ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER 2012 Shikarpur

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Shikarpur

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 Shikarpur

Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in Shikarpur % Children in different types of schools Age Govt. Pvt. group % Out-of-school Non-state providers Never Drop. Madrasah Others enrolled out Total 6 -10 61. 8 9. 6 0. 5 0. 0 25. 0 3. 2 100 11 -13 50. 2 5. 2 0. 7 0. 0 26. 5 17. 4 100 14 -16 38. 6 1. 8 0. 0 26. 5 33. 1 100 6 -16 56. 4 7. 7 0. 5 0. 0 25. 5 10. 0 100 Total By type 87. 4 64. 6 11. 9 0. 7 35. 5 100 0. 0 Every 3 rd child is out of school in Shikarpur district

Enrollment in Shikarpur

Enrollment in Shikarpur

Enrollment (Ranking) DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Jacobabad 24. 2 3 Larkana 25. 9 4 Shikarpur 35. 5 16 Qamber Shahdadkot 39. 3 18 Kashmore 50. 5 22 Every 3 rd child in Shikarpur is not in school!

Quality Education? What are children learning in schools?

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi 64% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 64% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi (Ranking) Shikarpur is at 14 th position in district ranking (URDU)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Larkana 50. 5 5 Qamber Shahdadkot 41. 7 10 Kashmore 37. 5 12 Shikarpur 36. 1 14 Jacobabad 32. 5 17

ENGLISH 74% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 74% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Shikarpur is at 12 th position in district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Larkana 38. 9 3 Qamber Shahdadkot 32. 7 5 Shikarpur 26 12 Kashmore 20. 4 16 Jacobabad 10. 3 21

MATH 65% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 65% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Shikarpur is at 6 th position in district ranking (MATH)! DISTRICT % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK Larkana 36. 7 4 Shikarpur 34. 5 6 Kashmore 34. 5 7 Qamber Shahdadkot 24. 5 11 Jacobabad 8. 5 22

RANKING OF DISTT. Shikarpur (Summary) Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 1 Out of School Children 35. 5 16 2 Urdu Readings 36. 1 14 3 English Readings 26 12 4 Arithmetic learning 34. 5 6

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools q 37% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 25% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu. q 26% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 25% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. q Totally 34% of Class 5 students in Public while 50% 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. 2. 5 5. 3 3. 1 2. 8 2. 3 5. 7 7. 1 0. 0 25. 0 Pvt. 12. 5 11. 1 25. 0 20. 0 40. 0 100. 0 • 19% Children from Pvt. And 4% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Basic Facilities in Government Schools

Attendance in Government Schools

What are children learning in Shikarpur schools? Shikarpur when compared to all the districts of Sindh the learning levels are not good especially in Urdu and English. q Shikarpur comes in the last 10 districts in learning levels in these subjects. q

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels Only 19% Mothers have completed primary education in Shikarpur

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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