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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 Multan

Access

What are our

children

doing?

Enrollment of Multan as compared to some other districts in the Southern Punjab is very low.

Enrollment in Multan

Every 4th child in Multan is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Khanewal 16 17Bahawalpur 20.5 21

Muzaffargarh 21.5 22Vehari 24.1 23Multan 25.5 25

Lodhran 30.1 27

Enrollment

Quality Education ?

What are children learning

inschools?

45% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 45% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT % Children who can

read Urdu Story(5-16 Years)

RANK

Khanewal 40.7 12Lodhran 32.4 21Multan 31.7 22

Bahawalpur 31 24Muzaffargarh 29.4 25

Vehari 27.9 26

68% children in Multancannot read class 2 Urdu text (5-16

years)

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

47% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 47% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences

(5-16 Years)

RANK

Khanewal 38.8 8Vehari 32.8 17Multan 28.9 21

Lodhran 27.8 22Bahawalpur 25.8 24

Muzaffargarh 25.7 25

71% children in Multan cannot read class 2 English

text

ENGLISH

55% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 55% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

DISTRICT % Children who can do

3 Digits Division(5-16 Years)

RANK

Khanewal 34.8 8Vehari 28.3 18Multan 26.3 20

Lodhran 25.5 21Muzaffargarh 23.9 24Bahawalpur 23.5 25

74% children in Multan cannot do 3 digits division

MATH

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

52% of class 5 students in Public Schools 70% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

47% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 79% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 41% of Class 5 students in Public while 60% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

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

52 47 41

70 7960

Class 5 Learning Levels -Urdu, English, ArithmeticGovt School Pvt School

• 33% Children from Pvt. And 7.9% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 25.5 25

2 Urdu Readings 31.7 22

3 English Readings 28.9 21

4 Arithmetic 26.3 20

RANKING OF DISTT. Multanamongst districts of Punjab

Multan when compared to all the districts of Punjab the learning levels are really bad in Urdu, English and Math.

Multan comes in the bottom line in learning levels in these subjects

What are children learning in Multan schools?

• Only 36% Mothers are literate in Multan

Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels

- out - Mothers are illiterate in Multan

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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