ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER 2012 Nowshera

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Nowshera

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) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 23 district in 2012 compared to 14 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

23 Districts Surveyed in KP

ASER Nowshera

Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in Nowshera % Children in different types of schools Dropout Total Others Never enrolled 1. 8 0. 1 12. 2 2. 9 100 23. 5 2. 3 0. 0 10. 6 5. 7 100 51. 9 11. 8 0. 0 15. 9 18. 7 100 52. 1 25. 4 1. 9 0. 1 12. 7 7. 8 100 Non-state providers Madrasah Age group Govt. 6 -10 49. 1 33. 8 11 -13 57. 9 14 -16 6 -16 Pvt. Total By type % Out-of-school 79. 5 65. 6 31. 9 20. 5 2. 4 100 0. 1 Every 5 th child is out of school in Nowshera district

Enrollment in Nowshera

Enrollment in Nowshera

Enrollment (Ranking) DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Swabi 9. 6 7 Charsadha 10. 3 10 Mardan 13. 3 13 Peshawar 19. 1 15 Nowshera 20. 5 18 Every 5 th child in Nowshera is not in school!

Quality Education? What are children learning in schools?

LEARNING LEVEL – Urdu/Pashto 58% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 58% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – Urdu/Pashto (Ranking) Nowshera is at 14 th position in district ranking (URDU)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Charsadha 77. 3 1 Mardan 73. 1 2 Swabi 58. 2 4 Nowshera 41. 9 14 Peshawar 26. 6 22

ENGLISH 60% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 60% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Nowshera is at 18 th position in district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Mardan 80. 5 1 Charsadha 71. 2 3 Swabi 60. 3 6 Nowshera 40. 5 18 Peshawar 36 20

MATH 67% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 67% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Nowshera is at 21 st position in district ranking (MATH)! DISTRICT % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK Mardan 83. 7 1 Charsadha 68. 8 3 Swabi 49 8 Nowshera 33. 3 21 Peshawar 29. 1 22

RANKING OF DISTT. Nowshera (Summary) Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 1 Out of School Children 20. 5 18 2 Urdu Readings 41. 9 14 3 English Readings 40. 5 18 4 Arithmetic learning 33. 3 21

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools q 43% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 40% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu. q 37% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 50% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. q Totally 35% of Class 5 students in Public while 29% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

What are children learning in Nowshera schools? Nowshera when compared to all the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa learning levels are poor especially in English and Math. q Nowshera comes in the last 5 districts in learning levels in these subjects. q

Private Supplementary Tuition? Class-wise % children attending paid tuition Type I II IV V VI VIII IX X Govt. 0. 0 2. 9 5. 4 8. 2 1. 0 1. 2 6. 3 1. 6 17. 1 2. 1 Pvt. 13. 3 19. 2 28. 1 22. 2 23. 8 23. 3 20. 8 27. 8 33. 3 50. 0 • 21% Children from Pvt. And 4% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels Only 21% Mothers have completed primary education in Nowshera

Attendance in Government Schools

Basic Facilities in Government Schools (Primary)

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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