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 Ghotki

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

12. 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!

13. % 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.

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

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

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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.

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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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”

28. Discussion

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