ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER 2012 Kasur

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Kasur

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) Punjab : 36 district in 2012 compared to 28 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

36 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

ASER Kasur

Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in Kasur % Children in different types of schools Age group Govt. 6 -10 40. 2 11 -13 Non-state providers % Out-of-school Dropout Total Madrasah Others Never enrolled 49. 4 2. 9 0. 3 4. 7 2. 5 100 44. 0 35. 8 3. 0 0. 3 7. 0 9. 9 100 14 -16 37. 3 23. 7 1. 4 0. 0 10. 0 27. 6 100 6 -16 40. 5 40. 8 2. 6 0. 2 6. 4 9. 6 100 Pvt. Total 84. 1 By type 48. 1 48. 5 16. 0 3. 1 100 0. 3 Every 7 th child is out of school in Kasur district

Enrollment in Kasur

Enrollment in Kasur

Enrollment (Ranking) DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Nankana Sahib 11. 9 12 Sheikupura 12. 8 13 Lahore 14. 5 16 Kasur 16 21 Every 7 th child in Kasur is not in school!

Quality Education? What are children learning in schools?

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU 41% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 41% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking) Kasur is at 30 th position in district ranking (URDU)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Nankana Sahib 71. 5 14 Sheikhupura 71 15 Lahore 66. 0 23 Kasur 59 30

ENGLISH 34% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 34% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Kasur is at 26 th position in district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Sheikhupura Nankana Sahib Lahore Kasur 68. 5 64. 8 61. 4 55. 4 12 18 21 26

MATH 55% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 55% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Kasur is at 30 th position in district ranking (MATH)! DISTRICT Nankana Sahib Sheikhupura Lahore Kasur % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK 61. 2 13 56. 9 16 40 33 45. 1 30

RANKING OF DISTT. Kasur (Summary) Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 1 Out of School Children 16 21 2 Urdu Readings 59 30 3 English Readings 55. 4 26 4 Arithmetic learning 45. 1 30

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools q 63% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 58% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu. q 53% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 57% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. q Totally 42% of Class 5 students in Public while 47% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

Private Supplementary Tuition? Class-wise % children attending paid tuition Type I II IV V VI VIII IX X Govt. 12. 9 7. 1 13. 8 23. 2 10. 4 26. 9 16. 7 14. 6 30. 0 50. 0 Pvt. 35. 2 25. 3 25. 9 32. 0 38. 5 22. 5 42. 3 20. 8 23. 8 21. 7 • 32% Children from Pvt. And 17% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools

Attendance in Government Schools

What are children learning in Kasur schools? Kasur when compared to all the districts of Punjab the learning levels are not good in all three fields. q Kasur comes in the last 12 districts in learning levels in these subjects. q

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels Only 26% Mothers have completed primary education in Kasur

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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