ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER 2012 Hyderabad

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Hyderabad 22 -02 -2013

ASER PAKISTAN 2010 -2015 q Citizen led large scale national household survey (3 -16). q Measure quality of education in rural and some urban areas (5 -16 years). q Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access gaps. Objectives are: q To get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level. q To measure the change in these basic learning and school statistics from last year.

ASER Outreach over the last 3 years q 2010 – 32 districts q 2011 – 85 districts q 2012 – 142 districts

Scale Coverage: Across Pakistan ASER 2012: 136 districts across Pakistan (136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural districts) Sindh: 22 district in 2012 compared to 17 districts in 2011 Sample: 600 households per district. Two-stage stratified sample; q 30 Villages q 20 Households per village 60 Schools per district q 2 Schools per village (1 Govt. & 1 Private school)

Scope Access: Enrollment, Type of School etc. Quality of Learning: Tested Subjects: Urdu, English and Math School Facilities: q Attendance teachers and children q Availability of drinking water q Availability of functional toilets, play ground and boundary walls

ASER Survey Sheets

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

22 Districts Surveyed in Sindh

ASER Hyderabad

Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in Hyderabad Rural % Children in different types of schools Urban Non-state providers 6 -10 38. 3 53. 4 1. 6 0. 0 4. 7 2. 0 10. 4 100 11 -13 42. 1 48. 9 3. 0 0. 0 3. 8 2. 3 100 30. 0 15. 9 100 14 -16 44. 7 38. 1 1. 3 0. 0 5. 8 10. 2 100 22. 1 6. 6 100 6 -16 40. 8 48. 7 1. 9 0. 0 4. 7 4. 0 100 Total 6 -10 72. 3 4. 9 2. 5 0. 0 19. 1 1. 2 11 -13 62. 7 3. 7 1. 7 0. 0 21. 6 14 -16 51. 9 0. 9 1. 3 0. 0 6 -16 65. 5 3. 7 2. 0 0. 0 91. 9 5. 2 2. 8 28. 7 0. 0 By type Never Drop. Madrasah Others enrolled out Total 100 Pvt. By type Non-state providers Pvt. Never Drop. Madrasah Others enrolled out 71. 2 Total % Out-ofschool Age Govt. group Total % Children in different types of schools % Out-ofschool 91. 4 44. 6 53. 3 2. 1 8. 7 100 0. 0 Every 3 rd child in Rural and every 11 th child in Urban area is out of school in Hyderabad district

Enrollment in Hyderabad Rural Urban

Enrollment in Hyderabad Rural Urban

Enrollment (Ranking) DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Hyderabad (Urban) 8. 6 -- Dadu 26. 0 5 Hyderabad (Rural) 28. 7 11 Badin 32. 5 12 Thatta 33. 6 14 Jamshoro 35. 5 15 Every 3 rd child in Rural and every 11 th child in Urban areas of Hyderabad is not in school!

Quality Education? What are children learning in schools?

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU Rural Urban 46%(Rural) and 77%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 46%(Rural) and 77%(Urban) children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi (Ranking) Hyderabad is at 3 rd position in rural district ranking (URDU/Sindhi)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Hyderabad (Rural) 53. 5 3 Dadu 51. 9 4 Badin 49. 3 6 Jamshoro 27. 0 19 Thatta 25. 8 20 Hyderabad (Urban) 23. 3 . .

ENGLISH Rural Urban 72%(Rural) and 57%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 72%(Rural) and 57%(Urban) children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Hyderabad is at 10 th position in rural district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Badin 29. 6 7 Dadu 25. 0 Hyderabad (Rural) Jamshoro Thatta Hyderabad (Urban) 27. 8 10 17. 2 17 15. 5 43. 2 14 19. .

MATH Rural Urban 79%(Rural) and 80%(Urban) Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 79%(Rural) and 80%(Urban) children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Hyderabad is at 15 th position in rural district ranking (MATH)! DISTRICT % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK Badin Dadu Hyderabad (Rural) Jamshoro Thatta Hyderabad (Urban) 37. 5 23. 2 21. 2 18. 0 14. 6 19. 7 3 14 15 18 20. .

RANKING OF DISTT. Hyderabad (Summary) Sr. No. %(Urban) % (Rural) Rank (Rural) 1 Out of School Children 8. 6 28. 7 11 2 Urdu Readings 23. 3 53. 5 3 3 English Readings 43. 2 27. 8 10 4 Arithmetic learning 19. 7 21. 2 15 Indicator

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Rural Urban q More percentage of Class 5 students in Govt. Schools and Pvt. Schools can do better in Urdu/Sindhi and English respectively.

What are children learning in Hyderabad schools? Hyderabad when compared to all rural districts of Sindh the learning levels are not good in English and Math. q Hyderabad dose not come in the Top 9 rural districts in learning levels in these subjects. q

Private Supplementary Tuition? Rural Urban • 74% (Rural) and 53% (Urban) Children from Pvt. Schools And 3%(Rural) and 25% (Urban) Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels Rural Urban Only 19% (Rural) and 54% (Urban) Mothers have completed primary education in Hyderabad.

Attendance in Government Schools Rural Urban

Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools Rural Urban

How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation of 25 -A? q ASER can help assess education with respect to : q Quality q Availability/Access q Equity q 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. q 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 q. Linking the ASER information to national data and GMR /UN Human Development Reports /others in the run up to 2015 & post 2015 debates q. Milestone achievement: “The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012”

Discussion

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