1. ASER Pakistan A citizen led initiative Sindh Launch

2. ASER 2012 Supporters & Partners

3. ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015 Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-16) Quality of education in rural and some urban areas (5-16) Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access gaps Influence National & Provincial policy and actions for RTE. Provides information for tracking trends and MDG/EFA Targets up to 2015 Influence Goal Setting for Post-2015 Agenda

4. ASER Pakistan Assessment Tools Grade II ASER Assessment tools are prepared in following Categories Reading  Urdu  Sindhi  Pashto Arithmetic abilities English

5. ASER Survey Sheets

6. Section I: Scale of Survey

7. ASER Outreach over the last 3 years 2010 – 32 districts 2011 – 85 districts 2012 – 142 districts All Districts of Sindh in 2012.

8. ASER 2012 – SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION Children (3-16 Years)Schools Province Districts Covered Villages/ Blocks House Hold FemaleMaleTotalMothersGov.Pvt.Total Rural Sindh 2264512,80616,89923,58940,48812,94962185706 National (Rural)1364,03380,209101,236143,241244,47781,4173,9341,6605,594 Urban Sindh 2688141,0211,3602,3818396258120 National (Urban)61932,3122,9304,0376,9672,329183167350 National (Rural + Urban) 1424,22682,521104,166147,278251,44483,7464,1171,8275,944 Sindh (Rural + Urban) 247131362017920249494286913788683143826

9. Section II: Access (Schooling)

10. Pre-School Enrollment (3-5 Years) – Rural  Enrollment of children of 3 – 5 years 39% in 2012.  Enrollment is higher in Urban 62% compared to Rural 39% 90% of pre-primary age children are enrolled in government schools.

11. Children in Pre School (3-5) Rural Kashmore, Sanghar, Umerkot and Tando M Khan have the highest number of out-of-school children

12. Enrollment (6-16 years)  68% of 6-16 year olds in rural districts are enrolled in schools  90% enrollment is in Govt. schools.  32% of children are out of school  Enrollment highest in Urban 93% compared to Rural 68% % Children in different types of schools % Out-of- school Total Age group Govt. Non-state providers Never enrolle d Drop - out Pvt. Madrasa h Other s 6-1065.36.90.60.324.02.9100 11-1359.65.40.40.323.510.8100 14-1647.54.00.10.228.619.7100 6-1660.86.10.50.3 24.7 7.7100 Total67.732.4100 By type89.99.00.70.4 1133 out of every Children is Out-of-School (Rural) Never Enrolled still higher than dropout rate

13. Out-of-School children (6-16)

14. Out-of-School children (6-16)- Sindh (Rural) Kashmore and Tando M Khan have the highest number of out-of-school children (6-16) Rural

15. District ranking- ‘Out of school’ Children. Kashmore and Tando M Khan have the highest number of out- of-school children

16. Gender Comparison: Out of School Children (6-16 years)  There are more Girls out of school than boys (Rural)  In Urban (KHI & HYD) more boys are out-of-school. Higher percentage of boys than girls are out-of-school in urban Sindh. UrbanRural

17. Class Wise Enrollment  Enrollment decreases sharply as class level increases UrbanRural

18. Section III: Quality

19. Learning Levels – Urdu/Sindhi 3% Language Learning levels for class 4 have decrease by 3% since 2011 Rural : 59% of Class 5 students cannot read Class 2 story Urban: 67% of Class 5 students cannot read Class 2 story Learning Levels (Class 5): Urdu/Sindhi Learning Levels (Urdu/Sindhi) improved from last year

20. Learning Levels (Class 5): Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto

21. District Ranking- Learning levels Urdu/ Sindhi (Rural)

22. Learning Levels - English 7% Language Learning levels for class 4 have improved by 7% since 2011 Rural : of Class 5 students cannot Rural : 75% of Class 5 students cannot read English sentences Urban : of Class 5 students cannot Urban : 55% of Class 5 students cannot read English sentences Learning Levels (English) have improved as compared to 2011. Learning Levels (Class 5): English

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24. District Ranking- English learning Levels (Rural)

25. Learning Levels - Arithmetic 3% Arithmetic Learning levels for class 4 have improved by 3% since 2011 Rural : of Class 5 students cannot Rural : 73% of Class 5 students cannot do division Urban : of Class 5 students cannot Urban : 75% of Class 5 students cannot do division Learning Levels (Arithmetic) have improved as compared to 2011. Learning Levels (Class 5): Arithmetic

