ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Mirpur

ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015 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.

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

Scale AJK: 10 district are covered in 2012 across Pakistan Coverage: Across Pakistan ASER 2012: 136 districts across Pakistan (136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural districts) AJK: 10 district are covered in 2012 across Pakistan 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)

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

ASER Survey Sheets

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

10 Districts Surveyed in AJK

ASER Mirpur

What are our children doing? Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in Mirpur % 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 33.8 58.4 0.4 0.2 5.9 1.3 100 11-13 48.2 47.3 0.0 2.9 1.2 14-16 53.3 39.7 3.3 3.7 6-16 42.2 51.1 0.3 0.1 4.5 1.9 93.7 6.4 By type 45.0 54.5 6.4% children are out of school in Mirpur district

Enrollment in Mirpur

Enrollment in Mirpur

Enrollment (Ranking) 6% children are out of school in Mirpur district % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Bhimber 5.0 3 Mirpur 6.4 4 Kotli 6.8 5 6% children are out of school in Mirpur district

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

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU 38% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 38% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking) Mirpur is at 7th position in district ranking (URDU)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Bhimber 63.3 6 Mirpur 62.5 7 Kotli 21.4 10

ENGLISH 40% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 40% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Mirpur is at 4th position in district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Mirpur 59.7 4 Bhimber 52.1 7 Kotli 30.1 10

MATH 73% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 73% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Mirpur is at 9th position in district ranking (MATH)! % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK Bhimber 48.0 5 Mirpur 26.4 9 Kotli 16.7 10

RANKING OF DISTT. Mirpur (Summary) Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 1 Out of School Children 6.4 4 2 Urdu Readings 62.5 7 3 English Readings 59.7 Arithmetic learning 26.4 9

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools 63% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 62% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu. 51% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 68% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. Totally 17% of Class 5 students in Public while 35% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

Private Supplementary Tuition? Class-wise % children attending paid tuition Type I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X Govt. 13.0 2.7 9.1 8.6 14.6 9.5 5.6 2.8 6.3 Pvt. 12.5 6.5 10.0 7.6 6.7 16.1 13.2 21.2 14.3 11 % Children from Pvt. And 8% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Basic Facilities in Government Schools (Primary)

Attendance in Government Schools

What are children learning in Mirpur schools? Mirpur(district) when compared to all the districts of AJK learning levels are good in English. Mirpur comes in the Bottom 2 in learning levels(Math).

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels Only 40% Mothers have completed primary education in Mirpur

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 2015 debates Milestone achievement:“The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012”

Discussion

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