Mirpur

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)

AJK: 10 district are covered in 2012 across Pakistan

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

10 Districts Surveyed in AJK

ASER Mirpur

Access

What are our children doing?

6.4% children are out of school in Mirpur district

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

TotalAge group Govt. Non-state providers Never

enrolledDrop-

outPvt. Madrasah Others6-10 33.8 58.4 0.4 0.2 5.9 1.3 10011-13 48.2 47.3 0.4 0.0 2.9 1.2 10014-16 53.3 39.7 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.7 1006-16 42.2 51.1 0.3 0.1 4.5 1.9 100Total 93.7 6.4 100

By type 45.0 54.5 0.3 0.1

Enrollment in Mirpur

Enrollment in Mirpur

6% children are out of school in Mirpur district

DISTRICT% OF OUT OF

SCHOOL CHILDREN

RANK

Bhimber 5.0 3

Mirpur 6.4 4

Kotli 6.8 5

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

38% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 38% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT% Children who can

read URDU Stories in Class 5

RANK

Bhimber 63.3 6

Mirpur 62.5 7

Kotli 21.4 10

Mirpur is at 7th position in district ranking (URDU)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)

40% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 40% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT% Children who can

read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Mirpur 59.7 4

Bhimber 52.1 7

Kotli 30.1 10

Mirpur is at 4th position in district ranking (English)!

ENGLISH (Ranking)

73% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 73% 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

Bhimber 48.0 5Mirpur 26.4 9Kotli 16.7 10

Mirpur is at 9th position in district ranking (MATH)!

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 6.4 4

2 Urdu Readings 62.5 7

3 English Readings 59.7 4

4 Arithmetic learning 26.4 9

RANKING OF DISTT. Mirpur(Summary)

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

63% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 62% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

51% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 68% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 17% of Class 5 students in Public while 35% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

11 % Children from Pvt. And 8% 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. 13.0 2.7 9.1 8.6 14.6 9.5 5.6 2.8 6.3 6.3

Pvt. 12.5 6.5 10.0 7.6 6.7 16.1 13.2 9.5 21.2 14.3

Basic Facilities in Government Schools (Primary)

Attendance in Government Schools

Mirpur(district) when compared to all the districts of AJK learning levels are good in English.

Mirpur comes in the Bottom 2 in learning levels(Math).

What are children learning in Mirpur schools?

Only 40% Mothers have completed primary education in Mirpur

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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