ALIF AILAAN MIDTERM REPORT CARD FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES Citation Alif Ailaan. 2015. Alif Ailaan Midterm Report Card: For Members of the National and Provincial Assemblies Islamabad: Alif Ailaan. iii + 101 pp. ISBN 978-969-7624-00-3 CONTENTS CONTENTS Tables ................................................................................................................................... vi Figure .................................................................................................................................... vi Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................... vii Foreword and Acknowlegdments ......................................................................................... viii Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. x 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1 1.1 Why is this important? ............................................................................................... 1 1.2 The need for constituency grading ......................................................................... 1 1.3 Why choose MNAs and MPAs? .............................................................................. 2 2. METHODOLOGY .............................................................................. 3 2.1 Data sources and variables .................................................................................... 3 2.2 Time and geographic coverage ............................................................................. 3 2.3 Report Card grading .............................................................................................. 4 2.4 How to read an MNA/MPA’s grades? ....................................................................... 6 2.5 Why grade reserved seats for MNAs and MPAs? ................................................... 6 2.6 Limitations ............................................................................................................... 6 3. THE MIDTERM REPORT CARD FOR MNAS ............................................. 9 3.1 Key findings of the MNA Report Card .................................................................... 10 3.2 High achiever MNAs ............................................................................................... 30 3.3 Cabinet members for the National Assembly ......................................................... 30 3.4 Robust campaigners .............................................................................................. 31 3.5 Indicator-wise grades ............................................................................................. 32 .4. BALOCHISTAN MPA REPORT CARD ......................................................... 35 4.1 Key findings of Balochistan MPA Report Card ....................................................... 36 4.2 High achiever MPAs ............................................................................................... 40 4.3 Cabinet members for the Balochistan Assembly ................................................... 40 4.4 Robust campaigners .............................................................................................. 41 4.5 Indicator-wise grades ............................................................................................. 41 5. KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA MPA REPORT CARD .................................... 43 5.1 Key findings of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Report Card ................................................ 44 5.2 High achiever MPAs ............................................................................................... 52 5.3 Cabinet members for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly .................................... 52 5.4 Robust campaigners .............................................................................................. 53 5.5 Indicator-wise grades ............................................................................................. 54 6. PUNJAB MPA REPORT CARD ...................................................................... 55 6.1 Key findings of Punjab MPA Report Card .............................................................. 56 6.2 High achiever MPAs ............................................................................................... 77 iv MIDTERM REPORT CARD 6.3 Cabinet members for the Punjab Assembly ............................................................ 78 6.4 Robust campaigners ............................................................................................... 79 6.5 Indicator-wise grades ............................................................................................. 79 7. SINDH MPA REPORT CARD ........................................................................... 81 7.1 Key findings of Sindh MPA Report Card .................................................................. 82 7.2 High achiever MPAs ................................................................................................. 92 7.3 Cabinet members for the Sindh Assembly .............................................................. 92 7.4 Robust campaigners ............................................................................................... 93 7.5 Indicator-wise grades .............................................................................................. 93 8. IMPLICATIONS .................................................................................................... 95 8.1 Improvements in data regime .................................................................................. 95 8.2 Timeliness and accessibility .................................................................................... 95 8.3 Quality-related data ................................................................................................. 95 8.4 Teacher competencies and attendance .................................................................. 96 8.5 School locations ....................................................................................................... 96 8.6 Private schools ......................................................................................................... 96 8.7 Data disaggregation ................................................................................................ 97 9. CONCLUSION/HOMEWORK FOR MNA/MPAS WHO WANT TO IMPROVE .............................................................................................................. 98 9.1 Greater resource allocation for education ............................................................... 98 9.2 Infrastructure improvement is necessary but insufficient ........................................ 98 9.3 Different focus for rural and urban constituencies needed ..................................... 99 9.4 The education data regime needs an overhaul ....................................................... 99 9.5 Teacher recruitment needs to be decentralised and rationalised ........................... 99 9.6 Passing the Right to Free Education Act in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .......................... 100 9.7 Gender parity needs continued emphasis ............................................................... 100 9.8 Private schools require effective regulation and scrutiny ......................................... 100 v CONTENTS TABLES Table 1: Number of schools by province and year ................................................................. 3 Table 2: Analyses framework and indicator construction ....................................................... 4 Table 3: Midterm Report Card for Members of the National Assembly .................................. 10 Table 4: Distribution of overall grades at the National Assembly ........................................... 30 Table 5: Distribution of high achieving MNAs ........................................................................ 30 Table 6: Distribution of cabinet members of the National Assembly ...................................... 30 Table 7: Distribution of robust campaigners of the National Assembly .................................. 31 Table 8: Distribution of the grades for school facilities at the National Assembly .................. 32 Table 9: Distribution of the grades for student retention at the National Assembly ................ 33 Table 10: Distribution of the grades for gender parity at the National Assembly ................... 33 Table 11: Distribution of the grades for student-teacher ratio at the National Assembly ....... 34 Table 12: Midterm Report Card for Members of the Provincial Assembly- Balochistan .......... 36 Table 13: Distribution of overall grades at Balochistan Assembly .......................................... 40 Table 14: Distribution of high achieving Balochistan MPAs .................................................... 40 Table 15: Distribution of cabinet members of the Balochistan Assembly .............................. 40 Table 16: Distribution of robust campaigners of the Balochistan Assembly .......................... 41 Table 17: Midterm Report Card for Members of the Provincial Assembly- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .............................................................................................. 44 Table 18: Distribution of overall grades at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly ........................... 52 Table 19: Distribution