ASER PAKISTAN

Gilgit Baltistan Launch

March , 2014Gilgit

A Citizen Led Initiative

ASER PARTNERS 10,000 Volunteers – Citizens – Youth !

ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015

• Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-16 years).

• Quality of education in rural and some urban areas (5-16 years).

• Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access.• Influence National & Provincial policy and actions

for Right To Education (RTE) Article 25-A.• Provides information for tracking MDG/EFA trends

and targets up to 2015.• Influencing goal setting for Post-2015 agenda.

ASER ASSESSMENT TOOLS

ASER Assessment tools :1. LEARNING

• Reading (Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto)• Arithmetic • English

Assessments are based on Class II level curriculum for English & Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto and Class III level for Arithmetic.

2. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY 3. SCHOOL SURVEY – GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE

Scale of the Survey

7Districts (Rural)

13,783 Children (3-16 Years) | 359 Schools | 210 Villages |4,195 Households

FINDINGS

Enrollment (6-16 Years) RURAL

Enrollment (6-10 Years) RURAL

83%Enrollment

17%Out of school

Out of school children (6-16 Years)

RURALDistrict wise map showing % childrenwho are not in school

Out of school children –GB (6-16 Years)

RURAL

District % of OOSC

1-Hunza Nagar 2.1

2-Ghizer 4.1

3-Ghanche 8.9

4-Gilgit 9.9

5-Skardu 10.6

6-Astore 13.5

7-Diamer 54

District Comparison

Out of school children (6-16 Years)

RURALProvince wise map showing % childrenwho are not in school

The percentage of out of school children (boys and girls) has decreased as compared to 2012.

Gender ComparisonOut of School Children (6-16 years)

RURAL

2011 2012 20130

10

20

30

40

50

11 8 6

119 10

Boys Girls

% C

hild

ren

Class Wise Enrollment

Enrollment decreases as class level increases

RURAL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100

10

20

30

40

15 14 13 11 12 10 8 7 6 4

2011 2012 2013

Class

% C

hild

ren

QUALITY

51%children in class 5 can read Story in Urdu.

URDULEARNING LEVELS

RURAL

Learning levels remain poor: 49% of the children from Class 5 cannot read Class 2 level story compared to 68% in 2012.

LEARNING LEVELS URDU

RURAL

Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 60

20

40

60

80

100

1629

51 64

Children who can read story Urdu

2011 2012 2013

% C

hild

ren

(Class 5)

LEARNING LEVELS URDU

RURAL

District wise map showing % children who can read story (Class 2 level)

(Class 5)

LEARNING LEVELS URDU/SINDHI/PASHTO

RURAL

Province wise map showing % children who can read story (Class 2 level)

60%children in class 5 can read Sentences in English

ENGLISHLEARNING LEVELS

RURAL

Deterioration can be seen over the year: 40% class 5 children cannot read sentences (class 2 level) in 2013 as compared to 32% in 2012.

ENGLISHLEARNING LEVELS

RURAL

Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 60

20

40

60

80

100

27 4360

72

Children who can read English sentences

2011 2012 2013

% C

hild

ren

(Class 5)

LEARNING LEVELS ENGLISH

RURAL

District wise map showing % children who can read sentences (Class 2 level)

(Class 5)

LEARNING LEVELS ENGLISH

RURAL

Province wise map showing % children who can read sentences (Class 2 level)

50%children in class 5 can do 2-digit division

ARITHMETICLEARNING LEVELS

RURAL

Deterioration can be seen over the past year: 50% class 5 children cannot do division as compared to 44% in 2012.

ARITHMETICLEARNING LEVELS

RURAL

Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 60

20

40

60

80

100

1431

5063

Children who can do division

2011 2012 2013

% C

hild

ren

(Class 5)

LEARNING LEVELS ARITHMETIC

RURAL

District wise map showing % children who can do division (Class 3 level)

(Class 5)

LEARNING LEVELS ARITHMETIC

RURAL

Province wise map showing % children who can do division (Class 3 level)

Girls continue to lag behind boys in language and arithmetic competencies.

