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
Scale
Coverage:
Across Pakistan
ASER 2012:
136
Punjab :
districts across Pakistan
(136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural
districts)
36 district in 2012 compared to 28 districts in 2011
Sample: 600 households per district. Two-stage stratified
sample;
 30 Villages
 20 Households per village
60 Schools per district
 2 Schools per village (1 Govt. & 1 Private school)
Scope
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
ASER Pakistan Assessment Tools Grade II
ASER Assessment tools are prepared in following Categories
•Reading
Urdu
Sindhi
Pashto
•Arithmetic abilities
•English
36 Districts Surveyed in Punjab
ASER Mianwali
Access
What
are our
children
doing?
Enrollment in Mianwali
% Children in different types of schools
Age
Govt.
group
Non-state providers
% Out-of-school
Pvt.
Madrasah
Others
Never
enrolled
Dropout
Total
6-10
69.3
19.5
0.3
0.4
7.7
2.8
100
11-13
69.6
14.1
0.7
0.0
6.7
8.8
100
14-16
57.9
8.7
0.0
0.0
13.1
20.2
100
6-16
67.1
16.1
0.3
0.2
8.5
7.7
100
83.7
Total
By type 80.1
19.3
0.4
16.2
100
0.3
Every 6th child is out of school in Mianwali district
Enrollment in Mianwali
Enrollment in Mianwali
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN
RANK
Khushab
Sargodha
Mianwali
Bakhar
10.0
14.2
16.2
24.1
9
15
22
33
Every 6th child in Mianwali is not in school!
Quality Education?
What are
children
learning in
schools?
LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
24% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other
words, 24% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU (Ranking)
Mianwali is at 7th position in district
ranking (URDU)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read URDU stories in
Class 5
RANK
Mianwali
75.6
7
Bhakar
Sargodha
Khushab
63.7
51.1
51.1
26
32
33
ENGLISH
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 (Ranking)
Mianwali is at 11th position in district
ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
%Children who can
read English
sentences in Class 5
RANK
Mianwali
62.2
11
Bhakar
Khushab
Sargodha
50.8
45.7
38.1
30
32
36
MATH
29% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other
words, 29% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency
level in math
MATH (Ranking)
Mianwali is at 2nd position in district
ranking (MATH)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
do 3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Mianwali
70.5
2
Bhakar
Khushab
Sargodha
56.1
51.1
34.3
18
25
36
RANKING OF DISTT. Mianwali
(Summary)
Sr.
No.
Indicator
%
Rank
1
Out of School Children
16.2
22
2
Urdu Readings
75.6
7
3
English Readings
69.2
11
4
Arithmetic learning
70.5
2
LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT
SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of
Private and Public Schools
 78% of class 5 students
in Public Schools and 67%
in Pvt. Schools can read
story in Urdu.
 70% of Class 5 students
in Public Schools while 67%
in Pvt. Schools can read
sentences in English.
 Totally 73% of Class 5
students in Public while 59%
in Pvt. Schools can do 3
digits division
What are children learning in
Mianwali schools?
Mianwali when compared to all the
districts of Punjab the learning levels are
good in English, Math and Urdu.

Mianwali comes in the Top 11 districts in
learning levels in these subjects.

Private Supplementary Tuition?
Class-wise % children attending paid tuition
Type
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
Govt.
6.8
5.0
10.3
10.5
10.1
17.1
10.3
19.4
18.4
13.9
Pvt.
46.0
51.4
41.9
36.0
32.0
75.0
33.3
66.7
100.0
28.6
• 43% Children from Pvt. And 10% Children from Public
Schools are attending Paid Tuition.
Parental Education
An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 33% Mothers have completed primary education
in Mianwali.
Attendance in Government Schools
Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools
How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and
implementation of 25-A?
 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
Education Act 2012”
Right
to
Free
and
Compulsory
Discussion
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