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
KP :
districts across Pakistan
(136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural
districts)
23 district in 2012 compared to 14 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
23 Districts Surveyed in KP
ASER Mardan
Access
What
are our
children
doing?
Enrollment in Mardan
% Children in different types of schools
Age
Govt.
group
Non-state providers
% Out-of-school
Pvt.
Madrasah
Others
Never
enrolled
Dropout
Total
6-10
57.1
31.8
0.8
0.1
9.0
1.1
100
11-13
60.3
22.0
1.0
0.0
12.7
4.0
100
14-16
62.7
18.5
0.8
0.4
11.9
5.8
100
6-16
59.0
26.8
0.9
0.2
10.5
2.8
100
86.9
Total
By type
68.0
30.8
1.0
13.3
100
0.2
Every 8th child is out of school in Mardan district
Enrollment in Mardan
Enrollment in Mardan
Enrollment (Ranking)
DISTRICT
% OF OUT OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN
RANK
Haripur
6.8
5
Swat
9.4
6
Swabi
9.6
7
Charsadaha
10.3
10
Mardan
13.3
13
Every 8th child in Mardan is not in school!
Quality Education?
What are
children
learning in
schools?
LEARNING LEVEL - URDU
27% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other
words, 27% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Pashto (Ranking)
Mardan is at 2nd position in district
ranking (Urdu/Pashto)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read URDU Stories in
Class 5
RANK
Charsadaha
77.3
1
Mardan
73.1
2
Haripur
71.4
3
Swabi
58.2
4
Swat
50.4
7
ENGLISH
21% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In
other words, 21% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their
competency level.
ENGLISH (Ranking)
Mardan is at 1st position in district
ranking (English)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can
read English sentences
In Class 5
RANK
Mardan
80.5
1
Haripur
74.1
2
Charsadaha
71.2
3
Swabi
60.3
6
Swat
49.6
9
MATH
16% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other
words, 16% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency
level in math
MATH (Ranking)
Mardan is at 1st position in district
ranking (MATH)!
DISTRICT
% Children who can do
3 Digits Division
in Class 5
RANK
Mardan
83.7
1
Charsadaha
68.8
3
Haripur
65.5
4
Swabi
49.0
8
Swat
41.4
14
RANKING OF DISTT. Mardan
(Summary)
Sr.
No.
Indicator
%
Rank
1
Out of School Children
13.3
13
2
Urdu Readings
73.1
2
3
English Readings
80.5
1
4
Arithmetic learning
83.7
1
LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT
SCHOOLS
Comparing Learning Levels of
Private and Public Schools
 68% of class 5 students
in Public Schools and 88%
in Pvt. Schools can read
story in Urdu.
 78% of Class 5 students
in Public Schools while 88%
in Pvt. Schools can read
sentences in English.
 Totally 82% of Class 5
students in Public while 88%
in Pvt. Schools can do 3
digits division
What are children learning in
Mardan schools?
Mardan when compared to all the
districts of KP the learning levels are
very good in English, Math and Urdu.

Mardan comes in the Top 2 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.
1.9
0.0
2.8
6.0
3.0
2.9
1.6
0.0
8.0
2.3
Pvt.
16.1
19.1
16.4
20.8
14.3
26.7
23.8
18.2
14.3
25.0
• 18% Children from Pvt. And 3% Children from Public
Schools are attending Paid Tuition.
Parental Education
An important factor that influences learning levels
Only 26% Mothers have completed primary education
in Mardan.
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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