ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER 2012 Pashin

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Pashin

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) Balochistan: 28 district in 2012 compared to 15 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

28 Districts Surveyed in Balochistan

ASER Pashin

Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in Pashin % Children in different types of schools Age group 6 -10 % Out-of-school Non-state providers Govt. Pvt. Madrasah Others 72. 4 2. 6 2. 8 0. 0 Never enrolled 22. 2 Dropout 0. 0 Total 100 11 -13 73. 5 1. 8 2. 6 0. 0 21. 2 0. 9 100 14 -16 71. 9 0. 8 1. 2 0. 4 22. 5 3. 2 100 6 -16 72. 5 2. 2 2. 6 0. 1 22. 0 0. 6 100 Total By type 77. 4 93. 8 2. 9 22. 6 3. 3 100 0. 1 Every 5 th child is out of school in Pashin district

Enrollment in Pashin

Enrollment in Pashin

Enrollment (Ranking) DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Quetta 15. 6 2 Noshki 16. 8 4 Qilla Abdullah 18. 6 5 Pashin 22. 6 9 Chaghi 41. 1 20 Every 5 th child in Pashin is not in school!

Quality Education? What are children learning in schools?

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU 92% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 92% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking) Pashin is at 21 st position in district ranking (URDU)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Chaghi 43. 3 7 Quetta 35. 5 10 Noshki 23. 9 14 Pashin 7. 5 21 Qilla Abdullah 7. 1 22

ENGLISH 93% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 93% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Pashin is at 20 th position in district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Quetta 46. 9 6 Chaghi 46. 7 7 Noshki 13. 2 15 Pashin 6. 5 20 Qilla Abdullah 5. 7 21

MATH 95% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 95% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Pashin is at 22 nd position in district ranking (MATH)! DISTRICT % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK Chaghi 42. 7 7 Quetta 25. 7 12 Noshki 17. 2 15 Qilla Abdullah 8. 6 19 Pashin 5. 3 22

RANKING OF DISTT. Pashin (Summary) Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 22. 6 9 1 Out of School Children 2 Urdu Readings 7. 5 21 3 English Readings 6. 5 20 4 Arithmetic learning 5. 3 22

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools q 8% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 0% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu. q 7% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 0% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. q Totally 6% of Class 5 students in Public while 0% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

What are children learning in Pashin schools? Pashin when compared to all the districts of Balochistan learning levels are poor in all three fields. q Pashin comes in the last 8 in learning levels in these subjects. q

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels Only 6% Mothers have completed primary education in Pashin

Private Supplementary Tuition? Class-wise % children attending paid tuition Type I II IV V VI VIII IX X Govt. 1. 6 0. 4 0. 9 1. 0 1. 4 1. 5 0. 0 Pvt. 0. 0 55. 6 60. 0 100. 0 75. 0 66. 7 100. 0 33. 3 0. 0 • 60% Children from Pvt. And 1% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

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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