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Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE)
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committiee (BRAC) - Education
Basic Education and Policy Support (BEPS) Studies
USAID's Response: Education
USAID/Bangladesh has only recently become more active in the formal education system. USAID funded the “Bangladesh Education Sector Review” through the Basic Education and Policy Support (BEPS) consortium, which was completed in June 2002 (please visit http://www.beps.net/policy_reform/bangladesh_edu.htm for more information on the BEPS studies). Informed by these reports, USAID/Bangladesh pursued a two-pronged approach and awarded two education projects over the past five years. First, the Mission signed an agreement with Sesame Workshop, New York to develop a Bangladeshi version of the world famous children’s education program. Sesame Street Bangladesh, locally known as Sisimpur, has been broadcasting since 2005. Second, USAID implemented an Early Childhood Development (ECD) project called Early Learning for Success (SUCCEED). This project was competitively awarded to Save the Children/US to implement. = The Mission competitively awarded the Promoting Talent Through Early Education (PROTEEVA) project, a follow-on to SUCCEED, also to Save the Children/US. Of a total of 1,800 pre-schools operated under SUCCEED, 33 were operated in alia madrasas. USAID hopes to expand that to several hundred in the coming years under PROTEEVA.
USAID seeks to improve performance in early childhood and primary education by
- increasing early learning opportunities, primarily through a new Sesame Street Bangladesh co-production focused on reading, writing, numbers, math and critical thinking;
- developing and sharing new teaching methods and materials that make learning fun and effective; and
- strengthening champions and reformers to change the educational system.
USAID/Bangladesh has only recently become more active in the formal education system. USAID funded the “Bangladesh Education Sector Review” through the Basic Education and Policy Support (BEPS) consortium, which was completed in June 2002 (please visit http://www.beps.net/policy_reform/bangladesh_edu.htm for more information on the BEPS studies). Informed by these reports, USAID/Bangladesh pursued a two-pronged approach and awarded two education projects over the past five years. First, the Mission signed an agreement with Sesame Workshop, New York to develop a Bangladeshi version of the world famous children’s education program. Sesame Street Bangladesh, locally known as Sisimpur, has been broadcasting since 2005. Second, USAID implemented an Early Childhood Development (ECD) project called Early Learning for Success (SUCCEED). This project was competitively awarded to Save the Children/US to implement. = The Mission competitively awarded the Promoting Talent Through Early Education (PROTEEVA) project, a follow-on to SUCCEED, also to Save the Children/US. Of a total of 1,800 pre-schools operated under SUCCEED, 33 were operated in alia madrasas. USAID hopes to expand that to several hundred in the coming years under PROTEEVA.
USAID seeks to improve performance in early childhood and primary education by
- increasing early learning opportunities, primarily through a new Sesame Street Bangladesh co-production focused on reading, writing, numbers, math and critical thinking;
- developing and sharing new teaching methods and materials that make learning fun and effective; and
- strengthening champions and reformers to change the educational system.
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