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 June 2015

1. Presentation
On
BRAC
Group Members:
1. Mahfuza Mamoon
2. Sadia Afrin
3. Tanzim Hasan
4. Shifat Ahmed

2. Bangladesh Rural
Advancement Committee
Founder:
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
(Knighted by Queen Elizabeth
2010)

3. Introduction
BRAC- Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
Country of Origin- Bangladesh.
Establishment- In 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed.
Head quarter :
BRAC Centre.
75 Mohakhali,
Dhaka- 1212, Bangladesh

4. Number of Countries served
BRAC is present in all 64 district in Bangladesh as well as
in Afganistan , Pakistan, Srilanka , Uganda , Tanzania, South
Sudan, sierra leone, Liberia, Haiti, Philippines as of 2014.
BRAC also maintain their office in UK & USA.
Objectives
1. Poverty alleviation.
2. Empowerment of the poor particularly women.

5. • The Rural Development Program (RDP) is one of the
major programs of BRAC. Its major objectives are:
• 1. Building viable organizations of the poor capable of
bringing about desired changes in their own socio-
economic and political circumstances.
2. Improving the socio-economic status of the rural
poor through the provision of easy credit for income &
employment generating activities.
3. Developing the managerial and entrepreneurial
capabilities of the poor.

6. Major areas of services
• Agriculture and Food Security Program (AFSP)
• BRAC Education Program (BEP)
• Microfinance
• Community Empowerment Program (CEP)
• Health, Nutrition & Population Program
• Water, Sanitation & Hygienic (WASH)
• Gender, Justice & Diversity
• Specially Targeted Ultra Poor (STUP)
• Disaster, Environment & Climate Change (DECC)
• Human Rights & Legal Aid Services (HRLS)

7. BRAC Education Program
(BEP)
Operating in: 6 countries
Main Focus: BRAC Primary Schools (4 years)
‘Second Chance of Learning’
7,00,000 students (8 to 14 years)
Basic Education to 10 million students, about 5 million from Non
formal primary school.

8. BRAC Education Program
(BEP)
Pre-primary
school
program
Primary school
program
Post-primary
basic &
continuing
education
Adolescent
development
program
Star

9. Pre-primary School Program
Objective: To support unprivileged children to prepare them for
Mainstream Primary Education
Features:
15, 164 teachers (100%female) & schools
4,33,658 students
25- 30 students in each class (61.29% girls)
3 hours of schooling
Fun and activity based
Weekly training
Subject trainer (Specialized)

10. Features of Primary Schools
• 22,618 schools (One room school)
• 6,70,815 students (63.93% girls)
• 22,699 teachers (One teacher/school)
• 33 students (avg.)
• 4 years
• BRAC develops textbooks and other materials for up to Grade
III
• Government textbooks are used in Grades IV and V
• Core subjects: Mathematics, Social sciences and English
• drop out rate <5%

11. Post primary basic & continuing
education(Gono Kendro)
964 libraries
Child corner
Micro museum
More than 1000s of books, newspaper and magazine
TV and Computer with internet connection
Mobile Libraries

12. Adolescent and youth
development program (Kishori
Kendro)
Life skills development
Leadership development
Skills development training
Spontaneous participation in cultural activities
Reproductive health, early marriage, women’s legal rights etc.

13. Limitations of Kishori
Kendro
• Computer training
• Insufficient indoor games
• Poor number of male members
• Absence of national newspaper

14. STAR
Is a non- formal apprenticeship based technical and vocational
training model
Need based training
Student mentoring initiatives
e-learning materials

15. Other Education Projects
• Children with Special Needs
• Education for Ethnic Children (EEC)
• Projects:
a. Education Support Program (ESP)
b. Formal & Community School
c. TBS (Tracking of BRAC Graduates at secondary schools)
d. Shishu Niketan: Home for Children
e. Shikkha Tari: Boat School

16. BRAC Education programmes in
Bangladesh

17. KEY FEATURES OF BRAC PRE-
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
• Centre based approach with one teacher for 25-30 children
• Girls aged five and more
• Sixty percent female students
• No tuition fee
• Flexible class hours
• Involvement of the community in addition to 2.5 hours of schooling
per day
• One local female teacher with 10 years of schooling experience
• School located on catchment of mainstream primary school
• Fun and activities based pre-school education
• Tracking former pre-primary students during their study in the
mainstream primary school through mobilizing parents to ensure
learning and retention.

