LEARNING LEVEL IN

RURAL AREAS OF
PAKISTAN
SUBMITTED TO RIDA SARFRAZ
SUBMITTED BY GHZANFAR ABBAS
MUHAMMAD FAIZAN
DATE 31 JANUARY 2014
DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL
INTRODUCTION
OUTLINE

What is education
Constitution Of The Islamic Republic Of Pakistan,
1973 Article 37-B
Concurrent Legislative List
What Is Level Learning
Features of instructional design/planning
Learning level in pakistan
Educationist opinion
ASER Survey 2013
Status In Pakistan Based On ASER Survey
Low Enrollment Status In Pakistan
Mathematical Problem
Reading Statistics
Infrastructure
Recommendations
Conclusion



EDUCATION
Education is the delivery of
knowledge, skills
and
information from teachers to
students
The proper definition of education is the
process of becoming an educated person.

Being an educated person means you
have access to optimal states of mind
regardless of the situation you are in.

CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN, 1973
ARTICLE 37-B

The State shall remove illiteracy
and provide free and compulsory
secondary education within
minimum possible period
CONCURRENT LEGISLATIVE LIST
Curriculum
Syllabus
Planning
Policy
Centers Of Excellence,
Standard of education
Islamic education

WHAT IS LEVEL LEARNING
Levels of learning refer to competencies a
learner can achieve.

Taking into account learning levels is a key
issue in instructional design

Instructional design also has to clearly
identify the level of instruction a design is
aiming at.

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PLANNING
I: know that
I-a Facts : recall, description,
identification, etc.
I-b Concepts: discrimination,
categorization, discussion, etc.
II: know how
II-a Reasoning and procedures:
inferences, deductions, etc. + procedure
application
II-b Problem solving and production
strategies: identification of subgoals +
application of heuristics/methods
III: knowing in action
III Situated action: action strategies in
complex and authentic situations
IV: Other
IV Other: e.g. motivation, emotion,
reflection, i.e. elements that could
intervene in all the other categories
LEARNING LEVEL IN RURAL AREA OF
PAKISTAN
Learning levels of students across rural
Pakistan are tumbling in spite of rhetoric and
massive investment and interventions in
school education system by respective
provincial governments as almost 57%

Grade 5 students cannot read Grade 2 English
sentences and cannot do two-digit division.

Educationist opinion
Students` low learning levels bring into
question the competence of teachers as well
as the examination systems that are
promoting incompetent students to next
grades.

ASER SURVEY 2013
The ASER(Annual Status of Education Report)
survey findings, based on the testing of 249,832
students (including 41 per cent girls) in rural
parts of 138 districts and 13 urban districts, has
been conducted by Idara-i-Taleem-o-Aagahi
(ITA) in collaboration with its partner
organisations for the fifth consecutive year.

The ASER survey was pioneered by India in 2005
and is now being conducted in eight countries
to assess their school students learning levels
and school facilities.

138
Districts (Rural)
13
Districts (Urban*)
28
22
36
9
7
10
25
Urban: Karachi (East, West, Central, South and Malir), Hyderabad, Sukkur, Quetta,
Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Faisalabad, Lahore, and Peshawar.
1
STATUS IN PAKISTAN BASED ON ASER
SURVEY
Student learning outcomes, enrolment
and school infrastructure status order
Punjab
1
Gilgit Baltistan
2
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
3
Baluchistan
4
Sindh
5
LOW ENROLLMENT STATUS IN
PAKISTAN
4%
4%
Pre School (3-5 Years)
LOW ENROLLMENT STATUS IN
PAKISTAN
2%
2%
Student (6-16 Years)
LOW ENROLLMENT STATUS IN
PAKISTAN
CLASS WISE ENROLLMENT
Enrollment decreases as class level increases
One third children are lost after primary
schooling due to learning & facility gaps
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS
ASER revealed that following percentage of
class 5 student in different provinces failed to
solve two digit subtraction and division
Punjab
18%
Gigit
Baltistan
21%
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
19%
Balouchistan
20%
Sindh
22%
Two digit subtraction
Punjab
18%
Gigit
Baltistan
22%
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
19%
Balouchistan
19%
Sindh
22%
Two digit division
READING STATISTICS
50%
children in class 5 can
read Story in
Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto in
rural areas

Class II story in Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto
READING STATISTICS
Class 5 student read
level II story
READING STATISTICS
43%
children in class 5 can
read Sentences in
English in rural areas
CLASS II LEVEL ENGLISH SENTENCES
READING STATISTICS
Class 5 student can read
level II English Sentences
INFRASTRUCTURE
Basic facilities in schools are still missing: only 64%
government primary schools have drinkable water facility,
57% have complete boundary walls and 47% have usable
toilets.
RECOMMENDATIONS
All stakeholders including parents, communities,
children, teachers,goverment official to demand of action for
improvement of education down to village level as a sacred
national duty.
A grand mobilization is required at local, district,
provincial, national & international for imparting quality
education.
The daily use utility such as food prices be reduced to
access of common poor man at government level to
make people think for their children education.
Basic secondary education be made compulsory free
for all in a real term rather than for purpose of gaining
political point in public.
Civil societies organization be constituted nationwide
to pursuing realistic work on ground.


RECOMMENDATIONS


No politicization be accepted at any level with regard to
education.
Social Media be utilized at utmost to
revolutionized educational awakening which will ultimately
force the politicians to fulfill the public education demand.
Linkup with social media societies globally to get benefit
from their experiences.
District/provincial/federal education departments be
activated on emergent basis rather than playing a dormant
role.
Media, Media, MEDIA, MUST BE MOBILISED ON
EMERGENT STEPS TO ELIMINIATE ANY FURTHER POLITICAL
EXPLOITATION IN EDUCATION FIELD..
CONCLUSION
There is a dire need of comprehensive effort covering every
nook and corner to streamline quality education at national
forum down to district/tehsil /union council levels. It is now
high time to go with ghost/abandoned schools through out
the country.

The criteria for intake of quality teacher be standardized in
compatible with international standard and implemented
with letter and spirit. Funds priority be given special intention
to overcome infrastructure and other allied problems. But
political whim is must to look after such matters in each
constituencies.This can be further strengthened by
establishing proper civil society organisation national
wide.Socialmedia be made responsible to arise awakening of
education down to bud level.


Thank you