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 Shikarpur

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

12. Enrollment in Shikarpur
Shikarpur comes at the bottom four in the ranking of districts of Sindh regarding Enrollment. Almost 31% of children are not enrolled at any Type of School.

13. Enrollment Larkana 15.9 1 Khairpur 18.5 3 Ghotki 28.2 7 Sukkur 33.0 10
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Larkana
15.9 1
Khairpur
18.5 3
Ghotki
28.2 7
Sukkur
33.0 10
Shikarpur
38.0 14
Every 3th child in Shikarpur is not in school!

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

15. LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI
56% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 56% of the children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

16. LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI
56% children in Shikarpur cannot read class 2 Urdu/Sindhi text (Class 5)
DISTRICT
% Children who can read URDU/Sindhi Stories
(Class 5)
RANK
Gotki
50.0 2
Khairpur
49.6 3
Shikarpur
44.2 8
Larkana
42.6 9
Sukkhar
18.0 16

17. ENGLISH
72% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 72 % children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

18. ENGLISH 72% children in Shikarpur cannot read class 2 English text
DISTRICT
% Children who can read English sentences
(Class 5)
RANK
Khairpur
36.0 1
Shikarpur
28.4 4
Larkana
23.5 8
Gotki
17.4 11
Sukkhar
8.0 15

19. MATH
66% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 66% children are 2 classes behind with respect to their competency level in math.

20. MATH 66% children in Shikarpur cannot do 3 digits division
DISTRICT
% Children who can do 3 Digits Division
(Class 5)
RANK
Shikarpur
33.7 3
Khairpur
32.7 4
Gotki
28.6 6
Larkana
25.9 8
Sukkhar
9.0 17

21. LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools
46.6% of class 5 students in Public Schools 14.3% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.
28.4% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 28.6% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.
Totally 25.2% of Class 5 students in Public while 14.3% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division.

22. Private Supplementary Tuition?
14.3 % Children from Pvt. And 5.8% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

23. RANKING OF DISTT. Shikarpur amongst districts of SINDH
Sr. No.
Indicator %
Rank 1
Out of School Children
38.0 14 2
Urdu/Sindhi Readings
44.2 8 3
English Readings
28.4 4
Math
33.7

24. What are children learning in
Shikarpur schools?
Shikarpur when compared to all the districts of Sindh the learning levels are extremely poor in Urdu.
Around 55% of children do not have sufficient competencies in this subject

25. Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 23% Mothers are literate in Shikarpur
-- out of --- Mothers in Shikarpur 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) 72 - 56
Teacher Attendance on the day of visit
Government Schools
Primary
Elementary
High
Other
Total
Teacher attendance (%) 71 -
100 72

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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