1. ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER)
2012
Mastung

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 Mastung

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

11. Enrollment in Mastung
% 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
74.2
0.1
9.0
0.0
16.5
100
11-13
66.5
0.6
10.0
18.4
4.5
14-16
45.2
4.2
14.3
2.7
21.6
12.0
6-16
67.5
0.9
10.1
0.5
17.8
3.1
79.0
20.9
By type
85.4
1.2
12.8
Every 5th child is out of school in Mastung district

12. Enrollment in Mastung

13. Enrollment in Mastung

14. Enrollment (Ranking) Every 5th child in Mastung is not in school!
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Mastung
20.9 8
Awaran
29.6 13
Kharan
29.9 14
Kalat
35.9 16
Lasbela
47.6 24
Khuzdar
53.3 25
Every 5th child in Mastung is not in school!

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

16. LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
61% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 61% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

17. LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)
Mastung is at 9th position in district ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5
RANK
Kharan 39 8
Mastung
38.5 9
Lasbea
24.7 12
Khuzdar 13 18
Awaran 26
Kalat
5.5 23

18. ENGLISH
93% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 93% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

19. ENGLISH (Ranking)
Mastung is at 19th position in district ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can read English sentences
In Class 5
RANK
Kharan
35.7 10
Lasbela
17.5 13
Mastung
6.6 19
Awaran 5 22
Kalat
1.9 25
Khuzdar 26

20. MATH
90% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 90% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

21. MATH (Ranking) Mastung is at 17th position in district ranking (MATH)!
% Children who can do 3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Kharan
27.3 10
Lasbela
26.8 11
Mastung
10.4 17
Khuzdar
7.4 20
Kalat
3.7 23
Awaran
1.7 27

22. RANKING OF DISTT. Mastung (Summary)
Sr. No.
Indicator %
Rank 1
Out of School Children
20.9 8 2
Urdu Readings
38.5 9 3
English Readings
6.6 19 4
Arithmetic learning
10.4 17

23. LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools
39% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 0% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.
7% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 0% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.
Totally 10% of Class 5 students in Public while 0% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

24. What are children learning in
Mastung schools?
Mastung when compared to all the districts of Balochistan learning levels are poor especially in Arithmetic and English.
Mastung comes in the bottom 11 districts in learning levels in these subjects.

25. Private Supplementary Tuition?
Class-wise % children attending paid tuition
Type I II
III IV V VI
VII
VIII IX X
Govt.
6.9
9.5
8.5
8.3
16.3
14.0
3.0
7.1
23.8
Pvt.
0.0
100.0
66.7
33.3
8% Children from Pvt. And 36% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

26. Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 23% Mothers have completed primary education in Mastung

27. Attendance in Government Schools

28. Basic Facilities in Government Schools (Primary)

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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