PUNJAB
RURAL
All analysis based on data from 19 out of 19 districts
Enrollment
School enrollment and out of school children 2006 vs. 2007
2006
% Children in each age group in % Out of
different types of schools
school
2007
% Children in each age group in % Out of
school
different types of schools
Govt.
Pvt.
Other
(Madarsa
+ EGS)
100
64.5
31.8
0.7
2.9
100
5.0
100
64.3
30.5
0.6
4.6
100
0.5
0.6
0.5
2.0
2.1
2.0
100
100
100
64.2
61.9
67.4
33.1
35.4
30.0
0.7
0.6
0.7
2.0
2.0
2.0
100
100
100
34.0
0.2
4.4
100
66.9
28.4
0.6
4.2
100
37.1
30.2
0.2
0.2
3.9
5.0
100
100
65.7
68.5
30.1
26.2
0.6
0.5
3.7
4.9
100
100
25.9
26.4
25.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.8
11.8
11.7
100
100
100
57.0
56.7
57.4
28.5
29.6
27.0
0.8
0.7
0.8
13.8
13.0
14.8
100
100
100
Other
(Madarsa
+ EGS)
Not in
Total
School
Govt.
Pvt.
Age: 6 -14 ALL
54.9
41.5
0.4
3.2
Age: 7-16 ALL
57.5
37.2
0.3
Age: 7- 10 ALL
Age: 7-10 BOYS
Age: 7-10 GIRLS
50.7
47.8
55.0
46.7
49.6
42.6
Age: 11-14 ALL
Age: 11-14 BOYS
Age: 11-14 GIRLS
61.4
58.8
64.6
Age: 15-16 ALL
Age: 15-16 BOYS
Age: 15-16 GIRLS
62.3
61.8
62.9
Not in
School
Total
Note : Not in school includes never enrolled and drop out.
Age and Class
Age-wise and class-wise distribution of children in sample
Percent children
School children: Class-wise distribution
Percent children
All children: Age-wise distribution
Age
Class
Young Children
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ALL
ALL
ALL
ALL
54.5
71.4
21.2
3.8
% Children
22.8
37.3
Pvt.
46.1
54.7
Total
In balwadi
or
anganwadi
% Children
Other
School
1.1
0.5
In School
Govt.
45.5
28.6
8.8
3.6
100
100
100
100
69.3
78.5
19.2
4.9
34.2
50.2
Pvt.
39.7
40.9
Not going
anywhere
3
4
5
6
2007
In School
Govt.
Age:
Age:
Age:
Age:
2006
Not going
anywhere
% Children in
pre-school
or school
In balwadi
or
anganwadi
In pre-school (Balwadi/Anganwadi) or in school 2006 vs. 2007
Total
30.7
21.5
5.7
2.3
100
100
100
100
Other
School
1.3
1.8
ASER 2007
Punjab
RURAL
Learning Level
Reading level: % Children who can read
Std.
Nothing
Letter
Word
Level 1
(Std 1)
Text
Arithmetic level: % Children who can
Level 2
(Std 2 Total
text)
19.9
47.4
22.0
4.7
6.0
100
II
6.2
28.9
37.7
14.3
13.0
III
2.9
15.0
28.4
24.4
29.4
Recognize
Numbers
Std. Nothing
1-9
10-99
Subtract
Divide
Total
22.3
44.3
20.6
7.1
5.7
100
100
II
9.4
32.6
29.5
17.8
10.7
100
100
III
3.8
19.7
24.3
31.7
20.4
100
IV
2.0
8.5
17.7
24.2
47.6
100
IV
2.3
11.1
17.1
31.2
38.4
100
0.9
4.9
9.0
20.5
64.7
100
1.7
6.7
9.9
27.7
54.1
100
VI
0.8
4.7
7.3
14.3
73.0
100
VI
1.3
5.0
8.9
21.6
63.3
100
VII
0.5
2.4
4.8
10.2
82.2
100
VII
0.6
3.5
5.0
16.7
74.2
100
VIII
0.2
1.6
2.8
6.8
88.6
100
VIII
0.3
2.4
3.5
12.0
81.9
100
100
Total
4.9
15.2
14.9
21.5
43.5
100
Total
3.9
13.6
16.3
15.6
50.6
Only subtraction and division data comparable with previous ASER.
Comparisons
ASER 2007 : Govt. vs Pvt. Schools
% Children by std
% Children by std
ASER 2006 & 2007 : Reading Levels - All Schools
English reading level: % Children who
Std.
