ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT ASER 2012 Toba

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER) 2012 Toba Tek Singh

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 Toba Tek Singh

Access What are our children doing?

Enrollment in Toba Tek Singh % Children in different types of schools % Out-of-school Age Non-state providers Never Drop. Govt. group Pvt. Madrasah Others enrolled out 6 -10 71. 8 17. 8 0. 5 0. 3 7. 7 1. 8 Total 100 11 -13 66. 0 16. 5 0. 3 8. 6 8. 3 100 14 -16 55. 7 11. 8 0. 4 0. 0 10. 1 21. 9 100 6 -16 67. 6 16. 5 0. 2 8. 4 6. 9 100 Total By type 79. 7 84. 8 19. 4 0. 5 15. 3 100 0. 3 Every 7 th child is out of school in Toba Tek Singh district

Enrollment in Toba Tek Singh School Enrollment (6 -16) 15. 3% In-school Out-of-school 84. 8%

Enrollment in Toba Tek Singh

Enrollment (Ranking) DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK Jhang 14. 9 18 Faisalabad 15. 3 19 Toba Tek Singh 15. 3 20 Chiniot 20. 8 29 Every 7 th child in Toba Tek Singh is not in school!

Quality Education? What are children learning in schools?

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU 23% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 23% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking) Toba Tek Singh is at 5 th position in district ranking (URDU)! DISTRICT % Children who can read URDU Stories in Class 5 RANK Toba Tek Singh 77. 3 5 Faisalabad 74. 8 9 Chiniot 74. 2 10 Jhang 59. 4 29

ENGLISH 28% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2). In other words, 28% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH (Ranking) Toba Tek Singh is at 6 th position in district ranking (English)! DISTRICT % Children who can read English sentences In Class 5 RANK Toba Tek Singh 72. 0 6 Faisalabad 69. 5 10 Jhang 68. 4 13 Chiniot 57. 8 24

MATH 33% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit). In other words, 33% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH (Ranking) Toba Tek Singh is at 8 th position in district ranking (MATH)! DISTRICT % Children who can do 3 Digits Division in Class 5 RANK Faisalabad 69 6 Toba Tek Singh 67. 2 8 Chiniot 58. 9 14 Jhang 53. 1 22

RANKING OF DISTT. Toba Tek Singh (Summary) Sr. No. Indicator % Rank 1 Out of School Children 15. 3 20 2 Urdu Readings 77. 3 5 3 English Readings 72. 0 6 4 Arithmetic learning 67. 2 8

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools q 77% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 76% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu. q 71% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 76% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English. q Totally 66% of Class 5 students in Public while 76% 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. 25. 0 39. 1 35. 4 37. 4 25. 0 35. 4 36. 4 40. 8 47. 7 28. 6 Pvt. 48. 4 60. 0 48. 6 63. 0 44. 4 78. 6 41. 7 58. 8 66. 7 78. 6 • 55% Children from Pvt. And 31% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools

Attendance in Government Schools

What are children learning in Toba Tek Singh schools? Toba Tek Singh when compared to all the districts of Punjab the learning levels are good in English, Math and Urdu. q Toba Tek Singh comes in the Top 10 in learning levels in these subjects. q

Parental Education An important factor that influences learning levels Only 37% Mothers have completed primary education in Toba Tek Singh

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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