ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER 2012 Sialkot

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Sialkot

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 Sialkot

Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in Sialkot % Children in different types of schools Never enrolled Dropout Total 0. 3 4. 2 0. 6 100 1. 4 0. 0 3. 1 3. 4 100 39. 5 0. 4 3. 7 7. 4 100 46. 5 1. 5 0. 2 3. 8 2. 6 100 Age group Govt. 6 -10 42. 8 50. 4 1. 8 11 -13 48. 6 43. 4 14 -16 48. 6 6 -16 45. 4 Pvt. Non-state providers Madrasah Others Total By type % Out-of-school 93. 6 48. 5 49. 7 6. 4 1. 6 0. 2 Every 17 th child is out of school in Sialkot district 100

Enrollment in Sialkot

Enrollment in Sialkot

Enrollment (Ranking) DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Narowal 4. 5 3 Gujrat 6. 0 4 Gujranwala 6. 2 5 Sialkot 6. 4 6 Mandi Bahuddin 10. 3 10 Hafizabad 10. 8 11 Every 17 th child in Sialkot is not in school!

Quality Education? What are children learning in schools?

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU 31% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 31% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking) Sialkot is at 19 th position in district ranking (URDU)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Narowal 80. 8 1 Gujrat 72. 5 11 Hafizabad 70. 4 17 Mandi Bahuddin 70. 2 18 Sialkot 68. 9 19 Gujranwala 55. 4 31

ENGLISH 50% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 50% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Sialkot is at 31 st position in district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Narowal 78. 8 2 Mandi Bahuddin 61. 7 Gujrat Hafizabad Sialkot Gujranwala 66. 9 15 53. 5 28 49. 6 39. 4 20 31 35

MATH 52% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 52% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Sialkot is at 28 th position in district ranking (MATH)! DISTRICT % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK Narowal Gujrat Mandi Bahuddin Hafizabad Sialkot Gujranwala 69. 9 56. 5 53. 5 52. 2 48. 5 40. 6 4 17 21 24 28 32

RANKING OF DISTT. Sialkot (Summary) Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 6. 4 6 1 Out of School Children 2 Urdu Readings 68. 9 19 3 English Readings 49. 6 31 4 Arithmetic learning 48. 5 28

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools q 60% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 80% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu. q 46% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 53% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. q Totally 46% of Class 5 students in Public while 52% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

What are children learning in Sialkot schools? Sialkot when compared to all the districts of Punjab the learning levels are poor in English and Math. q q. Sialkot comes in the bottom 8 districts in learning levels in English and Math.

Private Supplementary Tuition? Class-wise % children attending paid tuition Type I II IV V VI VIII IX X Govt. 17. 9 14. 0 13. 7 6. 7 13. 5 11. 6 12. 1 8. 9 10. 3 15. 6 Pvt. 21. 7 12. 5 13. 4 15. 4 14. 9 19. 6 15. 9 20. 0 25. 0 • 18% Children from Pvt. And 11% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels 59% Mothers have completed primary education in Sialkot.

Attendance in Government Schools

Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools

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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