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ASER 2023 What did we learn about learning
What is ASER?
The Annual Status of Education Report 2023 was launched on 8th March, 2024. With a sample size covering 151 rural and 123 urban districts nationally, it surveyed almost 90,000 households and 272,370 children, of which 210,000 children were assessed to measure their learning leve...
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Building Back Better: An Ode to the Resilience of Pakistani Teachers on World Teachers Day 2022
Over the past few years, national transformations including a pandemic, several endemics, climate crises, the digital turn, political upheavals, and conflict have impacted the educational landscape in Pakistan in ways more drastic than one can imagine. Amidst all this, our teachers have not only bee...
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Not Celebrating Article 25 A on its 12th Birthday Right to Education in the Cold Storage
The 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan almost missed out on mentioning education in his maiden speech given his compelling actions for education in Punjab during his tenure as the Chief Minister. For how long will education, and above all the fundamental right to free and compulsory education await its...
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Impact of COVID on Access and Learning
Learning has become a crucial area of research around the globe. The COVID Pandemic (2020-21) has suppressed vital segments of society and economic growth. In this regard, Pakistan is not an exception (Crawfurd et al., 2021). The education sector faced tough challenges pre-COVID and during the...
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Education from the Jhuggis Shanty Towns of Karachi Pakistan
“I study in class seven … Mathematics is my favorite subject.”
We were not expecting to hear these words when we stepped out to explore the life of Jhuggi (shanty town) dwellers living beneath a flyover in Karachi, Pakistan. They were uttered by Dia*, a young girl, full of co...
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Resilience & Resolve for Reforms: ASER Rural Pakistan 2021 on Education & Learning
[Baela Raza Jamil
CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) ]
Addressing Learning Crisis at the Foundational Level: Evidence from ASER
[Hamza Sarfraz, Research Associate, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) ]
Learning Levels Under Stress (2019-2021) The urgency for action to address Learning Losses
[Jamal Munir, Research Associate, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA)]
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ASER 2019- Milestone Gains- But No Room For Complacency
[Baela Raza Jamil
CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) ]
BETTER INFORMATION PROVISION AND PARENT INVOLVEMENT MAY PROVIDE A PATHWAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN LEARNING QUALITY IN PAKISTAN
[Asim Ijaz Khwaja (Harvard University and the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan
), Tiffany M. Simon (Princeton University
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DRAWING LINKAGES BETWEEN ECONOMIC STATUS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FROM ASER 2019
[M. Afzan Munir, Senior Research Analyst, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi]
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EARLY LEARNING PROGRESS IN PAKISTAN- RECENT EVIDENCE FROM ASER 2015-19
[Hamza Sarfraz (Research Associate - ITA)]
LEARNING POVERTY AND ASER 2019
[Koen Geven (Economist, World Bank.)]
UNDERSTANDING DISABILITY AND THE PATH TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN
[Mehr Asma Javed and Dr. Faisal Bari (Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS))]
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URBANIZATION – VENTURING INTO THE UNKNOWN
[Sehar Saeed & Monazza Aslam]
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Gordon Brown
ASER Pakistan is a citizen led assessment focused on sustainable strategies for improving equitable lifelong learning above all and especially for the most vulnerable groups. It has been providing evidence on learning outcomes for both in-school and out-of-school children since 2010 and is part of the powerful south-to-south ...
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Balighur Rehman
We applaud the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan for its rigorous and sus-tained engagement in interrogating learning challenges. Since 2010 ASER has cast a nationwide footprint for learning and access challenges. The Government is committed to improving the education system and learning outcomes for ourchildren, youth and adults. ...
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Aaron Benavot
ASER Pakistan’s work in documenting learning levels among children and youth through household surveys has contributed immensely to how decision makers and policy analysts view education quality in the country. Citizen led assessments, such as the one conducted in Pakistan, have been mainstreamed as a category in the UIS Catalogue of Learning Assessments...
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Durham University
The foundation of any effective education policy is embedded in data and information resources. The ASER household survey and children’s assessment are the first valuable data resources in Pakistan to have given us the opportunity to explore the patterns of children’s access to school in relation to the dynamics of social and income inequalities....
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Dr Fazalullah Pechuho
We applaud the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan for its rigorous and sustained engagement in interrogating learning challenges. Since 2010 ASER has cast a nationwide footprint for learning and access challenges. ASER Pakistan like its counterparts elsewhere in South Asia, Africa and Latin America has become an icon for citizen led accountability....
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Sardar Raza Mohammad Barrech
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Mian Abdul Waheed
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Mr. Ahsan Iqbal
Once again the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2014 has achieved a great milestone of nationwide coverage in the journey towards making education system accountable. ASER 2014 has reached 144 rural districts across Pakistan and 21 urban districts. Led by a majority of educated youth ASER mobilized and trained 10,000 volunteers...
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Mr. M Baligh ur Rehman
The annual status of Education Report (ASER) by Idara-i-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) has been gaining momentum over the years and ash earned respect of policy makers, educationists, analysts, media and the public. I appreciate the commendable job by ITA and all partners for providing this reflection about the state of affairs...
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Gordon Brown
I would like to congratulate Baela Jamil and all of the staff and participants on the fifth anniversary and launch of the ASER Annual Report for Pakistan. This trailblazing report has been instrumental in bringing to the forefront issues of out-of-school children and quality of education and learning in pakistn...
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Mian Abdul Waheed
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is truly a citizens’ brand on learning accountability symbolized by many organization who collaborate each year in a very inclusive manner. The institutions are coordinated by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) across Pakistan weaving citizens’ networks powerfully and transparently, training over 10,000...
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Dr. Shahid Siddique
Vice Chancellor at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad shared his opinion about the seminar conducted on the University's premises by Huma Zia, Assistant Program Manager, ASER Pakistan and commemorated the work being done by ASER Pakistan to assess the situation of education in the country annually....
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Miss Madiha Qureshi
Research Economist at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad shared her opinion about the seminar conducted on the Institute's premises by Huma Zia, Assistant Program Manager, ASER Pakistan and commemorated the work being done by ASER Pakistan to assess the situation of education in the country annually...
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Dr. Ahmed Siddiqi
Associate Dean of School of Business and Economics (SBE) at the University of Management and Technology (UMT) Lahore...
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Muhammad Salahuddin Ayyubi
Assistant Professor at FC College - A chartered University...
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Muhammad Kalim Ullah
Asst. Director Budget & Planning, EDO office, Chiniot...
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