1. ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER)
2012
Okara

2. ASER PAKISTAN
Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-16).
Measure quality of education in rural and some urban areas (5-16 years).
Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access gaps.
Objectives are:
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.

3. ASER Outreach over the last 3 years
2010 – 32 districts
2011 – 85 districts
2012 – 142 districts

4. Scale Coverage: Across Pakistan
ASER 2012: districts across Pakistan
(136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural districts)
Punjab : 36 district in 2012 compared to 28 districts in 2011
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)

5. Scope Access: Enrollment, Type of School etc. Quality of Learning:
Tested Subjects: Urdu, English and Math
School Facilities:
Attendance teachers and children
Availability of drinking water
Availability of functional toilets, play ground and boundary walls

6. ASER Survey Sheets

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

8. 36 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

9. ASER Okara

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

11. Enrollment in Okara Every 8th child is out of school in Okara district
% Children in different types of schools
% Out-of-school
Total
Age group
Govt.
Non-state providers
Never
enrolled
Drop-
out
Pvt.
Madrasah
Others
6-10
61.7
30.3
0.7
1.3
3.2
2.8
100
11-13
63.2
19.8
3.0
0.9
2.4
10.6
14-16
47.6
17.3
0.4
0.8
6.3
27.6
6-16
59.3
25.1
1.2
1.1
3.6
9.7
86.7
13.3
By type
68.4
28.9
1.4
Every 8th child is out of school in Okara district

12. Enrollment in Okara

13. Enrollment in Okara

14. % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN Every 8th child in Okara is not in school!
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Okara
13.3 14
Sahiwal
18.2 26
Pakpattan
22.9 32
Every 8th child in Okara is not in school!

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

16. LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
32% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 32% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

17. LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)
Okara is at 21th position in district ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5
RANK
Pakpattan
71.6 13
Okara
68.3 21
Sahiwal
51.1 34

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

19. ENGLISH (Ranking)
Okara is at 1st position in district ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can read English sentences
In Class 5
RANK
Okara
82.1 1
Pakpattan
70.4 9
Sahiwal
45.1 33

20. MATH
26% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 26% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

21. MATH (Ranking) Okara is at 1st position in district ranking (MATH)!
% Children who can do 3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Okara
74.2 1
Pakpattan
69.1 5
Sahiwal
42.8 31

22. RANKING OF DISTT. Okara (Summary)
Sr. No.
Indicator %
Rank 1
Out of School Children
13.3 14 2
Urdu Readings
68.3 21 3
English Readings
82.1 4
Arithmetic learning
74.2

23. LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools
78% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 50% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.
89% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 73% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.
Totally 80% of Class 5 students in Public while 70% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

24. Private Supplementary Tuition?
Class-wise % children attending paid tuition
Type I II
III IV V VI
VII
VIII IX X
Govt.
9.2
6.8
12.8
8.7
12.2
19.3
13.5
23.8
25.6
46.4
Pvt.
33.9
31.3
39.5
51.2
41.7
35.0
42.9
56.0
22.2
0.0
35% Children from Pvt. And 14% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

25. Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools

26. Attendance in Government Schools

27. What are children learning in
Okara schools?
Okara when compared to all the districts of Punjab the learning levels are Very good especially in English and Math.
Okara is the top district in learning levels in English and Math.

28. Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 28% Mothers have completed primary education in Okara

29. How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation of 25-A?
ASER can help assess education with respect to :
Quality
Availability/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! 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 debates
Milestone achievement:“The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012”

30. Discussion

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