26. Learning Levels (Class 5): Arithmetic

27. District learning levels – Arithmetic (Rural)

28. Learning levels – Boys vs. Girls (5-16 Years)  Girls continue to lag behind boys in learning levels Girls are behind boys by 8% in Urdu/Sindhi, English & Arithmetic Learning levels of boys continue to be higher than girls. Rural

29. Learning levels – Public vs. Private  Learning Levels are better in Private schools overall  61% children in government and 45% children in private schools in class 5 cannot read class 2 Urdu/Sindhi.  77% of the children in Government schools and 47% of children in private schools cannot read English sentences. Private school students are performing better than government school students.

30. Additional learning support – Paid Tuition  Children in Urban areas are more likely to take paid tuition: Urban Rural 3% Government and 24% Private enrolled children take tuition in Sindh Rural. Paid private tuition trend is higher in private schools.

31. Learning levels – Out of School (Rural)  Even out of school children were tested 28% 28% of out-of-school children can recognize numbers from 1-9. A modest proportion of out-of-school children are at more than ‘beginner’ competency levels.

32. Section IV: School Attendance & Facilities

33. Attendance - Students and Teachers  Less teachers (17%) and more teachers (18%)were found absent in public than private schools. Attendance (%) on the day of visit Government schoolsPrivate schools PrimaryElementaryHighOthersOverallPrimaryElementaryHighOthersOverall Children attendanc e 61.364.057.755.059.675.179.774.795.177.4 Teacher attendanc e 83.682.282.982.7 83.2 73.585.286.966.7 82.5  Rural: 40% children in government school and 23 % in Private schools were absent from school  Rural: Overall children attendance is better in Private schools.

34. Multi-grade Classes Around 75% government school children of class 2 sit with other classes VS 34% in Private Schools. 22% grade 8 students in private schools sit with other classes vs. 23% grade 8 students in government schools

35. Basic Facilities – Improved but not Sufficient 52% of government primary schools do not have functional toilet facilities 44% 44% primary government schools still do not have useable water 35% 35% primary government schools still do not have boundary walls

36. Section V: Other dimensions that influence teaching and learning

37. Mother tongue/ Home Language 18 different languages were used throughout Sindh (Rural). The single most commonly used language in the households was Sindhi (86%). 14% of the remaining households used other languages Other Languages included : Siraiki, Balochi, Dhatki, Urdu, Brahvi, Marwari, Punjabi, Pashto, Gujrati, Kutchi, Hindko, Marathi, Koli, English, Shina, Kashmiri, Persian

38. Households’ preferred medium of instruction in school Each household surveyed was also asked their preferred medium of instruction for their children in schools. 90% percent of all the households surveyed preferred Sindhi as the medium of instruction in schools. Urdu language was preferred by a proportion of 3% of all households and 7% surveyed households preferred English. The most preferred language for medium of instruction was Sindhi.

39. Medium of instruction in schools Children in government schools reported: Sindhi 97% Urdu 2% English 1% Children in private schools reported: Urdu 59% English 35% Sindhi 6%

40. Parental Education  Rural: 85% mothers vs 56% fathers did not complete primary education.  Urban: 42 % mothers vs 30% fathers did not complete primary education. UrbanRural

41. Section VI: How far have we come on RTE compliance?

42. How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation of 25-A?  ASER can help assess education with respect to :  Quality  Access  Equity  Planning according to district based assessment – generating District Report Cards (DRCs) linked to the Roadmap to Reforms and/or Sector Plans of the Provincial Governments.  Holding ASER Baithaks in ASER survey villages, parents, communities with parliamentarians and political holding ALL to account for ACTION!  Use of ASER data and teams for focusing on gender & the excluded groups  Forming District RTE Vigilante Committees mobilizing coalitions, teachers, youth, media and bar associations.

43. Action to RTE 25 A Implementation Milestone achievement: “The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012” - challenge is tracking implementation ASER data to help in drafting of RTE Acts & using ASER data for continued advocacy on Right to Education (RTE) 25 A Each province has district by district data for addressing gaps in access, quality, equity/gender and financing Continued Dialogues with Parliamentarians and Politicians in 2013 for elections, manifestoes and actionable steps that can be tracked Linking the ASER information to national data and GMR /UN Human Development Reports /others in the run up to 2015 & post 2015 debates

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