1. ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER)
2012
Quetta
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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)
Balochistan: 28 district in 2012 compared to 15 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. 28 Districts Surveyed in Balochistan

9. ASER Quetta

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

11. Enrollment in Quetta
Rural
Urban
% 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
55.0
24.6
3.9
0.2
15.5
0.8
100
11-13
57.8
26.8
4.1
0.6
9.1
1.5
14-16
46.4
30.2
3.8
0.0
15.4
6-16
53.5
26.6
4.0
13.8
1.8
84.3
15.6
By type
63.4
31.6
4.7
0.3
% 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
43.9
45.1
5.2
0.0
5.6
0.2
100
11-13
47.6
46.0
3.2
14-16
58.8
32.8
1.5
0.3
5.9
0.6
6-16
49.2
41.8
3.6
0.1
5.0
94.7
5.3
By type
51.9
44.2
3.8
Every 4th child in Rural and every 11th child in Urban area is out of school in Quetta district

12. Enrollment in Quetta
Rural
Urban

13. Enrollment in Quetta
Rural
Urban

14. % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Quetta (Rural)
15.6 2
Nushki
16.8 4
Qilla Abdullah
18.6 5
Pashin
22.6 9
Chaghi
41.1 20
Quetta (Urban)
5.3 --
Every 4th child in Rural and every 11th child in Urban areas of Quetta is not in school!

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

16. LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
Rural
Urban
64%(Rural) and 11%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 64%(Rural) and 11%(Urban) children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

17. LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)
Quetta is at 10th position in rural district ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5
RANK
Chaghi
43.3 7
Quetta (Rural)
35.5 10
Nushki
23.9 14
Pashin
7.5 21
Qilla Abdullah
7.1 22
Quetta (Urban)
89.1 --

18. ENGLISH
Rural
Urban
53%(Rural) and 23%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 53%(Rural) and 23%(Urban) children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

19. ENGLISH (Ranking)
Quetta is at 6th position in rural district ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can read English sentences
In Class 5
RANK
Quetta (Rural)
46.9 6
Chaghi
46.7 7
Nushki
13.2 15
Pashin
6.5 20
Qilla Abdullah
5.7 21
Quetta (Urban)
77.3 --

20. MATH
Rural
Urban
74%(Rural) and 17%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 74%(Rural) and 17%(Urban) children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

21. MATH (Ranking)
Quetta is at 12th position in rural district ranking (MATH)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can do 3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Chaghi
42.7 7
Quetta (Rural)
25.7 12
Nushki
17.2 15
Qilla Abdullah
8.6 19
Pashin
5.3 22
Quetta (Urban)
82.7 ..

22. RANKING OF DISTT. Quetta (Summary)
Sr. No.
Indicator
%(Urban)
% (Rural)
Rank (Rural) 1
Out of School Children
5.3
15.6 2
Urdu Readings
89.1
35.5 10 3
English Readings
77.3
46.9 6 4
Arithmetic learning
82.7
25.7 12

23. LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS
Rural
Urban
More percentage of Class 5 students in Govt. Schools and Pvt. Schools can do better in Urdu and English respectively.

24. What are children learning in
Quetta schools?
Quetta when compared to all rural districts of Balochistan the learning levels are not good in Urdu and Math.
Quetta dose not come in the Top 9 rural districts in learning levels in these subjects.

25. Private Supplementary Tuition?
Rural
Urban
25% (Rural) and 24% (Urban) Children from Pvt. Schools And 9%(Rural) and 5% (Urban) Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

26. Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels
Rural
Urban
Only 13% (Rural) and 50% (Urban) Mothers have completed primary education in Quetta.

27. Attendance in Government Schools
Rural
Urban

28. Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools
Rural
Urban

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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