1. ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER-PAKISTAN - 2011 ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER-PAKISTAN - 2011

3. 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.

4.  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. ASER PAKISTAN 2011

5.  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

6. ASSESSMENT TOOLS

8. Coverage : Across Pakistan 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) Sindh:17 districts in 2011 compared to 6 Districts in 2010 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) Scale of Survey

9. 17 Districts Surveyed in Sindh

10. ASER MirpurKhas

11. Access What are our children doing?

12. MirpurKhas comes at the bottom seven in the ranking of districts of Sindh regarding Enrollment. Almost 34% of children are not enrolled at any Type of School. Enrollment in MirpurKhas

13. Every 3 th child in MirpurKhas is not in school! DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Mithi23.35 MirpurKhas33.711 Tando Allah Yar3412 Sanghar34.213 Umerkot38.915 Enrollment

14. More than 61% of children are not enrolled at any Type of Pre-School Pre-school Enrollment in MirpurKhas

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

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

17. DISTRICT% Children who can read URDU/Sindhi Stories (5-16 Years) RANK Mithi29.44 Sanghar19.58 MirpurKhas17.510 Umer Kot15.811 Tando Allah Yar24.017 82.5% children in MirpurKhas cannot read class 2 Urdu/Sindhi text (5-16 years) LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/SINDHI

18. 70% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 70 % children are 3 classes behind with respect to their competency level ENGLISH

19. DISTRICT% Children who can read English sentences (5-16 Years) RANK Mithi15.75 MirpurKhas15.46 Tando Allah Yar15.27 Sanghar13.09 Umer Kot8.415 85% children in MirpurKhas cannot read class 2 English text ENGLISH

20. 76% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, three out of four children are 2 classes behind with respect to their competency level in math MATH

21. DISTRICT% Children who can do 3 Digits Division (5-16 Years) RANK Mithi19.54 Tando Allah Yar16.77 Sanghar14.68 MirpurKhas14.19 Umer Kot10.412 86% children in MirpurKhas cannot do 3 digits division MATH

22. Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools  42.7% of class 5 students in Public Schools 11.1% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.  28.4% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 44.4% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.  Totally 25.7% of Class 5 students in Public while 11.1% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division. LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

23. 6.9 % Children from Pvt. and 3.5% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition. Private Supplementary Tuition?

24. Sr. No. Indicator%Rank 1Out of School Children33.711 2Urdu/Sindhi Readings17.510 3English Readings15.46 4Math14.19 RANKING OF DISTT. MIRPURKHAS amongst districts of SINDH

25.  MirpurKhas when compared to all the districts of Sindh the learning levels are extremely poor in Urdu, English and Math  Around 80% of children do not have sufficient competencies in all these subjects What are children learning in Bahawalpur schools?

26. Only 16.1 % Mothers are literate in MirpurKhas Mother’s Literacy An important factor that influences learning levels Four out of Five Mothers in MirpurKhas are illiterate

27. 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”

28. Discussion

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