2. BRAC
• BRAC, AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION BASED IN BANGLADESH, IS THE
LARGEST NON-GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD, IN TERMS
OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2016. ESTABLISHED BY SIR FAZLE HASAN
ABED IN 1972 AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE OF BANGLADESH, BRAC IS PRESENT IN ALL
64 DISTRICTS OF BANGLADESH AS WELL AS 13 OTHER COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA, AND
THE AMERICAS.
• BRAC STATES THAT IT EMPLOYS OVER 100,000 PEOPLE, ROUGHLY 70 PERCENT OF WHOM
ARE WOMEN, AND THAT IT REACHES MORE THAN 126 MILLION PEOPLE WITH ITS
SERVICES. THE ORGANISATION IS PARTLY SELF-FUNDED THROUGH A NUMBER OF SOCIAL
ENTERPRISES THAT INCLUDE A DAIRY AND FOOD PROJECT, A CHAIN OF RETAIL
HANDICRAFT STORES CALLED AARONG, SEED AND AGRO, AND CHICKEN. BRAC HAS
OPERATIONS IN 14 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.
• (WIKIPEDIA)
• BRAC BANK AND BKASH ALSO FAMOUS BANKING SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTRY.
3.
4. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG
Founder and Chairperson,
BRAC
Dr Mushtaque Chowdhury
Vice-Chairperson, BRAC and
Advisor to the Chairperson
Members:
• Tahrunnessa Abdullah
• Latifur Rahman
• Rokia Afzal Rahman
• Luva Nahid Choudhury
• Dr Martha Alter Chen
• Adeeb H Khan
• Advocate Syeda Rizwana Hasan
• Syed S Kaiser Kabir
Governing Body
Chairperson:
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG
Members:
Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury
Dr Muhammad Musa
Sylvia Borren
Dr Debapriyo Bhattacharya
Shabana Azmi
Shafiqul Hassan (Quais)
Parveen Mahmud
Irene Zubaida Khan
Fawzia Rashid
MANAGEMENT BOARD
The composition of the management board of BRAC
International Holdings BV is as follows:
5. FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Composition of the present finance and audit committee is as follows:
Parveen Mahmud, Chair
Dr Muhammad Musa, Member
Sylvia Borren, Member
Faruque Ahmed, Member
Hans Eskes, Member
SN Kairy, Secretary of the Committee
•Financial reporting and budgeting processes
•System of internal controls and risk assessment
•Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
•Qualifications, independence, and performance of the external
auditors
•Qualifications, independence, and performance of the internal audit
function
MANAGEMENT BOARD
The Management Board consists of the following
members:
Faruque Ahmed
Saif Md Imran Siddique
Shameran Abed
Ms. Lamia Rashid
Mr. Jalal Uddin Ahmed
6. BRAC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS BV
SUPERVISORY BOARD
The composition of the present supervisory board of BRAC International Holdings BV is as follows:
Chairperson:
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG
Members:
Sylvia Borren
Dr Muhammad Musa
Parveen Mahmud
MANAGEMENT BOARD
The composition of the management board of BRAC International Holdings BV is as follows:
Managing Director:
Faruque Ahmed
Director:
Hans Eskes
LOCAL BOARDS
ADVISORY COUNCIL
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
8. BRAC
PROGRAMS
• MICROFINANCE
• EDUCATION
• EMPOWERMENT AND LIVELIHOOD FOR
ADOLESCENTS (ELA)
• AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK
• HEALTH
• ULTRA POOR PROGRAMME
EDUCATION
• BRAC IS ONE OF THE LARGEST NGOS INVOLVED IN PRIMARY EDUCATION
IN BANGLADESH. AS OF THE END OF 2012, IT HAD MORE THAN 22,700
NON-FORMAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITH A COMBINED ENROLMENT OF
670,000 CHILDREN. ITS SCHOOLS CONSTITUTE THREE-QUARTERS OF ALL
NGO NON-FORMAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY.
• BRAC'S EDUCATION PROGRAMME PROVIDES NON-FORMAL PRIMARY
EDUCATION TO THOSE LEFT OUT OF THE FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM,
ESPECIALLY POOR, RURAL, OR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, AND DROP-
OUTS.ITS SCHOOLS ARE TYPICALLY ONE ROOM WITH ONE TEACHER AND
NO MORE THAN 33 STUDENTS. CORE SUBJECTS INCLUDE MATHEMATICS,
SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH. THE SCHOOLS ALSO OFFER
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.THEY INCENTIVISE SCHOOLING BY
PROVIDING FOOD, ALLOWING FLEXIBLE LEARNING HOURS, AND
CONFERRING SCHOLARSHIPS CONTINGENT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
• BANGLADESH HAS REDUCED THE GAP BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE
ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS.THE IMPROVEMENT IN FEMALE ENROLLMENT,
WHICH HAS LARGELY BEEN AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL, IS IN PART
ATTRIBUTABLE TO BRAC. ROUGHLY 60% OF THE STUDENTS IN THEIR
SCHOOLS ARE GIRLS.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRAC_(
NGO)
9. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
NFPE (NON-FORMAL PRIMARY
EDUCATION)
BEOC (BASIC EDUCATION FOR OLDER
CHILDREN)
ADULT LEARNING CENTRE
CONTINUING EDUCATION
গণকেন্দ্র পাঠাগার
পাঠকেন্দ্র বা কেক াকর পাঠকেন্দ্র
ইত্যাকি।
NFPE (NON-FORMAL PRIMARY
EDUCATION)
উপানুষ্ঠাকনে প্রাথকিে ক ক্ষা (ব্রাে)
১৯৮৫ সাকে িাত্র ২২ টি স্কু ে কনকে ৩ বছর মিোিী
পকরেল্পনা মনে।৮-১০ বছর বেসী ক শুকির কনকে েরা এ
পরীক্ষািূেে েিমসূচীর সফেত্ার হার ৯০%।
১৯৯৭ সাকে ১ি মেণী মথকে ৫ি মেণী পর্যন্ত ৪বছর
মিোিী উপানুষ্ঠাকনে প্রাথকিে ক ক্ষা চােু েকর। ২০০০
সাকের কিকসম্বকর ১৭ োখ ক ক্ষাথী এখান মথকে পা
েকর উঁচু মেণীকত্ ভকত্ম হে ।
11. ১৯৯৯ সাে মথকে ২০০০ সাকের কিকসম্বন পর্যন্ত ব্রাে ১১টি প্রাথকিে
কবিযােে , মপাষােক কল্পর অপ্রাপ্ত বেস্ক মছকেকিকেকির জনয ৪৩টি কবিযােে
,৭৩ টি েকিউকনটি কবিযােে এবিং ১২০ টি কবিযােে প্রকত্ষ্ঠা ও পকরচােনা
েরকছ। FOR HARD TO REACH CHILDREN
(ত্থযসূত্র: মহাসকন আরা মবগি ও মিা: আবদুস সাোি; অনুষ্ঠাকনে ও উপানুষ্ঠাকনে ক ক্ষা;একপ্রে ২০০২ ; পৃষ্ঠা
নিং: ১৭৮-১৭৯)
12. উপানুষ্ঠাকনে প্রাথকিে ক ক্ষা (ব্রাে)
•প্রেল্পসিূহ:
A. ক ক্ষা ত্রী: BOAT SCHOOL
B. SCHOOL FOR DROPPED OUT CHILDREN
C. PERFORMING AND FINE ARTS
D. TOTAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE (TLE)
E. SCHOOL FOR STREET CHILDREN
F. SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL)
G. AFLATOUN
H. MOBILE LIBRARY FOR BRAC PRIMARY SCHOOLS
I. INTERACTIVE DIGITAL CONTENT IN PRIMARY EDUCATION
J. KUMON MATHEMATICS AT BRAC SCHOOLS
(SOURCE:HTTP://WWW.BRAC.NET/EDUCATION-PROGRAMME/ITEM/761-BRAC-PRIMARY-
SCHOOLS)
13. AFLATOUN
• AFLATOUN HAS AN ARABIC ORIGIN AND MEANS 'EXPLORER'. THE CONCEPT OF AFLATOUN
WAS INITIATED IN INDIA. CURRENTLY, THE CONCEPT IS PUT IN PLACE IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES
ACROSS THE GLOBE AFTER ESTABLISHING ITS SECRETARIAT IN AMSTERDAM, THE
NETHERLANDS. THE AFLATOUN SECRETARIAT ADVOCATES WIDENING THE CONCEPT
WORLDWIDE BY CREATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEVERAL GOVERNMENTS AND NON-
GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS.
THE MAIN AIM OF AFLATOUN IS TO TEACH THE CHILDREN ABOUT SOCIAL VALUES AND THEIR
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES COUPLED WITH BASIC FINANCIAL EDUCATION TO EMPOWER
THEM TO BECOME AGENTS OF CHANGE. THE CORE OBJECTIVE IS TO FACILITATE THE
INCLUSION OF CHILD SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION INTO FORMAL AND INFORMAL
EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND RECOGNITION OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS.
14.
15.
16. • AFLATOUN AND BRAC’S PARTNERSHIP:
IN 2008, BEP STARTED WORKING WITH AFLATOUN AND IMPLEMENTED ITS
CONCEPT AS A PILOT PROJECT IN BPS, ADOLESCENT CLUBS AND GOVERNMENT
APPROVED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHERE BRAC WORKS.
(SOURCE:HTTP://WWW.BRAC.NET/EDUCATION-PROGRAMME/ITEM/768-AFLATOUN)
17. AFLATOUN
• AFLATOUN CURRICULUM:
THE AFLATOUN CURRICULUM IS BASED ON
FIVE CORE ELEMENTS:
• PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING AND
EXPLORATION
• RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• SAVINGS AND SPENDING
• PLANNING AND BUDGETING
• CHILD SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• WAYS IN WHICH BRAC HAS DEVELOPED THIS
CURRICULUM IN THE BANGLADESH CONTEXT:
THE AFLATOUN CURRICULUM WAS
DEVELOPED FOR BANGLADESHI CHILDREN
AGED SIX TO 14 YEARS AND FOR CLASSES 1-
8. IT IS DESIGNED IN BANGLA, AND
ADDRESSES LOCAL CULTURES AND
REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE
AFLATOUN MESSAGE IS PASSED ON TO ALL
18. • KEY FINDINGS:
• CHILDREN ARE NOW MORE AWARE
ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES
AND SOCIAL ISSUES
• THEY HAVE LEARNT THE IMPORTANCE
OF SAVINGS A
• THEY CAN PRIORITISE WHERE TO SPEND
• THEY ARE LEARNING TO UTILISE USED
MATERIALS
• THEY ARE COST-CONSCIOUS NOW
• THEY ARE INVESTING THEIR SAVINGS IN
BUYING HENS, DUCKS AND GOATS AS
ASSETS
• THEIR ANALYTICAL ABILITY HAS BEEN
ENHANCED
(SOURCE:HTTP://WWW.BRAC.NET/EDUCATION-PROGRAMME/ITEM/768-
AFLATOUN)
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