Skardu

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)

Gilgit-Baltistan (GB): 7 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

7 Districts Surveyed in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)

ASER Skardu

Access

What are our children doing?

10% children are out of school in Skardu district

Enrollment in Skardu

% Children in different types of schools % Out-of-schoolTotal

Age group

Govt.Non-state providers Never

enrolledDrop-

outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 58.4 30.9 0.0 0.1 9.7 0.8 100

11-13 59.9 33.6 0.3 0.0 5.3 1.0 100

14-16 62.0 22.8 0.9 0.0 9.3 4.9 100

6-16 59.6 29.6 0.3 0.1 8.6 1.8 100

Total 89.6 10.4 100

By type 66.6 33.0 0.3 0.1

Enrollment in Skardu

Enrollment in Skardu

10% children are out of school in Skardu district

DISTRICT% OF OUT OF

SCHOOL CHILDREN

RANK

Hunza-Nagar 3.2 1

Gilgit 4.6 2

Skardu 10.4 5

Astore 17.1 6

Diamer 57.1 7

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

47% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 47% 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

Gilgit 64.9 1

Diamer 59.3 3

Skardu 53.4 5

Astore 52.0 6

Hunza-Nagar 40.2 7

Skardu is at 5th position in district ranking (URDU)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)

31% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 31% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT% Children who can

read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Gilgit 77.1 1

Astore 71.0 2

Skardu 68.6 3

Hunza-Nagar 67.7 4

Diamer 58.9 6

Skardu is at 3rd position in district ranking (English)!

ENGLISH (Ranking)

38% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 38% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

DISTRICT

% Children who can do

3 Digits Divisionin Class 5

RANK

Diamer 69.6 1

Skardu 62.5 2

Astore 58.5 3

Gilgit 58.3 4

Hunza-Nagar 44.3 6

Skardu is at 2nd position in district ranking (MATH)!

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 10.4 5

2 Urdu Readings 53.4 5

3 English Readings 68.6 3

4 Arithmetic learning 62.5 2

RANKING OF DISTT. Skardu(Summary)

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

52% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 58% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

68% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 72% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 60% of Class 5 students in Public while 69% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

• 35% Children from Pvt. And 7% 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. 4.8 8.0 6.5 6.9 6.7 2.9 6.7 4.8 9.8 5.7

Pvt. 47.7 39.3 29.0 36.0 41.9 19.0 20.8 44.4 29.4 44.4

Basic Facilities in Government Schools (Primary)

Attendance in Government Schools

Skardu(district) when compared to all the districts of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) learning levels are good in Urdu and English.

Skardu comes in the bottom 3 in learning levels(Urdu).

What are children learning in Skardu schools?

Only 13% Mothers have completed primary education in Skardu

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 debates

Milestone 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

Thank You

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