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ASER Pakistan

ASER Pakistan. A citizen led initiative. Punjab Launch. ASER 2012 Supporters & Partners. ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015. Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-16) Quality of education in rural and some urban areas (5-16) Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access gaps

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ASER Pakistan

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  1. ASER Pakistan A citizen led initiative Punjab Launch

  2. ASER 2012 Supporters & Partners

  3. ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015 Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-16) Quality of education in rural and some urban areas (5-16) Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access gaps Influence National & Provincial policy and actions for RTE. Provides information for tracking trends and MDG/EFA Targets up to 2015 Influence Goal Setting for Post-2015 Agenda

  4. ASER Pakistan Assessment Tools Grade II • ASER Assessment tools are prepared in following Categories • Reading • Urdu • Sindhi • Pashto • Arithmetic abilities • English

  5. ASER Survey Sheets

  6. Section I: Scale of Survey

  7. ASER Outreach over the last 3 years • 2010 – 32 districts • 2011 – 85 districts • 2012 – 142 districts

  8. ASER 2012 – SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION

  9. Section II: Access (Schooling)

  10. Pre-School Enrollment (3-5 Years) – Rural Enrollment of children of 3 – 5 years 51%in 2012 Enrollment highest in Urban 55% compared to Rural 51% 57% of pre-primary age children are enrolled in government schools.

  11. Children in Pre School (3-5) Rural Sialkot and Bhakhar has the highest number of out-of-school children

  12. Enrollment (6-16 years) – Rural 84% of 6-16 year olds in rural districts are enrolled in schools 67% enrollment in Govt. schools 33% Rural children enrolled in private/ non-state sector 16% of children are out-of-school Enrollment highest in Urban 92% compared to Rural 84% 1 6 out of every Never Enrolled still higher than dropout rate Children is Out-of-School The proportion of out-of-school children in Punjab remains the same as compared to the last year.

  13. Out-of-School children (6-16) Rural Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur has the highest number of out-of-school children

  14. District Rank – out-of-School (6-16) Rahim Yar Khan has the highest number of out-of-school children

  15. Gender : Out-of-School Children (6-16 years) Almost equal proportion of boys and girls are out-of-school in Rural. In Urban (Lahore & Multan) more boys are out-of-school. Urban Rural Higher percentage of boys than girls are out-of-school in urban Punjab.

  16. Class Wise Enrollment - Rural Enrollment decreases sharply as class level increases. Urban Rural

  17. Section III: Quality

  18. Learning Levels – Urdu Learning Levels (Class 5): Urdu Language Learning levels for class 4 have improved by 7% since 2011 Rural : 33% of Class 5 students cannot read Class 2 story Urban: 26% of Class 5 students cannot read Class 2 story Learning Levels (Urdu) have improved as compared to 2011.

  19. Learning Levels - English Learning Levels (Class 5): English Language Learning levels for class 4 have improved by 12% since 2011 Rural : 39% of Class 5 students cannot read English sentences Urban : 26% of Class 5 students cannot read English sentences Learning Levels (English) have improved as compared to 2011.

  20. Learning Levels - Arithmetic Learning Levels (Class 5): Arithmetic Language Learning levels for class 4 & 5 have improved by 10% since 2011 Rural : 44% of Class 5 students cannot do division Urban : 37% of Class 5 students cannot do division Learning Levels (Arithmetic) have improved as compared to 2011.

  21. Learning levels – Boys vs Girls (5-16 Years) Rural Girls continue to lag behind boys in learning levels Girls are behind boys by 4%in Urdu, English & Arithmetic Learning levels of boys continue to be higher than girls.

  22. Learning levels – Public vs. Private (Rural) Learning Levels are better in Private schools overall • 35%children in government and 29%children in private schools in class 5 cannot read class 2 Urdu story. • 41% of the children in Government schools and 32% of children in private schools cannot read English sentences. Private school students are performing better than government school students.

  23. Additional learning support – Paid Tuition Rural Urban Children in urban areas are more likely to take paid tuition 17% Government and 34% Private school children take paid tuition in rural areas Paid private tuition trend is higher in private schools.

  24. Learning levels – Out of School (Rural) Even out of school children were tested 35% of out-of-school children can recognize numbers from 1-9. A modest proportion of out-of-school children are at more than ‘beginner’ competency levels.

  25. Section IV: School Attendance & Facilities

  26. Attendance - Students and Teachers Rural: 14% children in government school and 14 % in Private schools were absent from school (More children present in Government School then Private School) Rural: Overall children attendance is better in Government schools Rural: 12% and 13% teachers in private and government schools respectively were found to be absent Urban: only 7% teachers in private and government schools were found to be absent Children attendance is better in government schools in rural Punjab.

  27. Multi-grade Classes - Rural Around 36%government school children of class 2 sit with other classes as compared to 34%in Private Schools. 30% grade 8 students in Private schools and 14% grade 8 students in government schools sit with other classes .

  28. Basic Facilities – Improved but not Sufficient 13% of government primary schools do not have functional toilet facilities • 8% primary government schools still do not have useable water • 19% primary government schools still do not have boundary walls Private schools outperform government schools in terms of basic facilities.

  29. Section V: Other dimensions that influence teaching and learning

  30. Mother tongue/ Home Language • ASER 2012 survey findings revealed that 19 different languages were used in the surveyed households of Punjab. • Three languages used commonly were • Punjabi (65%), • Siraiki(21%) and • Urdu (9%) • Other (5%) • Other Lanuages included : Sindhi, Balochi, Potwari, Pashto, English, Pahari, Rachnavi, Rangri, Myuti, Mewati, Muhajri, Hindko, Marathi, Marwari, Darkhan, Persian

  31. Households’ preferred medium of instruction in school • Each household surveyed was also asked their preferred medium of instruction for their children in schools. • 56% percent of all the households surveyed preferred Urdu as the medium of instruction in schools. • Home language was preferred by a major proportion of 13%of all households and 31% surveyed households preferred English. The most preferred language for medium of instruction was Urdu.

  32. Medium of instruction in schools • Children in public schools reported: • Urdu 50%, • English 50%, • Children in private schools reported: • English 65%, • Urdu 35%,

  33. Parental Education • Rural: 67% mothers vs. 44% fathers did not complete primary education. • Urban: 36% mothers vs. 24% fathers did not complete primary education Urban Rural Higher proportion of parents have not completed even primary education in rural Punjab as compared to urban Punjab.

  34. Section VI: How far have we come on RTE compliance?

  35. How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation of 25-A? • ASER can help assess education with respect to : • Quality • 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! • Use of ASER data and teams for focusing on gender & the excluded groups • Forming District RTE Vigilante Committees mobilizing coalitions, teachers, youth, media and bar associations.

  36. Action to RTE 25 A Implementation • Milestone achievement: “The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012” - challenge is tracking implementation • ASER data to help in drafting of RTE Acts & using ASER data for continued advocacy on Right to Education (RTE) 25 A • Each province has district by district data for addressing gaps in access, quality, equity/gender and financing • 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 2015 debates

  37. Thank You You can follow us on www.aserpakistna.org ASER-Pakistan ASERPAKISTAN

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