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. 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

4. 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

5. ASSESSMENT TOOLS

7. Scale of Survey

8. 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

9. Scale: Pilot Year in 2008 – 11 districts 2010 – 32 districts 2011 – 85 districts, 84 rural and 3 urban. Punjab 15 districts in 2010 28 districts in 2011 SCALE OF ASER

10. 28 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

11. ASER KASUR

12. Household Informat ion DescriptionQuantity Total Villages (across 9 towns) Total surveyed Household Total Assessed Children (% male & % female) Total Assessed Mothers

13. District Kasur (Rural) School Information SchoolGovt. SchoolPrivate School BoysGirlsB&GOver All BoysGirlsB&GOver All Primary Elementary High other Total Over all __school were surveyed

14. RANKING OF DISTT. KASUR amongst districts of Punjab Sr. No. Level%ageRank 1Out of School Children15.416 2Urdu Readings39.016 3English Readings34.912 4Arithmetic30.716

15. Section I : Access?

16. FINDINGS OF ASER - KASUR Every 7 th child is still out of school in rural area of Kasur. Enrollment of Kasur as compared to some other districts in the Southern Punjab is better.

17. Every 7 th child in Kasur is not in school! DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area RANK Lahore15 Kasur15.416 Sheikhupura11.712 Faisalabad11.611 Gujranawala8.05 Enrollment

18. Section II : Quality?

19. LEARNING LEVEL - URDU 34% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 34% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

20. DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories (5 th Class) RANK Lahore66.29 Kasur65.611 Gujranwala64.812 Faisalabad63.313 Sheikhupura55.722 LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

21. LEARNING LEVEL - ENGLISH 50% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 50% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level in English

22. DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences (5 th Class) RANK Lahore56.58 Gujranwala53.111 Sheikhupura52.914 Faisalabad51.616 Kasur49.520 ENGLISH

23. LEARNING LEVEL - ARITHEMATIC 54% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 54% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

24. DISTRICT % Children who can do 3 Digits Division (5 th Class) RANK Faisalabad58.53 Sheikhupura52.510 Gujranwala52.111 Kasur46.215 Lahore40.922 MATH

25. Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools  61% of class 5 students in Public Schools 73% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.  44% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 57% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.  Totally 35% of Class 5 students in Public while 66% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS The Performance of Government School is better than the Private School

26. Section III : Private Supplementary Tuition?

27. Additional Learning Support 23% Children from Pvt Schools and 16% 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 30 % Mothers are literate in KASUR Almost __ out __ Mothers are illiterate in Kasur

30. 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 %

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. How can ASER 2011 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation of 25 A?  ASER can help assess education with respect to info. on:  Access  Quality  Equity  Planning according to district based assessment – generating District Report Cards (DRCs) linked to the Roadmap to Reforms initiative of the Govt. of Punjab.  Use of ASER data and teams for advocacy on Right to Education – focusing on gender & the excluded groups  Forming District RTE Vigilante Committees mobilizing coalitions, teachers, youth, media and bar associations.

33. For more information visit: www.aserpakistan.org Email: safedafed@gmail.com