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Understanding implications of Article 25A in light of:
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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Focus on quality of education
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Objectives:
 Get reliable estimates of the status of children’s
schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic
level) at the district level;
 Measure the change in these basic learning and school
statistics from last year; and,
 Interpret these results and use them to affect policy
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decisions at various levels.
Inspired by ASER India
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A household survey based on sampling
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85 districts – 84 rural,
3 urban (Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar)
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A total of 600 households surveyed in each district
i.e. 30 villages per district selected randomly using the
Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) technique and 20
households selected randomly in each village
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One government and one private school surveyed in a
village
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Conducted by volunteers
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Data collected on:
* enrollment,
* attendance,
*learning levels,
* school facilities,
* mother’s literacy
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The Annual Status of Education
Report 2011 highlights some
key issues pertaining to
Education in terms of Access,
Quality and Equity
ENROLLMENT
20% children out of
school (age 5- 16)
% out
of school children
as high as almost
30% (
Rural Sindh)
In contrast,
90%
enrollment
in all 3
urban districts
Girls Lag Significantly
Behind Boys in Enrollment
Highest gender gap in FATA (rural)
Only
one girl enrolled out of every five students
Enrollment
Decreases
Sharply
from grade ONE to TEN
Highest out of school
children in
6-10
age group
Children out of school in such crucial age of
learning!
Higher
out of school
GIRLS
for 6-10 year
children
Need to ensure that mainstreamed children,
especially girls, are sustained in school over time
Out of school girls significantly higher in
KP
and
FATA
FATA
for 6-10 year children
KP
Learning
Levels…
More than half of all children may complete primary school
without learning to read Urdu of grade II fluently.
Almost 60% of the children may complete primary without
learning how to read an English sentence of grade II
fluently
Almost two thirds of all children may complete primary
school without learning to do basic arithmetic at grade
II level
Girls’
learning levels
lower
40
30
35.7
33.7
35
26.5
than boys (Rural overall)
32.6
27.9
25
25
20
Girls
15
Boys
10
5
0
URDU
ENGLISH
ARITHMETIC
If given a chance,
girls outweigh boys!
Case of Karachi (Urban)
56.7
60
50
40
50.1
44.7
43.1
38
39.7
Girls
30
Boys
20
10
0
URDU
ENGLISH
ARITHMETIC
2/3 of mothers
Mother’s Literacy
of children in the Overall Rural sample are
illiterate
 More than
70% for Rural KP, Sindh, Balochistan and GB
 More than
80% in Rural FATA!
Missing
Facilities
Basic Facilities
Almost
Half of government schools in rural
overall
do not have
useable water!!
Basic Facilities
Almost
60% of government schools in rural
overall
do not have
useable toilets!!
fundamental right
to education being ensured??
Is the provision of
Is the quality of the education being
provided satisfactory??
Unfortunately no……
20% children still out of school
 Learning levels of enrolled children
not up to the mark – girls trail boys in
rural areas (enrolment /learning
outcomes)
 Significant differences in enrollment
of boys as compared to girls
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Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill
passed by Senate for Islamabad Capital Territory
 Positive step – precedence set for the provinces
 Need
to analyze this Bill in terms of
Implementation
 Are the definitions complete?
Are roles and responsibilities clearly defined?
How much expenditure has been set aside for the
enactment of this Act?
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Passed by the Senate on July….2012
29 Articles (inc. title and definitions)
Article 3: Right of child to free education
 3 sub-Articles, a – m clauses and Art. 20
This act is inclusive (special education and
disadvantaged children)
Registration & norms/standards of schools
(14,15,25)
Private Sector stipulations (10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 24)
Teachers’ Quality, rights & responsibilities (17, 18,
19, 23)
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