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Achievements and Challenges under Teaching Quality Improvement in SE Project-I (TQISEP I and Gender Based Features of TQISEP II
S M Ebadur Rahman Staff Consultant Bangladesh Resident Mission 11-13 September, Beijing, China
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Primary Education: over 100,000 schools. Majority of schools are Government Schools (70,000). Recently almost 30,000 schools nationalized. Great variety in schools. Government also supports most non-government schools. All managed by Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MOPME).
econdary Education: around 30,000 schools (10,000 madrasah and 20,000 secondary schools): Majority of Secondary Schools (19,500) and Madrasah (9,000) are Non-Government Schools managed by School Management Committee (SMC) who receive Monthly Payment Order (MPO) for Teachers salary. 300 government secondary schools. Teachers Recruitments:
Project Brief
Duration: April 2005-June 2012 Project Cost: 108.64 Million US $
Source of Funds: ADB : $ 69.0 Million CIDA: $ 18.0 Million GOB: $ 21.7 Million
Goal: Enhancing the Quality of Secondary Education by improving the quality of Teaching
All ORC (Outreach Resource Centre) Committees include female members Women members in SMCs has increased to 20%
Provision for Scholarship for female teachers/ disadvantaged group to serve in remote area ( In TQI-II)
Challenges
Increase the number of female teachers in educational institutions especially in remote and disadvantage areas Increase the participation of women in School Management Committees Reluctance amongst some SMC members about recruitment of women teachers Unwillingness of women teachers to teach in remote areas due to family problems
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