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 Khairpur

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

12. Enrollment in Khairpur
Enrollment of Khairpur is the third best in Sindh. Still, almost 19% of children are not enrolled at any Type of School

13. Enrollment Larkana 4.7 1 Khairpur 18.5 3 NowsehroFeroze 19.4 4 Sukkhar
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Larkana
4.7 1
Khairpur
18.5 3
NowsehroFeroze
19.4 4
Sukkhar
33.0 10
Sanghar
34.2 13
Shikarpur
38.0 14
Every 5th child in Khairpur is not in school!

14. Pre-school Enrollment in Khairpur
Almost 50% of children are not enrolled at any Type of Pre-School

15. What are children learning in Khairpur schools?
Quality Education ?
What are children learning in Khairpur 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. 72.5% children in Khairpur cannot read class 2 Urdu text (5-16 years)
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI
72.5% children in Khairpur cannot read class 2 Urdu text (5-16 years)
DISTRICT
% Children who can read URDU/Sindhi Stories
(5-16 Years)
RANK
NowsheroFeroze
26.9 1
Khairpur
27.5 3
Larkana
22.5 5
Sanghar
19.5 8
Shikarpur
13.5 13

18. ENGLISH
64% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 64 % children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level

19. ENGLISH 77% children in Khairpur cannot read class 2 English text
DISTRICT
% Children who can read English sentences
(5-16 Years)
RANK
Khairpur
22.9 2
NowsheroFeroze
19.8 3
Larkana
17.9 4
Sanghar
13.0 9
Shikarpur
9.6 12
Sukkhar
9.5 13

20. MATH
67% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 67% children are 2 classes behind with respect to their competency level in math

21. MATH Almost 80% children in Khairpur cannot do 3 digits division
DISTRICT
% Children who can do 3 Digits Division
(5-16 Years)
RANK
NowsheroFeroze
21.2 1
Khairpur
20.1 2
Larkana
19.0 5
Sanghar
14.6 8
Shikarpur
9.9 13

22. LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools
46% of class 5 students in Public Schools 76.9% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu/Sindhi.
33.7% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 53.8% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.
Only 29% of Class 5 students in Public while 61,5% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division.

23. Private Supplementary Tuition?
5.7 % Children from Pvt. and 33.2 % Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

24. RANKING OF DISTT. Khairpur amongst districts of Sindh
Sr. No.
Indicator %
Rank 1
Out of School Children
18.5 3 2
Urdu/Sindhi Readings
27.5
English Readings
22.9 4
Math
20.1

25. What are children learning in Khairpur schools?
Khairpur when compared to all the districts of Sindh comes in the first three in learning levels in Urdu/Sindhi, English and Math
More than 70% of children do not have sufficient competencies in all these subjects

26. Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 47.3 % Mothers are literate in Khairpur
Every second Mother in Khairpur is illiterate

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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