Khairpur

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER)2012

ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015 Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-16). Measure quality of education in rural and some urban

areas (5-16 years). Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access gaps.Objectives are: To get reliable estimates of the status of children’s

schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level.

To measure the change in these basic learning and school statistics from last year.

ASER Outreach over the last 3 years 2010 – 32 districts 2011 – 85 districts 2012 – 142 districts

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; 30 Villages 20 Households per village60 Schools per district 2 Schools per village (1 Govt. & 1 Private school)

Scale

Access: Enrollment, Type of School etc.

Quality of Learning:Tested Subjects: Urdu, English and Math

School Facilities: Attendance teachers and children Availability of drinking water Availability of functional toilets, play ground and

boundary walls

Scope

ASER Survey Sheets

ASER Pakistan Assessment Tools Grade IIASER Assessment tools are prepared in following Categories•Reading

Urdu Sindhi Pashto

•Arithmetic abilities•English

22 Districts Surveyed in Sindh

ASER Khairpur

Access

What are our children doing?

Every 4th child is out of school in Khairpur district

Enrollment in Khairpur% Children in different types of schools % Out-of-school

TotalAge group Govt.

Non-state providers Neverenrolled

Drop-outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 61.2 15.1 0.0 0.0 21.5 2.2 10011-13 61.4 12.4 0.0 0.0 21.1 5.0 10014-16 56.5 8.5 0.0 1.0 21.1 12.9 1006-16 60.1 12.9 0.0 0.2 21.3 5.4 100Total 73.2 26.7 100

By type 82.0 17.7 0.0 0.3

Enrollment in Khairpur

Enrollment in Khairpur

Every 4th child in Khairpur is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Nowshero Feroze 20.4 1Shaheed

Benazirabad 23.9 2

Gotki 26.4 6

Khairpur 26.7 7

Sukkhar 35.7 17

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

56% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 56% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi

DISTRICT% Children who

can read URDU Stories

in Class 5RANK

Gotki 65.2 1Nowshero Feroze 57 2

Khairpur 43.8 8Shaheed

Benazirabad 34.1 16Sukkhar 31.9 18

Khairpur is at 8th position in district ranking (URDU)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi (Ranking)

73% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 73% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT% Children who can

read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Sukkhar 48.6 1Nowshero Feroze 45.5 2

Shaheed Benazirabad 30.4 6

Gotki 27.9 8Khairpur 27 11

Khairpur is at 11th position in district ranking (English)!

ENGLISH (Ranking)

76% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 76% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

DISTRICT% Children who can

do 3 Digits Division

in Class 5 RANK

Nowshero Feroze 52.5 1Gotki 51.6 2

Shaheed Benazirabad 31.9 8

Khairpur 24.0 12Sakkhar 23.9 13

Khairpur is at 12th position in district ranking (MATH)!

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 26.7 7

2 Urdu Readings 43.8 8

3 English Readings 27 11

4 Arithmetic learning 24 12

RANKING OF DISTT. Khairpur(Summary)

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

42% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 54% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

21% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 54% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 23% of Class 5 students in Public while 31% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

• 24% Children from Pvt. And 3% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?Class-wise % children attending paid tuition

Type I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

Govt. 0.6 3.0 0.0 2.6 2.6 4.8 7.8 4.4 6.7 2.1

Pvt. 40.0 21.7 36.8 45.5 29.4 25.0 9.1 40.0 20.0 20.0

Basic Facilities in Govt.Primary Schools

Attendance in Government Schools

Attendance (Government Schools)

Khairpur when compared to all the districts of Sindh learning levels are not good especially in English and Arithmetic.

Khairpur comes in the Top 11 in learning levels in these subjects.

What are children learning in Khairpur schools?

Only 23% Mothers have completed primary education in Khairpur

Parental Education

An important factor that influences learning levels

ASER can help assess education with respect to : Quality Availability/Access Equity

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.

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

Linking the ASER information to national data and GMR /UN Human Development Reports /others in the run up to 2015 & post 2015 debatesMilestone achievement:“The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012”

How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation of 25-A?

Discussion

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