BY GENDER (5-16 YEARS)LEARNING LEVELS

RURAL

Boys Girls0

20

40

60

80

100

51 46

Learning levels by gender Urdu

Who can read at least sentences

% C

hild

ren

Boys Girls0

20

40

60

80

100

60 56

Learning levels by gender English

Who can read at least words

% C

hild

ren

Boys Girls0

20

40

60

80100

52 48

Learning levels by gender Arithmetic

Who can at least do subtraction

% C

hild

ren

TYPE OF SCHOOLLEARNING LEVELS

• 50% of children in government schools (Class 5) while 53% of children in private schools can read a story in Urdu.

• 57% of children in government schools while 66% of children in private schools (Class 5) can read sentences in English.

• 49% of children in government schools while 52% of children in private schools (Class 5) can do division. .

Learning levels of children enrolled in private schools are better

Class 1: Can read at least let-

ters

Class 3: Can read at least sentences

Class 5: Can read at least

story

0

20

40

60

80

10078

43 50

87

52 53

Learning levels by school type Urdu

Government Private

% C

hild

ren 0

40

80 48 59 5767 74 66

Learning levels by school type English

Government Private

% C

hild

ren

0

40

80 47 43 4959 57 52

Learning levels by school type Arithmetic

Government Private

% C

hild

ren

Rural

Private paid tuition incidence is greater in private school students.

PAID TUITION

ADDITIONAL LEARNING SUPPORT

2011 2012 20130

20

40

60

80

100

9 5 418

2512

Children attending paid tuition

Government schools Private schools

% C

hild

ren

More than 25% out of school children are at more than ‘beginner’ level

OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDRENLEARNING LEVELS

RURAL

Beginner Letters Words Sentences Story0

20

40

60

80

100

67

206 2 5

Learning levels: out-of-school children Urdu

% C

hild

ren

Beginn

er

Capita

l lette

rs

Small le

tters

Word

s

Senten

ces

0

20

40

60

80

10075

10 6 4 5

Learning levels: out-of-school children English

% C

hild

ren

Beginner Number recognition

1-9

Number recognition

10-99

Subtraction Division0

20

40

60

80

100

71

12 10 3 4

Learning levels: out-of-school children Arithmetic

% C

hild

ren

School Attendance & Facilities

Overall teacher attendance in government schools was 89% and 91% in private schools.

TEACHERATTENDANCE

RURAL

Primary Elementary High Others

86 86

92

89

85

9092

93

%TeachersGovernment Private

School level

Overall children attendance is 87% in government schools and 90% in private schools.

CHILDRENATTENDANCE

RURAL

88% 89% 88% 91% 86% 90% 87% 89%

MULTI-GRADE TEACHING

Rural

30% of surveyed government schools had class 2 students sitting with other classes

Class 2 Class 80

20

40

60

80

100

30

13

33 29

Government Private%

Scho

ols

GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL

BASIC FACILITIES

Basic facilities in schools are still missing: 44% government primary schools do not have drinkable water facility, 49% do not have complete boundary walls and 59%

do not have usable toilets.

RURAL

56%

51%

41%

Dissemination with a Difference!Mobilizing a Citizens’ Movement for Quality Education in Pakistan

o ASER Baithaks/Jirgas/Katcheries (village/area gatherings) stakeholders: parents, communities, children, teachers . teachers, parents, children, government field officials to demand ACTION FOR IMPROVEMENT!

o Teacher Unions & Associations Baithakso District/Provincial/Federal Education & Literacy Departments

(Local, District, Provincial, National & International)o Youth Groups - mobilizing Ambassadors for Learning o Parliamentarians – politicians knocking on the doors in their

constituencies o Judiciary & Judicial Academies- evidence backed judgments on 25 Ao Academia/University /Research Groups - Pakistan & Abroad o Civil Society Organizations – nationwide- globally o Social Media o Media – Media – Media !

ASER DisseminationSegmented Groups for

Accountability & Action

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