A District Education Report of Pakistant: Find your District and work accordingly

A District Education Report of Pakistan: Find your District and work accordingly

Alif Alaan & SDPI published a district education report regarding state of primary education of Pakistan. it covers not only all the 146 Pakistani districts including FATA, G&B, KASHMIR but also covers public & private schools.

•  There are 145 districts in total, as all districts of FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir are included. Each district is scored out of 100.
• - There are two rankings, an education index and a school index.
• - The education index measures quality of education and is based on access to education, attainment levels (surviving till 5^th grade), achievement levels (reading and math ability) and gender parity.
• - The schools index measures the quality of infrastructure available to students, and is based on availability of electricity, running water, presence of toilets, presence of boundary walls and conditions of buildings.
• In District Awaaran regarding electricity the score is 0.94 which shows the ground reality. As the report depends on ASER, NEMIS & PSLM like surveys so one can think about the authenticity positively. http://www.alifailaan.pk/alif_ailaan_district_education_ranking_2013_report
• - Out of a maximum possible score of 100, only six districts score in the 80s and none in the 90s. There are very few districts where the education system seems to be doing its job.
• - Of these six districts, 4 are from the Punjab, 1 from Azad Jammu & Kashmir and 1 is Islamabad. While Islamabad and some districts of Punjab were to be expected high in the rankings it is surprising that there are no districts from Sindh.
• - Just 98 out of 145 districts score above 50, suggesting that performance across the country is average at best.
• - The overall scores for provinces, regions and territories are as follows: AJK (77.96), Punjab (68.78), G-B (67.45), KP (63.79), Sindh (51.67), FATA (47.42), Balochistan (46.70). It is worth noting that Sindh fares poorly, while AJK and G-B scores are relatively better.
• - Provincial Headquarters: Lahore (79.65), Quetta (66.33), Karachi (63.40) and Peshawar (61.55).
• - The majority of districts score between 40 and 70 points.
• - The average score for all 145 districts is 58.53
• Web presence of the report is appreciable yet there is a need to publish the record in Urdu & Pakistani mother tongues.
• There will be room for improvement yet by & large it shows the state of education in Pakistan in general. No doubt, if we develop a union council base data at metric level, it will give more clear picture. You can read the report yourself yet read the piece first
•  http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2013-07-27&edition=LHR&id=502271_49597509