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ASER Pakistan

ASER Pakistan. A citizen led initiative. National 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 National 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 37%in 2012 Enrollment highest in Urban 55% compared to Rural 37%

  11. Enrollment (6-16 years) – Rural 77% of 6-16 year olds in rural districts are enrolled in schools 74% enrollment in Govt. schools 26% Rural children enrolled in private/ non-state sector 23% of children are out-of-school 1 4 out of every Children is Out-of-School Never Enrolled still higher than dropout rate

  12. Out-of-School children (6-16) 17% 16% 7% 25% 5% 16% 34% 32%

  13. Gendered Comparison: Out-of-School Children (6-16 years) There are more Girls out-of-school than boys

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

  15. Section III: Quality

  16. Learning Levels – Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto Class 2 level text Language Learning levels for class 4 have improved by 5% since 2011 49% of Class 5 students cannot read Class 2 story

  17. Learning Levels (Class 5): Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto 56% 43% 65% 46% 55% 67% 36% 40%

  18. Learning Levels - English Class 2 level text Language Learning levels for class 4 have improved by 9% since 2011 Almost 52% of the children may complete primary without learning how to read fluently in English at grade II competencies

  19. g Learning Levels (Class 5): English 68% 47% 58% 50% 62% 61% 32% 25%

  20. Learning Levels - Arithmetic Class 2 level Language Learning levels for class 4 & 5 have improved by 7% since 2011 Almost 56% of the children may complete class 5 without learning how to do division at grade II/III competencies

  21. Learning Levels (Class 5): Arithmetic 56% 44% 44% 56% 42% 56% 34% 27%

  22. Learning levels – Boys vs Girls (5-16 Years) Girls continue to lag behind boys in learning levels Girls are behind boys by 9% in basic Arithmetic

  23. Learning levels – Public vs. Private Learning Levels are better in Private schools overall • 52% children in government and 37% children in private schools in class 5 cannot read class 2 Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto story. • 57% of the children in Government schools and 36% of children in private schools cannot read English sentences.

  24. Additional learning support – Paid Tuition Rural Urban Children in urban areas are more likely to take paid tuition 6% Government and 25% Private enrolled children take Paid tuition in Rural Areas

  25. Learning levels – Out of School (Rural) Even out of school children were tested 8% of out-of-school children can recognize numbers from 1-10.

  26. Section IV: School Attendance & Facilities

  27. Attendance - Students and Teachers 1 in every 5 children in government schools was absent from school Overall attendance is better in Private schools 13% and 14% teachers in private and government schools respectively were found to be absent

  28. Multi-grade Classes Around 50% government school children of class 2 sit with other classes VS 28% in Private Schools 22% grade 8 students in Private schools sit with other classes vs. 17% grade 8 students in Government schools

  29. Basic Facilities – Improved but not Sufficient 50% of government primary schools do not have functional toilet facilities • 39% primary government schools still do not have useable water • 38% primary government schools still do not have boundary walls

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

  31. Mother tongue/ Home Language • 41 different languages were used throughout Pakistan. • 5 common languages were; • Pashto (27%), • Punjabi (19%), • Sindhi (16%), • Balochi (10%) • Siraiki 7%) and • 21% used other languages • Other Lanuages included : Urdu, Brahvi, Shina. Balti, Burushaski, Chitrali, Potwari, Gujrati, Khowar, Dhatki, Kashmiri, Bolari, English, Pahari, Rakhshani, Kutchi, Kohistani, Baltistan, Khetrani, Rachnavi, Wakhi, Rangri, Torwali, Yatgha, Myuti, Ridkhan, Mewati, KoliMuhajri, Hindko, Marathi, Marwari, Darkhan, Persion,)

  32. Households’ preferred medium of instruction in school • Each household surveyed was also asked their preferred medium of instruction for their children in schools. • Forty-six percent of all the households surveyed preferred Urdu as the medium of instruction in schools. • Home language was preferred by a major proportion of 37% of all households and 17% surveyed households preferred English. The most preferred language for medium of instruction was Urdu

  33. Medium of instruction in schools • Children in public schools reported: • Urdu 61%, • Sindhi 18%, • English 14%, • Pashto 6% • Children in private schools reported: • English 68%, • Urdu 26%, • Sindhi 4%, • Pashto 2%

  34. Parental Education • Rural: 78% mothers vs. 53% fathers did not complete primary education. • Urban: 45% Mothers vs. 28% Fathers did not complete primary education Urban Rural

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

  36. 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.

  37. 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

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

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