ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Tor Ghar

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 Coverage: Across Pakistan ASER 2012: 136 districts across Pakistan (136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural districts) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 23 district in 2012 compared to 14 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)

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

23 Districts Surveyed in KP

ASER Tor Ghar

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

Enrollment in Tor Ghar % 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 52.2 0.1 0.0 47.2 0.3 100 11-13 55.7 0.6 1.2 42.5 14-16 48.0 41.6 10.4 6-16 52.3 0.2 45.7 1.5 52.8 By type 99.0 0.4 Every 2nd child is out of school in Tor Ghar district

Enrollment in Tor Ghar

Enrollment in Tor Ghar

Enrollment (Ranking) Every 3rd child in Tor Ghar is not in school! DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Mansehra 6.2 3 Swat 9.4 6 Shangla 24.2 19 Batagram 26.7 20 Tor Ghar 47.2 23 Every 3rd child in Tor Ghar is not in school!

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

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Pashto 51% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 51% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Pashto (Ranking) Tor Ghar is at 10th position in district ranking (URDU)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Shangla 58 5 Swat 50.4 7 Tor Ghar 48.9 10 Mansehra 48 11 Batagram 39.4 15

ENGLISH 33% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 33% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Tor Ghar is at 4th position in district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Tor Ghar 67.3 4 Shangla 57.3 8 Swat 49.6 9 Batagram 42.6 15 Mansehra 35 21

MATH 31% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 31% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Tor Ghar is at 2nd position in district ranking (MATH)! % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK Tor Ghar 69.4 2 Shangla 52 6 Batagra, 43.2 10 Swat 41.4 14 Mansehra 36.2 19

RANKING OF DISTT. Tor Ghar (Summary) Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 1 Out of School Children 47.2 23 2 Urdu Readings 48.9 10 3 English Readings 67.3 4 Arithmetic learning 69.4

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools 49% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 0% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu. 67% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 0% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. Totally 69% of Class 5 students in Public while 0% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

What are children learning in Tor Ghar schools? Tor Ghar when compared to all the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa learning levels are good in these subjects. Tor Ghar comes in the Top 10 in learning levels in these subjects.

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels Only 0% Mothers have completed primary education in Tor Ghar

Attendance in Government Schools

Basic Facilities in Government Schools (Primary)

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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