Midtveisgjennomgang av norskstøttet utdanningsprogram i Bangladesh

BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) Education Programme, BEP, is the forth phase of an ongoing education programme that started in 1985. Each phase has been consistant in its overall aim to provide educational opportunities to children and young adults who are otherwise not served or poorly served by the mainstream educational programme. In recent years BEP has expanded its educational provision to include life skills training for adolescents and in close cooperation with the Government of Bangladesh it has provided pre-primary education and in-service teacher training for primary and secondary school teachers. BEP 2004-2009 comprises five main components: school operation, capacity and materials development, collaboration with Government, adolescent development, post-primary basic and continuing education.

Interesting Findings
• The programme has achieved the outputs and targets up to December 2006 (the mid point) and is on target to reach the goals set for the end of phase (June 2009).
• The scale of BEP operations is particularly impressive. Currently there are more than 32,000 primary schools serving just under a million children. There are an additional 20,000 pre-primary schools serving more than half a million children. A total of 25,000 children with disabilities are catered for in these schools. In its provision for adolescents BEP caters for a quarter of a million girls who belong to just over 8,500 Kishori Kendros while almost 200,000 girls and boys have been given life skills training.
• The programme is efficiently managed and capable of delivering high quality school based education from pre-primary to post primary, and out of school education to adolescents and adults. BEP has also made significant links with the Government at local and national level.
• The BRAC schools are well established. They are greatly appreciated by the communities. There is a strong sense that if BEP were not active in their community many, if not all, of the children served would not have an opportunity to attend school or other out-of school activities offered. For the poorest families there are no alternatives they can access.


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