Alpona Kujur SIL Bangladesh

SIL International-Bangladesh has been registered as a non-profit and non- governmental organisation with the NGO Affairs Bureau since the year SIL Bangladesh supports different communities with sociolinguistic and baseline survey, developing writing systems, MLE, dictionary development, advocacy and networking & other development works.

SIL International – Bangladesh exists to serve ethnic communities of Bangladesh so that the communities achieve their development goals while retaining their cultural and linguistic identities.

Dinajpur Mahle Rajshahi & Chapai Kol Koda Moulvibazar BPM Khyang Chittagong Hill Tracts Mro Tripura Tanchangya Sherpur Koch Center Dhaka

 Hamper program continuation ◦ Too few students to run a school every year. ◦ Mix age group of children.  Lack of unity ◦ Hinder them to make decision for whole community. 1. Scattered Communities

 Very Low attendance  Drop out in the middle of the year 2. Economic Migration of Parents Koda PP2, Rajshahi

4. Influence of dominant language and culture 5. Lack of awareness for education among the community people 3. Lack of qualified teachers and supervisors

4. Teachers drop out o Wedding o Higher studies o Other interesting jobs Monipuri Bishnupriya MLE school

1. Sharing education materials and resources to other villages. 2. Awareness raising activities ( Particularly for parents and community people ) Kol, Chapainowabgonj

3. Forming Learning Circle/ Group Mahle Learning Circle- Dinajpur Monica’s Vegetable garden

3. Providing teachers training & refreshers training o Refreshers training created more room to practice the difficult areas for teachers 4. Monitoring visit on a regular basis o Helped us to identify teachers strengths and weakness o Designing the training as per their needs 5. Easy accessible monitoring tool for supervisor

7. Providing training on income generating activities (IGA) for economic migration of parents 6. Building strong communication with teachers and supervisor