1. Bangladesh Country Presentation
South Asia EFA Mid-Term Policy Review Conference
16-19 June 2008
Kathmandu, Nepal
Bangladesh Country Presentation

2. Issues Identified Inclusive Education ECCE
Life-Long Learning and Skills Programs

3. Cross-Cutting Issue and Related EFA Goals
Inclusive Education
Related to EFA Goals
ECCE (Goal 1), Compulsory Primary Education (Goal 2), Gender Parity and Equality (Goal 5), Quality Education (Goal 6)

4. Policy Recommendation
Appropriate and gender- sensitive policies based on the recognition of the rights of all children to receive quality education

5. Target Groups/ Beneficiaries
All children of primary age cohort including working children, children with disability, out-of-school children, children of slum areas, children of inaccessible areas, tribal children, and children living under poverty line

6. Desired Outcome, Expected Impact
Increased enrolment
Reduced dropout
Improved learning competencies
Disadvantaged groups mainstreamed
Expected Impact
Pertinent EFA goals achieved

7. Strategies to Implement the Policy, including Innovative Approaches
Mapping the unreached and the underserved children
Adopting an inclusive and gender lens while undertaking programs
Increased budget for inclusive education
Inter-sectoral coordination to address inclusive education
Medium-term approach to finance inclusive education programs
Financial incentives to households to encourage schooling
Effective monitoring, evaluation and assessment of programs

8. Examples of Good Practices Already in Place
Primary School Stipend Project
Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC) Project
Basic Education for Hard-to-Reach Urban Working Children Project
School Feeding Program in backward areas.

9. Implementing Agencies, Providers and Partners
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Finance
Planning Commission
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs
Ministry of Social Welfare
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Ministry of Labor and Employment
Development Partners
NGOs, CSOs and CBOs

10. Required Capacities, Resources and Support
Enhancing capacity for program planning and implementation
Capacity building for monitoring, evaluation, and assessment
Enhancing capacity to mobilize resources at national and community levels
Enhancing capacity to mobilize external resources
Capacity to build public - private partnership

11. Timeframe and Scale
December 2010
at all levels

12. Comments, Necessary Conditions and Assumptions
Political commitment will continue
Natural disasters will not lead to re-appropriation of resources

13. Cross-Cutting Issue and Related EFA Goals
ECCE
Related to EFA Goals
ECCE (Goal 1), Gender parity and equality (Goal 5), Quality Education (Goal 6)

14. Policy Recommendation
Appropriate and gender- sensitive policies for expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged

15. Target Groups/ Beneficiaries
All children of 3-5 years of age

16. Desired Outcome, Expected Impact
Increased enrolment
Reduced dropout
Expected Impact
Coverage and quality of primary education enhanced

17. Strategies to Implement the Policy, including Innovative Approaches
Mapping the ECCE target groups
Undertaking adequate and appropriate ECCE programs
Development of curriculum
Developing partnership with NGOs, CSOs and CBOs
Inter-sectoral coordination to address ECCE
Mobilization of resources for implementation of ECCE programs
Effective monitoring, evaluation and assessment of programs

18. Examples of Good Practices Already in Place
Existing pilot projects of ECCE, run by national and international NGOs

19. Implementing Agencies, Providers and Partners
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Finance
Planning Commission
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs
Ministry of Social Welfare
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Local Government
Development Partners
NGOs, CSOs and CBOs

20. Required Capacities, Resources and Support
Enhancing capacity for program planning and implementation
Capacity building for monitoring, evaluation, and assessment
Enhancing capacity to mobilize resources at national and community levels
Enhancing capacity to mobilize external resources
Capacity to build public- private partnership

21. Timeframe and Scale
December 2010
at all levels

22. Comments, Necessary Conditions and Assumptions
Political commitment will continue
Natural disasters will not lead to re-appropriation of resources

23. Cross-Cutting Issue and Related EFA Goals
Life-Long Learning and Skills Programs
Related to EFA Goals
Universal Basic Education (Goal 2), Learning and Life Skills (Goal 3), Adult Literacy (Goal 4), Gender Parity and Equality (Goal 5), Quality Education (Goal 6)

24. Policy Recommendation
Appropriate and gender- sensitive policies for ensuring learning needs of all young people and adults

25. Target Groups/ Beneficiaries
All un-enrolled and dropout children and adults aged between 11 and 45

26. Desired Outcome, Expected Impact
Improvement in literacy rate
Acquisition of life-skills linked with gainful employment
Reduction of child labor
Reduction of early marriage and dowry
Reduction of child abuse and trafficking
Expected Impact
Enhancement of literacy rate
Development of human capital
Expansion of employment opportunity
Empowerment of women
Enhancement of human rights

27. Strategies to Implement the Policy, including Innovative Approaches
Mapping the LLL target groups
Undertaking adequate NFE programs
Review of curriculum
Developing partnership with NGOs, CSOs and CBOs
Inter-sectoral coordination to address LLL interventions
Mobilization of resources for implementing of NFE programs
Effective monitoring, evaluation and assessment of NFE programs

28. Examples of Good Practices Already in Place
Basic Education for Hard-to-Reach Urban Working Children Project

29. Implementing Agencies, Providers and Partners
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Finance
Planning Commission
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs
Ministry of Social Welfare
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of youth and sports
Ministry of labor and employment
Development Partners
NGOs, CSOs and CBOs

30. Required Capacities, Resources and Support
Enhancing capacity for program planning and implementation
Capacity building for monitoring, evaluation, and assessment
Enhancing capacity to mobilize resource at national and community levels
Enhancing capacity to mobilize external resources
Capacity to build public private partnership

31. Timeframe and Scale
December 2011
at all levels

32. Comments, Necessary Conditions and Assumptions
Political commitment will continue
Natural disasters will not lead to re-appropriation of resources

33. Thank You