1. Rawalpindi Launch April 03 , 2012

2. 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.

3. OBJECTIVES OF ASER
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.

4. FOCUS 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.

5. ASSESSMENT TOOLS

7. Scale of Survey

8. SCALE & SCOPE OF ASER
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

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

10. 28 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

11. ASER Rawalpindi

12. Household Information
Description
Quantity
Total Villages (across 9 towns) 30
Total surveyed Household
597
Total Assessed Children
1577
(43% male & 57% female)
Total Assessed Mothers
282

13. District Rawalpindi (Rural)
School Information
School
Govt. School
Boys
Girls
B&G
Over All
Primary
773
881
1654
Elementary
134
184
318
High
183
139
322
other 16 14 30
Total
1106
1218
2324

14. RANKING OF DISTT. Rawalpindi amongst districts of Punjab
Sr. No.
Level
%age
Rank 1
Out of School Children
4.7 2
Urdu Readings
33.0 20 3
English Readings
32.4 18 4
Arithmetic
24.6 23

15. Section I : Access?

16. FINDINGS OF ASER - Rawalpindi
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Every XXth child is still out of school in rural area of Rawalpindi.
Enrollment of Rawalpindi as compared to rest of Punjab is better

17. % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area
Enrollment
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area
RANK
Rawalpindi 5 1
Jehlum 7 3
Mianwali 10 8
Lahore 15

18. Section II : Quality?

19. LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
72% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 72% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

20. % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area
LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area
RANK
Chakwal
76.90 2
Lahore
66.20 9
Jehlum
57.90 20
Mianwali
51.60 24
Rawalpindi
28.40 28

21. LEARNING LEVEL - ENGLISH
72% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 72% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level in English

22. LEARNING LEVEL - English % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area
RANK
Chakwal
59.00 6
Lahore
56.50 8
Jehlum
52.20 15
Mianwali
38.30 26
Rawalpindi
27.50 28

23. LEARNING LEVEL - ARITHEMATIC
85% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 85% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

24. % Children who can do 3 Digits Division
LEARNING LEVEL - Math
DISTRICT
% Children who can do 3 Digits Division
(5th Class)
RANK
Jehlum
59.3 2
Chakwal
55.1 8
Lahore
40.90 22
Mianwali
35.70 26
Rawalpindi
15.40 28

25. LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools
28.4% of class 5 students in Public Schools 28.3% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.
24.3% of Class 5 stu0dents in Public Schools while 36.5% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.
Totally 15.5% of Class 5 students in Public while 15.1% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division

26. Section III : Private Supplementary Tuition?

27. Additional Learning Support
29.3% Children from Pvt. Schools and 15.0% Children from Public school are attending Paid Tuition.

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

29. MOTHER LITERACY Only 64.2% Mothers are literate in Rawalpindi
Almost __ out __ Mothers are illiterate in Rawalpindi

30. Available Facilities in Schools
Government Schools
Private Schools
Primary
Elementary
High
Other
Useable Water % 79
100 50
100.0 -
Useable Toilet % 74 86
Available Rooms %
4.0
10.0
22.4
7.8
7.7
9.9
Rooms Used for Classes %
3.4
8.5
19.4
2.5
6.9
7.3
10.3
Availability of Play Ground % 42
37.5
28.6
71.4
Availability of Boundary Wall% 89
85.7

31. 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”

32. For more information visit: www.aserpakistan.org