CHINIOT – The learning outcomes of schoolgoing (5-16 years) children of Chiniot district are low as compared to other districts of the province, Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2011 revealed.

In this connection, a ceremony was held at Govt College for Elementary Teachers here the other day. DCO Dr Irshad Ahmed was the chief guest at the ceremony.

LAHORE: The annual status of Education Report 2011, a household survey in the Punjab which assessed learning outcomes of schoolgoing (5-16 years) age children in 28 districts (rural areas), has found that almost 50 percent children cannot even read a sentence in Urdu or in their mother tongue while 66 percent children cannot read a sentence in English of class-II.