Annual Reports 2023
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ASER PAKISTAN

ASER PAKISTAN

Established 2008

BACKGROUND

ASER Pakistan, operating under the umbrella of Pal Network, is part of a South-South initiative across 17 member organizations working to promote children’s foundational learning across Africa, Asia, and America and representing citizens coming together across borders to address quality, accountability, and governance in education. In Pakistan, led by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) or Centre for Education and Consciousness, ASER engages with many civil society and semi-autonomous partners, mobilizing annually 10,000 citizen volunteers. Since 2009 (after a pilot phase in 2008), ASER Pakistan has increased its outreach to 151 Rural and 123 Urban districts in Pakistan (2023), consistently providing ranked and gender disaggregated data across households, villages, districts, and provinces.

Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi

Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA): Center for Education and Consciousness is a Pakistan-based nonprofit organization committed to advancing education and driving social reform. Since its founding in 2000, ITA has worked tirelessly for 24 years to improve the quality of education, promote literacy, and advocate for policy reforms in Pakistan. ITA strives to achieve its mission through research, training, and community mobilization. It has been involved in impactful projects such as, Chalo Parho Barho, Pakistan Learning Festival, Recovery for Foundational Learning, Multi-Year Resilience Program, and many others.
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ASER PAKISTAN SURVEY

ASER—The Annual Status of Education Report—is the largest citizen-led, household-based initiative in Pakistan. It aims to provide reliable data on the schooling status of children aged 3-16 in rural areas and some urban districts. The ASER assessment tools evaluate basic grade 2 competencies in Urdu/Sindhi reading, arithmetic, English, and general knowledge for children aged 5-16. The assessments are based on the Class II curriculum, focusing on specific learning outcomes (SLOs) in Urdu/Sindhi, English, and arithmetic. The arithmetic tool covers number recognition (single, double, and triple digits) and word problems involving operations. In addition to assessments, the ASER survey includes household and school-level questionnaires.

SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION

According to the latest survey (2023), ASER conducted assessments in 151 rural districts and 123 urban centers across Pakistan, covering 4,381 villages, 1,154 enumeration blocks, and 106,974 households, testing a total of 272,370 children. In addition to assessing children's learning levels in both government and non-state schools, ASER Pakistan provides valuable data on parents' education levels, out-of-school children, paid tuition, and school dropouts.

ASER EDUCATION MEDALIST 2024

ASER Pakistan leadership, Baela Raza Jamil, a trailblazing advocate for education, has been awarded the prestigious Asia Education Medal 2024, recognizing her four decades of tireless work to revolutionize education across Pakistan. This is a significant milestone, as she becomes the first Pakistani to receive this honor, marking both a national and global achievement.

Jamil’s advocacy has led to the establishment of new schools and large programs at the post-primary level especially for girls, providing access to quality education and active learning for thousands of children in underserved communities. She has empowered more than 60,000 adolescent girls to become changemakers in their communities, ending child marriages with many pursuing higher education, and 11,000+ provided with skills with entrepreneurial and tech-based leadership becoming role models for others.

ASER Education Medalist 2024 ​

LANGUAGES OF ASSESSMENT

Tests are developed in Spanish, Popoluca and Nahuati.