| Web Summary Information: |
Round : 3 Phase : 2 |
| Name of the Organization: |
RDRS Bangladesh [RDRS Bangladesh] |
| Contact Person: |
Kamal Uddin Akbar, Executive Director |
| Address: |
House 43, Road 10, Sector 6 Uttara Dhaka-1230
Tel: 0521-62863, 0521-62893,01715-359882, Fax:
Email: rdrs@bangla.net, Web: |
| MJF Contact Person: |
Mohammad Arif Hossen Khan |
| Project Title: |
Exploring Civil Engagement at grassroots levels for ensuring Children's Right to Quality Education in Northwest Bangladesh |
| Project Location: |
Kurigram, Nilphamari and Rangpur district |
| Project Duration: |
3 Years |
| Project Budget: |
46741148 Tk |
| Brief history of the Organization: |
- RDRS Bangladesh (Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service) is a respected, long-established development NGO working to empower the rural poor in northern Bangladesh for over 32 years. In 1997, RDRS became an autonomous organization, governed by a Board of Trustees, as the Bangladesh field programme of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service (LWF/DWS) was localized. RDRS retains close partnership links with LWF/DWS and its Related Agencies.
- RDRS is unusual is maintaining a concentrated geographic programme, working in 37 contiguous Upazilas (sub-districts) in NW Bangladesh, far from the economic and political power centers in Dhaka, Chittagong, even Rajshahi.
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| Project Objective: |
The overall objective of the project is to promote children’s access to good quality education as citizen rights through provoking governance monitoring and accountability in education service delivery and in implementation of education policy. |
| Expected Outcome: |
1. Academic performance and institutional ability of the schools in terms of discipline, problem solving and accessibility to resources improved.
2. Involvement of local leaders in overseeing the activities of the duty bearers increased, while parents became assertive to raise demands for good quality education for their children.
3. Relationship between the authority (government line agency, teachers, School Management Committee) and the public (civil society, parents, local leaders and community at large) improved.
4. Teachers, government officials, local government leaders, SMC members became aware and responsive about basic entitlement of the students for quality education.
5. Inconsistencies and irrationalities in existing education policy and procedures affecting education service delivery and encouraging ignorance about accountability reduced.
6. Average competence of the students increased while drop out rate and gender disparity in primary education reduced. |
| Project Goal: |
Advance children’s rights to quality education in Northwest Bangladesh |
| Major Activity: |
1. Mapping the present status of primary education in the project area with particular focus on institutional discipline, physical constraints, academic performance, learners’ competence, basic entitlements, role of SMC members, monitoring visits, resource allocation and utilization and so on.
2. Capacity building of teachers, SMC members, local government leaders and government officials through innovation, training, experience sharing and exposure visits to best performing schools.
3. Public hearing and social audit at school/community level involving teachers, learners, parents, SMC members, Union Parishad leaders, Government officials responsible for education service delivery.
4. Social mobilization on public accountability and civic responsibility leading to quality education in different forms at family, school and community level while sensitizing institutional actors about corporate responsibility at regional and national level.
5. Upazila, district and national workshops to disseminate public information and baseline data; and share success stories and good experiences with broader audience in order to induce local participation and mobilize public opinion.
6. Informal competition and performance reward for the local government leaders, community activists, government officials and media representatives for their contribution in improving organizational discipline and academic performance of the schools.
7. Activating and sensitizing the Standing Committee for Education of the Union Parishad and encouraging Joint initiative of the teachers, SMC members for action plan on quality development.
8. Low cost informal institutional measures like organizing parents’ day, cultural competition, games and sports, competency test and other creative activities.
9. Public information generation and sharing through low-cost media (posters, bill-board etc), and regular grassroots monitoring of the school functions by grassroots monitoring forum.
10. Upazila, District and National level networking and workshop for sharing critical observations emerging out of survey, evaluation and other exercises on constraints, pitfalls and civic and political negligence in education policy and service delivery.
11. Quiz competition for the duty bearers (government officials, teachers, SMC members, local government leaders, civil society representatives) on education policy and basic entitlements (rights) of the students.
12. Panel review of education policy and implementation procedures by professional groups, students, teachers, and mixed group with representation from different social strata.
13. National level dissemination (Round Table Discussion, Press Conference, Seminar etc) of the outcome of policy review organized at local and regional level.
14. Extra curricular supports, performance reward, cross learning meeting between parents and teachers and annual competency tests and inter school competition.
15. Periodic governance monitoring on drop out status, gender acceleration and academic performance followed by feedback session at community level with all stakeholders.
16. Recognition of model teachers by community, teachers' training on child rights, gender and improved teaching techniques and demonstration of model teaching by trained teachers.
17. Special motivational campaign to encourage proactive provocation at school and community level for capacity and confidence building of the students, parents and teachers to participate in public exams.
18. Lobbying with the parents and guardians and linking with possible resources to help them sustain their interest and support for continuing education by their children.
19. Citizen advocacy (social gathering, cinema show, education exhibition, media campaign) at upazila and community level for encouraging demand for quality education for combating poverty.
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| Primary Beneficiary Number: |
43200 |
| Secondary Beneficiary Number: |
200000 |
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