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.

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. OBJECTIVES OF ASER

ASER Pakistan focuses on status of schooling and learning level of the children. In ASER we assess that 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. FOCUS OF ASER

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Scale of Survey

Coverage : In all five provinces i.e. Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and FATA & AJK.- Rural Phase I : Year I 2010 – 32 districts across Pakistan Phase II: Year II 2011 – 85 districts across Pakistan (84 Rural + 3 Urban /2 overlap with rural districts) Phase III : Years III, IV, V all districts across Pakistan (138 districts) Sample: 600 households per district. Two-stage stratified sample; 30 Villages will be selected randomly using the village directory of the latest Census. The Probability Proportional to Size Sampling (PPS) technique will be adopted as an appropriate one when the sampling units are of different sizes. 20 households per village and in each village 1 govt. and 1 private school are surveyed SCALE & SCOPE OF ASER

Scale: Pilot Year in 2008 – 11 districts 2010 – 32 districts 2011 – 85 districts, 84 rural and 3 urban. Punjab 15 districts in districts in 2011 SCALE OF ASER

28 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

ASER Faisalabad

District Faisalabad (Rural) School Information Number of Surveyed school by type Government SchoolsPrivate Schools BoysGirls Boys & Girls OverallBoysGirls Boys & Girls Overall Primary Elementar y High Other Total

Section I : Access?

FINDINGS OF ASER - Faisalabad

School Enrollment & Out of School Children 88% children are enrolled in different type of schools while 12% are not enrolled. Similarly enroll children in government schools reduced to 2 points in 2011 as in 2010 it was 72% while in 2011 it is 70%. Class wise enrolment is also reduced in 2011 as in 2010 it was 15.5% and in 2011 it is 12 %. One thing is noteworthy that the girls enrolment in classes is less than boys as boys ratio is 3.3% while girls ratio is 2.3%

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area RANK Faisalabad1211 Chiniot2524 Jhang18 Tobatek Singh7.94 Enrollment

Section II : Quality?

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU 37% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 37% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

Urdu Learning Levels In Private Schools Learning levels of Urdu are better than government schools whether at word letter or sentence level although not bad in government schools but need improvement. Story learning level of class 4,6,7 is increased in 2011 while decreased in class 5.

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU DISTRICT % Children who can read an Urdu Story in Class 5 RANK Tobatek Singh5821 Faisalabad6313 Chiniot733 Jhang724

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

Learning Levels of English Learning levels from class 1 to 5 whether in English or arithmetic is better in private schools than in government schools although is not so bad in government schools but need improvement. In English sentence level is relatively high but word and letter s levels is to poor.

LEARNING LEVEL - English DISTRICT % who can read sentences in in class 5 RANK Faisalabad5216 Chiniot5921 Jhang3925 Tobatek Singh605

LEARNING LEVEL - ARITHEMATIC 41% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 41% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

Learning Levels of Arithmetic's In arithmetic the class 6 & 7 division levels are improved in Similarly Division levels of class 4 & 5 are also improved in 2011 but needs more improvement.

LEARNING LEVEL - Math DISTRICT% Children who can do 3 Digits Division (5 th Class) RANK Faisalabad593 Chiniot4714 Jhang4024 Tobatek Singh539

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools  57% of class 5 students in Public Schools 78% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.  47% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 65% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.  Totally 53% of Class 5 students in Public while 70% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

Section III : Private Supplementary Tuition?

Additional Learning Support 47% Children from Pvt. Schools and 24% Children from Public school are attending Paid Tuition.

Section IV : Mother’s Literacy – An important factor that influences learning levels

MOTHER LITERACY Only 47.5% Mothers are illiterate in Faisalabad

Available Facilities in Schools Government SchoolsPrivate Schools PrimaryEleme ntary HighOtherPrimaryElement ary HighOther Useable Water % Useable Toilet % Available Rooms % Rooms Used for Classes % Availability of Play Ground % Availability of Boundary Wall%

Available Facilities in Schools

Section V: 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”

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