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Shikarpur Profile District Shikarpur Profile “CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY GIRLS AGED 2-12 HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION WITH IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT” Whole Schools Improvement Program (WSIP) Funded by: Dubai Cares Implemented by: Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) District Shikarpur Profile 1 | P a g e Sr. List of Contents Page # # 1. Situation Analysis of City District Shikarpur 4 2. History 4 3. Geography 4 4. Administration 4 5. Population 4 6. Political Parties & Elections 2013 4 7. Shikarpur District Education Profile 5 8. Learning Levels 7 District Shikarpur Profile 2 | P a g e Table List of the Table Page No. # 1. National Assembly Elections 2013 4 2. Punjab Provincial Assembly Elections 2013 5 3. POPULATION of School Aged Children By YEAR AGE, SEX AND RURAL 5 4. District Education Index (Sindh) 5 5. Population That Has Ever Attended School 6 6. Literacy-Population 10 Years and Older 6 7. Gross Enrolment Rate at the Primary Level 6 8. Net Enrolment Rate at the Primary Level 6 9. Number of Government Schools 7 10. Enrollment in Government Schools 7 11. Government Teachers 8 District Shikarpur Profile 3 | P a g e District Shikarpur Profile Situation Analysis of City District Shikarpur History1 Shikarpur is known as “old Paris” because of its perfume industry, or according to some the name was given due to modern buildings of that time. It is also famous for its pickles and sweets, as well as it has a large market for cotton and pottery. Shikarpur has always been the part of trade route for Central Asian countries through Bolan Pass, and local merchants had dealings with many towns in Central Asia. Geography1 Shikarpur District borders the districts of Larkana, Jacobabad, Khairpur and Sukkur. Two National Highways (N-65 & N-55) intersect the city of Shikarpur, making it the junction points of 4 provinces. The area of the District is spread over 2,5123 Sq Kms. Administration2 District Shikarpur is divided in four administrative units, called talukas, namely Shikarpur, Garhi Yasin, Lakhi, and Khanpur. Overall the city is divided among seven urban localities (one municipal and six other town committees), and 33 Union Councils. Population: As per the national census reports of 1998, the total population of district Shikarpur is 880,438 out of which around 52% (456589) is male, whereas around 48% (423849) is female population. 3 Political Parties & Elections 2013 General Elections of National and Provincial Assemblies were held on May 11 2013 in Sindh, with other districts of Pakistan. In Shikarpur Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and Pakistan Muslim League (F) remained dominating parties both wining with 1 out of 2 seats in the National Assembly and 2 out of 4 Provincial Assembly seats. Detailed overview of the winning candidates, party affiliation and vote casted is as below. Table # 1: National Assembly Elections 2013 Total Registered Voter4 Winning Candidate5 # of % of total Grand Males Female Constituency Winning Candidate votes registered Total Voters Voters taken votes Muhammad Ibrahim Jatoi, NA – 202 260,355 137,933 122,422 54,890 21.08% National Peoples Party Ghous Bux Khan Mahar, NA – 203 228,663 119,391 109,272 77,065 33.70% Pakistan Muslim League (F) 1 www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikarpur_District#History 2 Source: Mouza Statistics of Sindh 2008, Agriculture Census Organization 3 www.census.gov.pk/SINDH/SHIKARPUR.htm 4 www.ecp.gov.pk/Misc/Stats/Sind/NAPollingStatisSind.pdf 5 www.ecp.gov.pk/electionresult/AllResults.aspx?assemblyid=NA District Shikarpur Profile 4 | P a g e Total 489,018 257,324 231,694 131,955 26.98% Table # 2: Punjab Provincial Assembly Elections 2013 Total Registered Voter6 Winning Candidate7 % of total Grand Males Female # of votes Constituency Winning Candidate registered Total Voters Voters taken votes Agha Siraj Khan Durani, PS – 9 129,438 67,359 62,079 Pakistan Peoples Party 32993 25.49% Parliamentarians Muhammad Shaharyar Khan PS – 10 107,311 56,329 50,982 Mahar, Pakistan Muslim 47690 44.44% League (F) Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, PS – 11 127,236 67,834 59,402 35010 27.52% Pakistan Muslim League (F) Allah Dino Khan Bhayo, PS – 12 125,033 65,802 59,231 Pakistan Peoples Party 32374 25.89% Parliamentarians Total 489,018 257,324 231,694 148,067 30.28% Shikarpur District: Education Profile As per 1998 National Census, the population was 8.80 million with 52% females3. The overall literacy rate of Shikarpur District is 50% and female literacy rate is 29% (rural 20% female) according to the PSLM survey (2010-2011). 