Cannot
read
capital
letters
Can read
capital
letters
Can read
small
letters
32.3
32.7
18.7
English comprehension
Std.
Of those who
can read words,
% who can tell
meaning of the
words
100
49.0
86.5
Can read
Can read
easy
simple
Total
sentences
words
10.4
5.9
Of those who can
read sentences,
% who can tell
meaning of
sentences
II
19.8
27.3
25.5
17.7
9.7
100
II
64.6
88.4
III
12.8
19.2
25.3
24.6
18.1
100
III
57.7
89.2
IV
8.6
13.7
17.8
30.8
29.2
100
IV
65.3
83.3
4.9
9.4
12.8
29.8
43.2
100
64.2
88.2
VI
3.3
8.4
10.1
24.8
53.4
100
VI
70.8
90.4
VII
2.5
4.3
5.9
20.2
67.1
100
VII
66.3
90.3
VIII
1.7
3.7
4.4
13.4
76.8
100
VIII
71.6
92.7
100
Total
64.4
89.6
Total
ASER 2007
10.4
14.7
15.3
22.1
37.6
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Punjab
RURAL
Comprehension & Problem solving
Ability of children by reading level to read and answer orally
Children in age group : 6 to 10
Children in age group : 11 to 14
% at each level who can orally
answer questions
based on Std 1
level text only
Word
23.0
14.5
7.8
7.1
36.2
24.3
Std 1 level text
18.7
72.5
38.8
Std 1 level text
13.2
81.2
51.4
Std 2 level text
35.1
94.4
90.0
Std 2 level text
74.8
97.5
94.4
Reading level
% Children
in specific
reading
level
% at each level who can orally
answer questions
% Children
in specific
reading
level
Reading level
based on Std 2
level text
Word
based on Std 1
level text only
based on Std 2
level text
Ability of children by age to listen to a
subtraction problem and answer
Age group
In-school children
% Children who can solve
Simple
Both
None
problem only
problems
6 to 8
67.2
3.5
28.0
9 to 10
32.0
4.7
61.7
11 to 14
12.9
3.5
82.2
Age group
Children not in-school
% Children who can solve
Simple
Both
None
problem only
problems
6 to 8
87.1
2.2
8.4
9 to 10
69.0
4.5
22.5
11 to 14
54.7
3.4
39.7
Ability of children by arithmetic level to listen to
a subtraction problem and answer
Tuition : Children currently
attending paid additional class
Children in age group : 6 to 10
%
Children in
Arithmetic
specific
level
arithmetic
level
% Children
% Children in specific
arithmetic level who can solve
Simple
Both
None
problem
problems
only
Number
recognition
10-99
20.5
81.4
5.1
12.2
Subtraction
24.1
29.7
8.3
59.6
Division
28.6
8.5
2.0
88.3
Std.
I
Govt.
9.1
school
Pvt.
school 22.8
II
III
IV
VI
VII
VIII
11.7
13.8
13.6
16.2
14.6
12.7
20.4
20.9
23.0
30.9
28.7
20.7
26.2
29.6
Children in age group : 11 to 14
Arithmetic
level
%
Children in
specific
arithmetic
level
% Children in specific
arithmetic level who can solve
Simple
Both
None
problem
problems
only
Number
recognition
10-99
7.7
56.8
6.7
34.6
Subtraction
19.8
16.2
9.2
71.0
Division
66.0
1.6
1.5
96.2
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ASER 2007
Punjab
RURAL
School Observations:
Primary schools: Std 1-4/5. Primary+upper-primary school: Std 1-8
2005
Teacher attendance
Schools visited
2007
2005
Std.
1-4/5
Std.
1-8
Std.
1-4/5
Std.
1-8
185
82
345
47
Children's attendance
Std.
1-8
Std.
1-4/5
Std.
1-8
Schools visited
178
82
338
45
82.4
85.3
80.6
81.5
2.2
0.0
4.1
2.2
79.2
89.0
72.5
77.8
% teachers attending
(average)
66.4
71.1
74.9
76.8
% enrolled children attending
(average)
% schools with no
teacher present
13.0
13.4
9.6
10.6
% schools with less than 50%
enrolled children attending
% schools with all
teachers present
36.2
23.2
46.7
38.3
% schools with 75% and more
enrolled children attending
2005
Pupil teacher ratio
(median)
2007
2006
School grants and teacher
grants
Std.
1-4/5
Std.
1-8
Std.
1-4/5
Std.
1-8
Based on children enrolled
29.8
& teachers appointed
25.8
29.0
27.0
Teacher received TLM grant
Based on children &
teachers present
27.7
29.4
24.0
School received school
maintenance grant
35.0
2005
Water/toilet
and midday meal
Std.
