Group 2's project is on Save the Children, an organization that has worked to assist children in Bangladesh since 1970. It discusses some of Save the Children's key education projects in Bangladesh, focusing on the Reading Enhancement for Advancing Development (READ) project. The READ project aims to improve early grade reading skills and has reached over 1.5 million children across 5,112 schools. It outlines the project's objectives, focal areas, achievements which include training teachers and distributing materials, and ongoing challenges around ensuring long-term improvements to reading skills.
1. Group No
#2
Group Members -
Sheikh Kasif Mahboob – 15064
Sajib Biswas – 15065
Shamim Osman – 15066
Mithila Khondokar – 15067
Ankur Mondol – 15068
Sanaul Haque Rana – 15069
Afrin Nahar - 15070
2. Save The Children
Save the Children has been working to assist
the children in Bangladesh since 1970. The
programme works across five thematic
sectors: Child Rights Governance and Child
Protection, Health- Nutrition-HIV/AIDS, Child
Poverty, Humanitarian and Education. This
organization makes progress towards mixing
impact for children who are affected by
HIV/AIDS, ethnic minority group, street and
working children, refugee children, and other
vulnerable socially excluded. This
organization is run through the supports
provided by the donors, SG global members,
government and civil society organization.
Save the Children directly reaches more than
12 million children and adults in Bangladesh
through implementation of over 90 projects
in all 64 districts of Bangladesh.
3. Education Projects
- Shishuder Jonno
- SHIKHON
- Reading Enhancement for Advancing Development (READ)
- Shishur Khamatayan-MLE
- Holistic approach towards Promotion of Inclusive Education (HOPE)
- Education and Protection for Refugee Children (EPRC)
4. READ is a four and a half-year project (2013-2018), supported by the US Agency for
International Development, to raise reading skill in the early grades of school. Literacy
affects all aspects of a child’s education. By ensuring a strong foundation at the
beginning of school, the expectation is that fewer children will repeat grades or drop
out in the primary cycle, and a higher proportion will complete school with solid
primary school skills – such as literacy - which are indispensable life skills in today’s
world.
Reading Enhancement for
Advancing Development (READ)
5. Read Project’s Objective -
All primary school children in
Bangladesh attain expected
learning outcomes and
competencies.
7. Major Achievements
- Almost 1.5 Million children to be reached by Mach, 2018
- 5,112 government primary schools reached
- 155 Supplementary Reading Materials (SRM) approved by NCTB
- More than 11,000 teachers and administrators trained
- Around 1 Million storybooks and teaching-learning materials have been distributed
- 119 digital supplementary reading materials provided based on grade 1-3 textbooks
and three Android applications developed
- All the reached schools created print-rich environment
- Nearly 1,500 Community Reading Camps (CRC) established having acceess to
120,000 students
8. Major Challenges
- A comprehensive, medium term intervention; is required to enhance children’s
reading skill, there is no quick fix.
- To address challenges in the classrooms, supervision of teachers needs to be
accompanied by support and coaching for teachers