68% male and 29% female aged 10 years and older are literate in Shikarpur. Overall, the district is ranked 10 among 23 districts on literacy indicator8 among Sindh. Table # 3: POPULATION of School Aged Children By YEAR AGE, SEX AND RURAL9 Education Level Age Total Rural Urban Group Both Male Female Both Male Female Both Male Female Early Childhood 3-4 Years 71,172 36,371 34,801 56,519 28,999 27,520 14,653 7,372 7,281 Primary 5-9 years 152,483 82,454 70,029 118,932 65,115 53,817 33,551 17,339 16,212 Elem/Secondary 10-14 years 101,316 58,000 43,316 74,116 43,424 30,692 27,200 14,576 12,624 H. Secondary 15-16 years 28,005 15,869 12,136 19,506 11,297 8,209 8,499 4,572 3,927 Table # 4: District Education Index (Sindh)10 Districts District Education District Education Annual Growth Rate Index – 2005 Index – 1998 (%) Badin 37.1 18.1 10.8 Dadu 35.4 29.0 2.9 Ghotki 39.7 22.9 8.2 Hyderabad 41.5 32.9 3.3 Jacobabad 25.3 20.2 3.3 Karachi 63.6 51.7 3.0 6 www.ecp.gov.pk/Misc/Stats/Sind/PAPollingStatisSind.pdf 7 www.ecp.gov.pk/electionresult/AllResults.aspx?assemblyid=PS 8 PSLM 2010-11 9 Source: District Census Report 1998 10 Education Statistics of Districts: An Exploration of Inter-temporal Changes, 2007 District Shikarpur Profile 5 | P a g e Table # 4: District Education Index (Sindh)10 Districts District Education District Education Annual Growth Rate Index – 2005 Index – 1998 (%) Khairpur 37.2 29.8 3.2 Larkana 31.2 28.1 1.5 Mirpur Khas 36.1 25.4 5.1 Nawab Shah 34.6 26.3 4.0 Naoshero Feroz 47.2 31.4 6.0 Sanghar 35.3 26.4 4.2 Shikarpur 43.1 20.6 11.2 Sukkur 47.3 35.6 4.1 Tharparkar 34.0 12.9 14.9 Thatha 27.4 14.8 9.2 Table # 5: Population That Has Ever Attended School11 (Table 2.1) Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 87 55 71 63 20 43 68 29 50 Table# 6: Literacy-Population 10 Years and Older11 Table 2.14 (A) Urban Rural Total Total Rank Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 10-11 87 55 71 63 20 43 68 29 50 10 53 Table # 7: Gross Enrolment Rate at the Primary Level11 Table 2.3 (A), Table 2.3 (B), Table 2.4 Age Group Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total (Age 5-9) 103 92 98 84 52 69 88 59 75 (Excluding Katchi Class) (Age 6-10) 95 96 95 81 53 68 84 61 73 (Excluding Katchi Class) (Age 4-9) 89 83 86 74 44 59 77 51 65 (Including Katchi Class) Table # 8: Net Enrolment Rate at the Primary Level11 Table 2.6 (A), Table 2.6 (B), Table 2.7 Age Group Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total (Age 5-9) 72 64 69 50 39 45 54 43 59 (Excluding Katchi Class) (Age 6-10) 79 74 77 56 41 49 61 47 55 (Excluding Katchi Class) (Age 4-9) 64 57 61 44 33 39 48 37 43 (Including Katchi Class) Children in the 3-5 age group: 40% children are enrolled in schools in 2012 as compared to 35% in 2011. Of this percentage, 78% children are enrolled in government schools and 22% in private educational facilities.12 Children in the 6-16 age group: 65% children are enrolled in schools in 2012 as compared to 72% in 2011. Of the total enrolled, 72% children are in government schools and 28% in private educational facilities.12 Out-of-school children: 35% children (6-16 years) are not attending any form of school as compared to 28% in the previous year.12 11 PSLMs 2010-11 12 Source: Annual Status of Education Report – ASER 2012 District Shikarpur Profile 6 | P a g e Table # 9: Number of Government Schools13 Higher For every 19 Primary schools there is 1 Primary Middle High Total Secondary middle school. Boys 510 24 24 5 563 For every 3 middle schools there is 2 high Girls 217 26 10 2 255 schools. Mixed 529 18 13 2 562 For every 5 high schools there is 1higher Total 1256 68 47 9 1380 secondary school. There are 44 Schools under Sindh Education Foundation (SEF), in addition to the 1380 Government schools14 Table # 10: Enrollment in Government Schools13 Primary Middle High Higher Sec Total 96,228 3,895 21,022 9,210 130,355 Enrollment drops as significantly at middle, high and higher secondary level class Learning Levels (Rural)15 In 2012, 37% of class 5 students in government schools and 25% of class 5 students in private schools were able to read at least story in Urdu/Sindhi compared to 47% of class 5 students in government schools in 2011 and 14% in Private schools.
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