ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER-PAKISTAN - 2011 ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER-PAKISTAN - 2011 Date - - - - -

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.

ASER PAKISTAN 2011 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.

FOCUS OF ASER 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.

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Scale of Survey 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 village 60 Schools per district 2 Schools per village (1 Govt. & 1 Private school)

17 Districts Surveyed in Sindh

ASER Ghotki

What are our children doing? Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in GHOTKI 28 % of Children are not enrolled at any Type of School. In other words, every 3rd child in Ghotki is not in school!

% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN Enrollment DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Ghotki 28.2 7 Sukkhar 33.0 10 Shikarpur 38.0 14 Kashmore 43.2 17 Ghotki ranks highest for Enrollment among the neighboring districts. But when compared to all other districts in Sindh, the enrollment rates are still very low.

Pre-school enrollment in Ghotki More than 66% of children are not enrolled at any Type of Pre-School

What are children learning in Ghotki schools? Quality Education ? What are children learning in Ghotki schools?

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI 50% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, half of the children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI 80% children in Ghotki cannot read class 2 Urdu text (5-16 years) DISTRIC % Children who can read English sentences (5-16 Years) RANK Ghotki 19.5 7 Shikarpur 13.5 13 Sukkhar 12.4 14 Kashmore 11.3 15

ENGLISH 83% children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 83 % children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

ENGLISH 87% children in Ghotki cannot read class 2 English text DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences (5-16 Years) RANK Ghotki 12.6 10 Shikarpur 9.6 12 Sukkhar 9.5 13 Kashmore 6.4 16

MATH 71% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 71% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH 87% children in Ghotki cannot do 3 digits division DISTRICT % Children who can do 3 Digits Division (5-16 Years) RANK Ghotki 12.8 10 Shikarpur 9.9 13 Sukkhar 8.8 14 Kashmore 6.9 17

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools 51.8% of class 5 students in Public Schools 25% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu/Sindhi. 12% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 62.5% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. Totally 25% of Class 5 students in Public and 50% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division.

Private Supplementary Tuition? 4.2 % Children from Pvt. and 25.2% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

RANKING OF DISTT. GHOTKI amongst districts of Sindh Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 1 Out of School Children 28.2 7 2 Urdu Readings 19.5 3 English Readings 12.6 10 4 Math 12.8

What are children learning in Ghotki schools? When compared to the neighboring districts, Ghotki ranks best in the learning levels in Urdu, English and Math However, children’s performance is very poor, while more than 80% do not have sufficient competencies in all these subjects

Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels Only 20.6 % Mothers are literate in Ghotki 4 out of 5 Mothers are illiterate in Ghotki

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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