18. KEY FEATURES OF BRAC PRIMARY
SCHOOL
• The one teacher school is operated by the same teacher for the same
cohort of children for the entire period of four years and delivers lessons
in all subjects.
• The school timings are flexible and are fixed according to needs.
• Children do not have to pay any fees and there are no long holidays
• Little homework or no homework as most of their parents are not
capable of assisting them
• Children with Special Needs receive corrective surgeries along with
devices like wheelchairs, hearing aids, glasses and ramps
• Children belonging to ethnic communities receive class lectures and
course materials in their own languages up to grade two so that they
can overcome language barriers and cultural gaps
• BRAC develops textbooks and other materials for up to Grade III and
government textbooks are used in Grades IV and V
• Students are taught about social values and their rights and
responsibilities coupled with basic financial education to empower them
• BRAC primary school graduates are being tracked by BRAC for further
study

19. Support to Formal Schooling
In collaboration with the government, BRAC initiated secondary
teaching training services in 2001 to bring a qualitative change in
teaching and learning in secondary schools. BRAC provides
training for School Management Committees, head
teachers/assistant head teachers and teaching staff to
complement government efforts.
BRAC implements the following four activities to support
teachers and students in the formal schooling system:
• a) Training & Workshops Programme
• b) Computer Aided Learning (CAL) Programme
• c) Mentoring
• d) Chhatrabandhu
• e) Medhabikash

20. Some special projects

21. DEEPSHIKHA
Since its inception in 1985, co-curricular activities in BRAC schools
have been prioritized Co-curricular activities are intensely
incorporated within the curriculum of BRAC schools as BRAC
believes that this helps flourish social, emotional, language and
communication skills of children for their all-round development.

22. Adolescent Development Programme
The Adolescent Development Programme (ADP) started in
1993 as a subset of BRAC’s school for older children. In order
to retain the literacy rate and life skills that many girls lose
after primary schooling, BRAC’s Education Programme
opened Adolescent Clubs giving girls the chance to socialise,
play indoor games, sing, dance and exchange views and
experiences - all activities that were frowned upon in their
homes. It works with MoWCA (Ministry of Women & Children
Affairs) and Department of Youth Development under the
Ministry of Youth and Sports. Moreover, MoWCA signed a MoU
with BRAC to replicate the ADP model at the country’s seven
districts of seven divisions where ADP is providing its entire
technical support.

23. Education for Ethnic Children
BRAC established the Education for Ethnic Children (EEC) unit in 2001 to
adapt its non-formal teaching model to meet the needs of indigenous
children, who do not speak Bengali - the standard medium of education
in Bangladesh. In EEC schools, teachers explain lessons orally in ethnic
mother tongues alongside Bangla using educational materials based on
local culture and heritage. This method helps indigenous children do
better in class and increase their participation, while improving their
enrolment and retention rates. Bilingual texts and supplementary
reading materials have been developed up to Grade V in Chakma
language. The programme also plans to develop similar bilingual
materials for other communities. BEP has introduced a full-fledged
Multi Lingual Education (MLE) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts to suit the
learning needs of the indigenous communities using the students’
native languages as the medium of teaching. The aim is to help these
children to bridge the linguistic gap and become proficient in Bengali.

24. Lessons to be learnt

25. •Children do not have to pay any fees
•Learning materials are provided for every children
•BRAC primary school graduates are being tracked by
BRAC for further study
•basic financial education to empower them
BRAC ensured basic education among poor
children

26. •such as Chittagong Hill Tracts, haors, baors,
chars, and coastal areas.
-“Shikkha Tori” at Kishoregonj
BRAC expanded geographical coverage in hard
to-reach areas

27. •Provides devices like wheelchairs, hearing aids,
glasses and ramps
Children with Special Needs receive corrective
surgeries

28. •Children belonging to ethnic communities receive
class lectures and course materials in their own
languages up to grade two
-Books in Chakma script for grade V were
developed in 2012
BRAC initiated mother tongue-based
multilingual education for ethnic children

29. •BRAC’s computer aided learning methods
and ICT services in multi-purpose community
learning centers’ received great recognition in
the “Digital World 2012” organized by the
Bangladesh Computer Council.
BRAC’s initiated e-learning method in
Bangladesh

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