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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)

Punjab : 28 districts in 2011 compared to 15 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

28 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

ASER Khanewal

Access

What are our

children

doing?

Enrollment of Khanewal as compared to some other districts in the Southern Punjab is in the middle.

Enrollment in Khanewal

Every 6th child in Khanewal is not in school!

Enrollment

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Khanewal 16 17

Vehari 24.1 23

Multan 25.5 25

Lodhran 30.1 27

Quality Education ?

What are children learning

inschools?

29% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 29% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

29% children in Khanewalcannot read class 2 Urdu text

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT % Children who can

read Urdu Story(5Class)

RANK

Khanewal 70.8 5

Lodhran 68.8 7

Multan 55.2 23

Vehari 50.0 25

39% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 39% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

39% children in Khanewal cannot read class 2 English

text

ENGLISH

DISTRICT

% Children who can read English sentences(5 Class)

RANK

Vehari 69.1 1

Lodhran 63.2 2

Khanewal 61.1 3

Multan 52.9 12

39% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 39% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

39% children in Khanewal cannot do 3 digits division

MATH

DISTRICT

% Children who can do

3 Digits Division(5 Class)

RANK

Khanewal 61.10 1

Lodhran 57.7 5

Vehari 57 6

Multan 44.80 18

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

73.4% of class 5 students in Public Schools 52.6% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

60.5% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 63.2% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 61.3% of Class 5 students in Public while 57.9% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

73.4

60.5 61.352.6

63.257.9

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

• 35.5% Children from Pvt. And 20.6% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1Out of School Children 16 17

2 Urdu Readings 70.8 5

3 English Readings 61.1 3

4 Arithmetic 61.1 1

RANKING OF DISTT. Khanewal amongst districts of Punjab

Khanewal when compared to all the districts of Punjab the learning levels are not good in Urdu.

Khanewal comes in the middle line in learning levels in these subjects

What are children learning in Khanewal schools?

• Only 41% Mothers are literate in Khanewal

Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels

Attendance in Schools

Children Attendance on the day of visit Government Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

% of Attendance (as per register)

82 88 88 91 86

Teacher Attendance on the day of visitGovernment Schools

Primary Elementary High Other Total

Teacher attendance (%)

87 88 83 92 87

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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