Rajanpur

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)

Punjab : 36 district in 2012 compared to 28 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

36 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

ASER Rajanpur

Access

What are our children doing?

Every 3rd child is out of school in Rajanpur district

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

TotalAge group Govt. Non-state providers Never

enrolledDrop-outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 55.3 19.2 0.4 1.6 21.6 1.9 100

11-13 46.4 14.0 0.0 1.8 23.4 14.4 100

14-16 39.1 8.8 0.0 0.8 29.9 21.5 100

6-16 50.4 16.2 0.2 1.5 23.5 8.2 100

Total 68.3 31.7 100

By type 73.8 23.7 0.3 2.2

Enrollment in Rajanpur

Enrollment in Rajanpur

Every 3rd child in Rajanpur is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Layyah 17.3 23

Muzaffar Garh 22.8 31

D.G. Khan 30.7 34

Rajanpur 31.7 35

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

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

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT% Children who

can read URDU Stories

in Class 5RANK

Layyah 76.5 6Rajanpur 72.1 12D.G.Khan 70.6 16

Muzaffar Garh 64.9 25

Rajanpur is at 12th position in district ranking (URDU)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)

61% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 61% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT% Children who can

read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Layyah 75.4 3D.G.Khan 60.3 22Rajanpur 59.2 23

Muzaffar Garh 55.4 27

Rajanpur is at 23rd position in district ranking (English)!

ENGLISH (Ranking)

35% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 35% 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

Layyah 70.5 3Rajanpur 64.3 11D.G.Khan 61.9 12

Muzaffar Garh 50.9 26

Rajanpur is at 11th position in district ranking (MATH)!

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 31.7 35

2 Urdu Readings 72.1 12

3 English Readings 59.2 23

4 Arithmetic learning 64.3 11

RANKING OF DISTT. Rajanpur(Summary)

Rajanpur when compared to all the districts of Punjab the learning levels are not good especially in English.

Rajanpur comes in the bottom 15 districts in learning levels(English).

What are children learning in Rajanpur schools?

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

74% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 74% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

54% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 75% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 67% of Class 5 students in Public while 60% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

• 17% Children from Pvt. And 6% 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. 3.2 4.0 5.0 8.3 5.5 2.6 6.7 28.6 7.7 20.0

Pvt. 16.4 15.2 16.2 28.6 17.4 20.0 11.1 40.0 16.7 28.6

Only 13% Mothers have completed primary education in Rajanpur

Parental Education

An important factor that influences learning levels

Attendance in Government Schools

Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools

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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