Shikarpur

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 Shikarpur

Access

What are our children doing?

Every 3rd child is out of school in Shikarpur district

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

TotalAge group

Govt.

Non-state providers Neverenrolled

Drop-outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 61.8 9.6 0.5 0.0 25.0 3.2 10011-13 50.2 5.2 0.7 0.0 26.5 17.4 10014-16 38.6 1.8 0.0 0.0 26.5 33.1 1006-16 56.4 7.7 0.5 0.0 25.5 10.0 100Total 64.6 35.5 100

By type 87.4 11.9 0.7 0.0

Enrollment in Shikarpur

Enrollment in Shikarpur

Every 3rd child in Shikarpur is not in school!

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Jacobabad 24.2 3

Larkana 25.9 4

Shikarpur 35.5 16Qamber

Shahdadkot 39.3 18

Kashmore 50.5 22

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

64% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 64% 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

Larkana 50.5 5Qamber

Shahdadkot 41.7 10Kashmore 37.5 12Shikarpur 36.1 14Jacobabad 32.5 17

Shikarpur is at 14th position in district ranking (URDU)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Sindhi (Ranking)

74% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 74% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT% Children who can

read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Larkana 38.9 3Qamber Shahdadkot 32.7 5

Shikarpur 26 12Kashmore 20.4 16Jacobabad 10.3 21

Shikarpur is at 12th position in district ranking (English)!

ENGLISH (Ranking)

65% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 65% 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

Larkana 36.7 4Shikarpur 34.5 6Kashmore 34.5 7Qamber

Shahdadkot 24.5 11Jacobabad 8.5 22

Shikarpur is at 6th position in district ranking (MATH)!

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 35.5 16

2 Urdu Readings 36.1 14

3 English Readings 26 12

4 Arithmetic learning 34.5 6

RANKING OF DISTT. Shikarpur(Summary)

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

37% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 25% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

26% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 25% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 34% of Class 5 students in Public while 50% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

• 19% Children from Pvt. And 4% 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. 2.5 5.3 3.1 2.8 2.3 5.7 7.1 0.0 0.0 25.0

Pvt. 12.5 11.1 25.0 20.0 40.0 100.0 40.0 100.0 0.0 0.0

Basic Facilities in Government Schools

Attendance in Government Schools

Attendance (Government Schools)

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

Shikarpur comes in the last 10 districts in learning levels in these subjects.

What are children learning in Shikarpur schools?

Only 19% Mothers have completed primary education in Shikarpur

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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