1. ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT
ASER-PAKISTAN
ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT
ASER-PAKISTAN
Date

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. ASSESSMENT TOOLS

8. Scale of Survey Coverage : Across Pakistan
Phase I : Year I – 32 districts across Pakistan
Phase II: Year II – 85 districts across Pakistan
(84 Rural + 3 Urban /2 overlap with rural districts)
Sindh: 17 districts in 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)

9. 17 Districts Surveyed in Sindh

10. ASER Thatta

11. What are our children doing?
Access
What are our children doing?

12. Enrollment in Thatta
Thatta comes at the bottom two in the ranking of districts of Sindh regarding Enrollment. Almost 34% of children are not enrolled at any Type of School.

13. Enrollment Jamshoro Umer Kot Mithi Hyderabad Thatta
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Jamshoro
23.3 5
Umer Kot
25.6 6
Mithi
29.7 8
Hyderabad
32.3 9
Thatta
40.1 16
Every 2nd child in Thatta is not in school!

14. What are children learning in schools?
Quality Education ?
What are children learning in schools?

15. LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI
89% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 89% of the children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

16. LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI
89% children in Thatta cannot read class 2 Urdu/Sindhi text (Class 5)
DISTRICT
% Children who can read URDU/Sindhi Stories
(Class 5)
RANK
Mithi
72.9 1
Umer kot
45.9 7
Jamshoro
34.3 13
Hyderabad
23.7 15
Thatta
10.5 17

17. ENGLISH
95% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 95% children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

18. ENGLISH 95% children in Thatta cannot read class 2 English text
DISTRICT
% Children who can read English sentences
(Class 5)
RANK
Hyderabad
27.1 5
Mithi
23.5 7
Jamshoro
20.0 10
Umer kot
7.2 16
Thatta
4.7 17

19. MATH
89% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 89% children are 2 classes behind with respect to their competency level in math.

20. MATH 89% children in Thatta cannot do 3 digits division
DISTRICT
% Children who can do 3 Digits Division
(Class 5)
RANK
Mithi
37.3 2
Jamshoro
25.7 9
Umer kot
23.5 11
Hyderabad
19.6 12
Thatta
10.7 15

21. LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools
21.2% of class 5 students in Public Schools 41.7% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.
20.2% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 75% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.
Totally 11.8% of Class 5 students in Public while 75% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division.

22. Private Supplementary Tuition?
46 % Children from Pvt. And 1% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

23. RANKING OF DISTT. Thatta amongst districts of SINDH
Sr. No.
Indicator %
Rank 1
Out of School Children
40.1 16 2
Urdu/Sindhi Readings
10.5 17 3
English Readings
4.7 4
Math
10.7 15

24. What are children learning in
Thatta schools?
Thatta when compared to all the districts of Sindh the learning levels are extremely poor in Urdu English and Math.
Around 90% of children do not have sufficient competencies in these subjects

25. Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 26% Mothers are literate in Thatta
-- out of --- Mothers in Thatta are illiterate

26. Teacher Attendance on the day of visit
Attendance in Schools
Children Attendance on the day of visit
Government Schools  
Primary
Elementary
High
Other
Total
% of Attendance (as per register) 66 71 - 67
Teacher Attendance on the day of visit
Government Schools
Primary
Elementary
High
Other
Total
Teacher attendance (%) 82 90 - 83

27. Available Facilities in Schools

28. Available Facilities in Schools

29. 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”

30. Discussion

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