Faisalabad Launch April 10 , 2012

ASER PAKISTAN 2011ASER- Annual Status of Education report is a survey of the quality of education. ASER seeks to fill a gap in educational data by looking to provide a reliable set of data at the national level , that is comprehensive and at the same time, easy to understand.ASER is a citizen led survey and it is conducted with the help of Govt, Civil Society Organizations and some other stakeholders working in education sector.

• 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.

• To interpret these results and use them to affect policy decisions at various level.

OBJECTIVES OF ASER

• ASER Pakistan focuses on status of schooling and learning level of the children. In ASER we assess that How well our children learn? What are the competencies of our children in Urdu, English & Math?

• The test conducted for the said assessment are up to class II & III level designed from their textbooks.

FOCUS OF ASER

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Scale of Survey

Coverage : In all five provinces i.e. Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab,

Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and FATA & AJK.- Rural Phase I : Year I 2010 – 32 districts across Pakistan Phase II: Year II 2011 – 85 districts across Pakistan (84 Rural + 3

Urban /2 overlap with rural districts)Phase III : Years III, IV , V all districts across Pakistan (138 districts) Sample: 600 households per district. Two-stage stratified sample; 30 Villages will be selected randomly using the village directory of

the latest Census. The Probability Proportional to Size Sampling (PPS) technique will be adopted as an appropriate one when the sampling units are of different sizes. 20 households per village and in each village 1 govt. and 1 private school are surveyed

SCALE & SCOPE OF ASER

Scale: • Pilot Year in 2008 – 11 districts • 2010 – 32 districts• 2011 – 85 districts,

84 rural and 3 urban.

Punjab• 15 districts in 2010 • 28 districts in 2011

SCALE OF ASER

28 Districts Surveyed in Punjab

ASER Faisalabad

District Faisalabad (Rural)

School Information

Number of Surveyed school by type

Government Schools Private Schools

Boys Girls Boys & Girls

Overall Boys Girls Boys & Girls

Overall

Primary 11 3 4 18 0 0 7 7Elementary

1 2 2 5 1 0 12 13High 6 1 0 7 1 0 5 6Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 18 6 6 30 2 0 24 26

Section I : Access?

FINDINGS OF ASER - FaisalabadSCHOOL ENROLLMENT

School Enrollment & Out of School Children

• 88% children are enrolled in different type of schools while 12% are not enrolled. Similarly enroll children in government schools reduced to 2 points in 2011 as in 2010 it was 72% while in 2011 it is 70%.

• Class wise enrolment is also reduced in 2011 as in 2010 it was 15.5% and in 2011 it is 12 %.

• One thing is noteworthy that the girls enrolment in classes is less than boys as boys ratio is 3.3% while girls ratio is 2.3%

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN in Rural Area RANK

Faisalabad 12 11

Chiniot 25 24

Jhang 18 18

Tobatek Singh 7.9 4

Enrollment

Section II : Quality?

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

37% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2). In other words, 37% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level

Urdu Learning Levels

• In Private Schools Learning levels of Urdu are better than government schools whether at word letter or sentence level although not bad in government schools but need improvement.

• Story learning level of class 4,6,7 is increased in 2011 while decreased in class 5.

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT % Children who can read an Urdu Story in Class 5 RANK

Tobatek Singh 58 21

Faisalabad 63 13

Chiniot 73 3

Jhang 72 4

LEARNING LEVEL - ENGLISH

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

Learning Levels of English

• Learning levels from class 1 to 5 whether in English or arithmetic is better in private schools than in government schools although is not so bad in government schools but need improvement.

• In English sentence level is relatively high but word and letter s levels is to poor.

LEARNING LEVEL - English

DISTRICT % who can read sentences in in class 5 RANK

Faisalabad 52 16

Chiniot 59 21

Jhang 39 25

Tobatek Singh 60 5

LEARNING LEVEL - ARITHEMATIC

41% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 41% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

Learning Levels of Arithmetic's

• In arithmetic the class 6 & 7 division levels are improved in 2011.

• Similarly Division levels of class 4 & 5 are also improved in 2011 but needs more improvement.

LEARNING LEVEL - MathDISTRICT % Children who can do

3 Digits Division(5th Class)

RANK

Faisalabad 59 3

Chiniot 47 14

Jhang 40 24

Tobatek Singh 53 9

Class 5: can read at least a story in

Urdu

Class 5: can read at least a sentence in

English

Class 5: Can do Division

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

56.946.9

53.2

77.6

64.570

Class 5 Learning Levels - Urdu, English, Arithmetic

Public Private

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools57% of class 5 students in Public Schools 78% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.47% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 65% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.Totally 53% of Class 5 students in Public while 70% in Pvt. Schools ca do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

Section III : Private Supplementary Tuition?

Additional Learning Support47% Children from Pvt. Schools and 24% Children from

Public school are attending Paid Tuition.

Section IV : Mother’s Literacy – An important factor that influences learning levels

MOTHER LITERACY• Only 47.5% Mothers are illiterate in Faisalabad

Available Facilities in SchoolsGovernment Schools Private SchoolsPrimary Eleme

ntaryHigh Other Primary Element

aryHigh Other

Useable Water % 79 100 100 50 100.0 100.0 100.0 -

Useable Toilet % 74 50 86 50 100.0 100.0 100.0 -

Available Rooms % 4.0 10.0 22.4 4.0 7.8 7.7 9.9 -

Rooms Used for Classes % 3.4 8.5 19.4 2.5 6.9 7.3 10.3 -

Availability of Play Ground % 42 100 86 0 37.5 28.6 71.4 -

Availability of Boundary Wall% 89 50 86 50 100.0 100.0 85.7 -

Useable Water Useable Toilet2011

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25

50

75

100

77.861.1

100.0 100.0

Water and Toilet Facility in Primary Schools

Govt. Pvt.%

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ary

Scho

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Available Facilities in Schools

Playground Boundary Wall2011

0

25

50

75

100

61.150.0

28.6

100.0

Playground and Boundary Wall Facility in Primary Schools

Govt. Pvt.

% P

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lsAvailable Facilities in Schools

Section V: How far have we come on RTE compliance?

Article 25 A : “The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen

years in such a manner as may be determined by Law”

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