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Education Program: Promote Quality and Ensure Retention of Girls
Improving Basic Education is one of the strategic directions of CARE Bangladesh. The key objectives of CARE's education program are to increase school attendance, introduce more active participation in the learning process and raise students' achievement levels, with a special focus on girls and ethnic minorities. CARE has two foci in its education programming:
- Formal primary education in both Government & Community schools
- Non-formal education within a wide range of rural development programs
Formal Primary Education:
The overall objective is to improve access, quality, equity and efficiency in formal primary education programs, particularly for girls in deprived communities. Social mobilization and awareness building, especially for mothers, are high priorities. The education sector establishes linkages with government, donors, NGOs and other education sector institutions, towards these ends. It supports the improvement of teacher education and training and quality of learning, in order to broaden the horizons of basic education and to increase relevance. CARE also supports grassroots level interventions for involving locally elected government bodies and civil society movements in education.
Non-Formal Education:
The Education sector also collaborates with many other development programs at CARE to incorporate non-formal education in their agriculture, health, and income generating activities.
Primary Education Projects:
'CHOLEN' - 'Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) Children's Opportunities for Learning Enhanced' is implemented with financial supported from USAID and CARE-USA in the three Hill Districts of Bangladesh (Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban) where the majority of the population is tribal.
'SETUP' - School Effectiveness Through Union Parishads is a pilot project now being implemented in several schools in Gaibandha and Rangpur districts in Northern Bangladesh. The objective is to improve school governance through the participation of community members and the elected local government body, the Union Parishad.
Collaborative Non-Formal Education Projects:
'Community Resource Centers' in the urban slum areas of Jessore and Tongi, a pilot project is being implemented to provide non-formal education to the slum children and women. This initiative is more in line with the Transition Plans of CARE Bangladesh to undertake collaborative pilot initiatives across sectors targeting integrated programs.
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