1-4/5
Std.
1-8
2007
Std.
1-4/5
2007
Std. 2 Std. 4 Std. 2 Std. 4
% Schools
70.7
68.9
54.0
53.6
87.4
65.1
Std.
1-4/5
Std.
1-8
2007
Std.
1-4/5
Std.
1-8
Multigrade classes
% Schools
Schools with no water
provision
5.4
2.4
4.0
2.1
Schools in which
12.5
16.7
11.5
6.3
Std II class sits with
another class
48.8
36.2
82.1
81.0
84.5
91.7
Std IV class sits with
another class
37.9
36.4
Schools with no toilet
provision
5.6
0.0
3.4
0.0
Schools with toilet
provision but not
being used
8.9
7.3
7.3
0.0
Schools with toilet
provision and use
85.6
92.7
Schools with midday
meal being served on
that day
20.5
9.8
Schools with water
provision but water
not available
Schools with water
provision and water
available
% Schools
Over 90% classes that were visited have blackboards. In over
90% of these classes, most children have textbooks, notebooks
and pen or pencil.
89.3 100.0
83.2
89.6
Note: ASER 2007 survey was carried out in October
and November 2007. One govt. school with primary
grades was visited in the sampled village. If there
was more than one govt. school with primary grades
in the village, then the school with the highest
enrollment was visited. The school visits were
generally done either on a Saturday or Monday.
ASER 2007
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Punjab
RURAL
Performance of districts
Pre- school
District
Out of
school
%
%
Children
Children
(Age 3-4) in
(Age
Anganwadi
6-14)
or
Out of
other
school
pre-school
Private
school
Std 1-2 : Learning levels
Std 3-5 : Learning levels
% Children
% Children % Children
%
% Children
% Children
(Std 1-2) who
(Std 1-2) (Std 3-5) who % Children
Children
(Std 1-2) who
(Std 3-5)
CAN READ
who CAN
CAN READ (Std 3-5) who
(Age
CAN
who CAN
letters, words
READ
Level 1
CAN
6-14) in
RECOGNIZE
READ
or more in
letters or (Std 1) text or SUBTRACT or
Private
NUMBERS
sentences in
OWN
more in more in OWN
do more
school
(1-9) or more
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
Bathinda
60.2
3.7
36.3
95.7
91.9
80.8
84.7
84.9
47.1
Faridkot
76.8
5.7
39.3
91.4
90.9
83.2
55.2
60.3
10.2
Fatehgarh Sahib
76.9
1.8
35.4
88.0
85.5
84.2
75.5
72.8
32.0
Firozpur
91.6
8.8
28.4
82.3
82.7
68.4
58.3
62.1
20.9
Gurdaspur
93.3
1.1
38.7
91.8
86.8
84.1
87.9
86.6
35.9
Hoshiarpur
72.1
1.0
17.4
92.8
88.7
85.4
71.6
65.1
22.8
Jalandhar
57.5
6.2
36.4
95.8
92.4
90.4
72.5
72.3
29.9
Kapurthala
54.4
2.8
38.9
80.5
78.8
68.7
52.6
47.7
28.8
Ludhiana
62.5
1.6
20.4
80.5
67.5
50.3
77.1
75.2
36.5
Mansa
53.7
3.2
38.2
90.3
88.0
77.6
72.8
68.7
36.9
Moga
77.4
4.5
34.6
92.9
91.6
87.2
81.8
74.3
48.0
Muktsar
71.4
3.9
29.2
87.3
91.6
80.9
73.4
71.6
34.7
Nawanshahr
93.8
Sangrur*
0.7
6.3
93.1
86.1
77.1
73.1
71.7
32.2
0.5
32.2
98.2
96.3
88.8
91.3
91.3
45.6
SSA Nagar
77.3
1.2
35.6
95.2
94.2
93.7
71.7
70.6
43.4
Patiala
53.5
4.4
40.8
73.3
78.2
60.2
66.5
49.8
23.9
Rupnagar
80.6
0.3
40.4
92.9
88.3
84.4
81.9
86.7
33.6
4.4
34.2
93.4
90.5
82.2
50.8
46.1
20.7
TarnTarn
60.3
0.5
41.4
61.5
63.8
34.2
27.8
26.9
4.3
Total
73.2
2.9
31.8
87.2
84.5
74.3
71.4
68.9
31.1
Amritsar*
* Blank cells indicate insufficient data.
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ASER 2007
