better.•Every 10th child is out of school in Mianwali

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

RANK

Mianwali 9.7 8

Faisalabad 11.6 11

Sargodha 13.2 14

Lahore 15.1 15

Khushab 16.5 19

Section II : Quality?

LEARNING LEVELS - URDU

DISTRICT READING LEVEL URDU (5-16 Years)

RANK

Lahore 44 8

Faisalabad 45 6

Khushab 42.7 9

Sargodha 44.6 7

Mianwali 41.2 11

• Urdu Reading Level in Mianwali is lower than some other Districts.

LEARNING LEVELS - ENGLISH

DISTRICT READING LEVEL ENGLISH (5-16 Years)

RANK

Lahore 38.9 7

Faisalabad 40.1 5

Khushab 39.1 6

Chakwaal 46.0 1

Mianwali 33.8 15

• Only 34 % Children Can read English sentence.

LEARNING LEVELS - ARITHEMATIC

DISTRICT Division 3 Digits(5-16 Years)

RANK

Mianwali 31.7 12

Lahore 29.1 17

Khushab 35 7

Sargodha 33.7 10

Faisalabad 39.2 3

• Learning Level of Arithmetic in Mianwali is better than Lahore.

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs PVT SCHOOLS

• Learning Levels of English, Urdu & Arithmetic are better in Pvt. Schools than in Govt Schools51% of class 5 students in Public Schools 54% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

38% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 50% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 33% of Class 5 students in Public while 50% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division.

Class 5: can read at least a story in Urdu

Class 5: can Read at least a sentence in English

Class 5: can at least do division

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Class 5 Learning Levels - Urdu English Math

Government Private

Learning Levels in Govt and Pvt Schools

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LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

48% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 48% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

LEARNING LEVEL - ENGLISH

62% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 62% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level in English

LEARNING LEVEL - ARITHEMATIC

64% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 64% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

Section III : Private Supplementary Tuition?

Additional Learning Support

• 21 % Children from Pvt. and 9% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.• There has been an increase in tuitions from last year

Section IV : Mother’s Literacy – An important factor that influences learning levels

MOTHER LITERACY

• Only 47 % Mothers are literate in Mianwali.

Section V: 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”

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