Lakki Continues To Be Top Performing District

Umer Jamshaid Published February 07, 2018 | 07:04 PM

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary & Secondary Education Department (E&SED) has compiled the results of District Performance Evaluation System (DPES)

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 07th Feb, 2018 ) :Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary & Secondary Education Department (E&SED) has compiled the results of District Performance Evaluation System (DPES).

The E&SED with support of DFID introduced DPES in September 2017, a quantitative index which calculates a score for districts based on a set of educational indicators which includes student learning outcomes through 5th& 10th grade results, students' attendance rate, progress on development projects in schools, increase in students' enrolment, provision of textbooks to students, percentage of provision of stipends, delivery of furniture, optimal students-teacher ratio and teachers' attendance in schools.

The objective of DPES is to assess district performance on key education indicators in line with education sector plan and to introduce a reward mechanism for better performance. Every month, the KP E&SED conducts district ranking and the best performing districts are rewarded while the worst performing districts are penalized.

According to the recent results, 15 districts have improved their performance compared to the first ranking held in December. Kohat and Swabi are the leading districts which significantly improved their performance.

Similarly, students attendance increased by 1% (43,407 students). Outperforming districts are Battagram 7%, Lakki 5%, Hangu 4%, DIK and Tank 3%. Overall enrolment has increased by 5 % (202,681 students.

Bannu leading the change with 23%, followed by Lakki 18%, Charsadda, Hangu and Tank 9%. The third ranking shows Lakki as the top performing district for consecutive third time with an overall score of 70.52%, followed by Bannu with 70.18%, Dir Lower with 67.46%.

Similarly, in terms of worst performing districts, Kohistan continued to be ranked at the lowest with a score of 49.34% followed by Mansehra with 55.86% and Torghar with 57.86%.