ASER report 2015: government institutions received 29 percent, private two percent of state grants

The government institutions received 29 percent of the government grants/funds as compared to private institutions which only got 2 percent of the government funds as per Annual Status of Education Survey (ASER) report 2015. The funds have been allocated to upgrade the education structure and provide facilities to schools. Moreover, the survey report states that Islamabad Capital Territory has the highest percentage of children (6-16 years) enrollment in the schools where as Balochistan and Sindh are still at the bottom line.
As per (ASER) survey report 2015, Islamabad has 98 of student enrolment in the school whereas Azad Jammu Kashmir(AJK) has 93 percent, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP) 87 percent, Punjab and Gilgit and Baltistan 85 percent, FATA 79 percent, and Balochistan has 71 percent of student enrollment in 2015. The sixth ASER for 2015, formally launched Thursday, started off in 114 rural districts and 21 urban administrative areas across the country to assess the status of learning, access and quality of education being imparted to students.
Minister of State for Federal Education and professional Training Engr. Muhammad Balighur Rehman, State Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Senator President National Party Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo and provincial education ministers graced the occasion.
The ASER 2015 has been conducted by 10,000 volunteers managed by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) along with many key civil society/ semi autonomous that include the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), Sindh Education Foundation (SEF), and Democratic Commission for Human Development (DCHD), HANDS, NRSP and several other civil society organizations across Pakistan.
The ASER survey findings have been based on the information of 258,021 children of age 3-15 years including 41 per cent girls by 10,000 volunteer citizens, who personally visited 83,755 households in 4,217 villages/blocks. For the year 2015, the ASER rural survey has been conducted in 146 rural districts and 21 urban administrative areas wherein 5-16 years age cohort 219,609 children were tested for English, Language (Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto) and Arithmetic competencies. However, urban findings will be released afterwards at the provincial launches.
Further, the survey explains that boys are outperforming girls in literacy and numeric skills in rural Pakistan. The proportion of out of school children has decreased as compared to 2014. In 2015, 20 percent of children were reported to be out of school which has decreased as compared to previous year 21 percent.