2. Ripple effects of Post Secondary/Tertiary Education
Higher Middle
Income country
Multiple SDGs (SDG
1, SDG 3, SDG 4,
SDG 5, SDG 8
High Social Rate of
Return (11%)*
High Private
Rate of Return
(18.2%)*
Post
Secondary/
Tertiary
Education
•Higher
income
•Social
status
•Skills and
competenci
es
•Benefits
and
pensions
•Life long
Learning
opportunity
• Human capital
•High
productivity
• lower birth
rate
•Women
empowerment
•Gender equity
•Sensitive and
responsible
citizens
•Greater family
and social
wellbeing Source Sustainable Development of Low Income Countries through Investment in
Tertiary Education: Indicative and Strategic by Asma Banu and Others
3. Medhabikash: A Gateway for Underprivileged Meritorious Students to access
Post Secondary Education
Contributing in
building pro-poor
leadership and
responsible
educated citizens
Capacity
building
Scholarship to
access Post
Secondary
Education
SDGs, National
Education Policy 2010
and Vision 2021 placed
due importance on
Higher Education
HSC (grade 11-12)
•Undergraduate
4. 0
5
8
12
18 18 18 18 16 163
7 8 9.5
27
30 30 30
40
65
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Comparison of Year of Schooling and Monthly Income between
Medhabikash graduates and Non-Medhabikash Youth from same socio-
economic background
Year of Schooling
Income
ThousandsinBDT
*Source: UNESCO GEM Report P. 7
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001902/190214e.pdf
UN Study confirmed that every 1 year schooling associated with 10% increase in
the wage earnings*.
5. Medhabikash : Scholarship and Operations Cost
BEP Phase II (2015) BEP Phase III (2016)
Per
student
Scholars
hip
expense
per year
per
student
per year
Operation
cost
Per
student
Per year
cost
Entire
course
Per
student
Scholarshi
p expense
per year
per
student
per year
Operation
cost
Per
student
Per year
cost
Entire
course
HSC Girl 45,254 9318 54,572 109,144 35,100 8256 43,356 86712
HSC Boy 40,004 9318 49,322 98,644 29,850 8256 38,106 76212
Average
HSC
42,629 9318 51,947 103,894 32,475 8256 40,731 81462
Undergrad
uate girl (4
years)
56,875 9318 67,193 268,772 48,600 8256 56,856 227,424
Undergrad
uate boy
(4 Years)
45,875 9318 55,193 220,772 36,600 8256 44,856 179,424
Undergrad
uate girl (5
years)
54,800 9318 64,118 320,590 48,600 8256 56,856 284,280
Undergrad
uate boy
42,800 9318 52,118 260,590 36,600 8256 44,856 224,280
7. Fund Raising: Present status 2016
0
10000000
20000000
30000000
40000000
50000000
60000000 50747,200
9,300,000
1,500,000
7,800,000
8. New Horizons: Exploring CSR and other sources
80-85% of programme’s budget i.e. larger share of cost will be covered
by BRAC’s internal fund and SPA
The rest 15% - 20% fund can be mobilized from following sources:
Education Endowment fund
(Individual/institutional donation,
trust)
Funding from Bangladeshi Expatriates
Diaspora (Different professional
expatriates groups )
Funding from CSR (MCCI, Banks,
Telecom Industry)
Fund raising from International
foundations/aid agencies: (Melinda
Gates fund, Ford Foundation etc)
Online fund raising:
https://www.youcaring.com/nonprofit-fundraising
https://www.crowdrise.com/online-fundraising
Tapping Govt. fund
Public Private Partnership (PPP) Govt.
International Development
Association (IDA)
9. Medhabikash activities and Role of Staff
Selection
Contact/Com
Selected
Recipients
Household
Survey
Selection
Exam Related
Activities
Call for
application
Capacity
Building &
Follow up
Career
Counseling
Tracking
students after
HSC and
graduation
Result Collection
and sharing
Plan, coordinate
and facilitate
meetings and
trainings
Individual follow
up
Networking
Regional/national
conference
Inviting DEO,
College/University
professors, board
officials in relevant
meeting for
students
Guiding/counseling
HSC undergraduate
students
Design and
facilitate
motivational
session
BRAC NW 70%
MB 30%
BRAC Monitor
60%
BEP Monitors
40%
PACE 65%
FM 25% BLD 5%
Psy Dept BU 5%
MB 70%
BRAC NW 25%
Procurement
5%
MB 60%
Com. 10%
FM 20%
Support
units 10%
FM 60%
MB 40%
MB 90%
BIL 10%
MB=70%
FM=30%
ComprehensiveDatabase
MB 90%
BIL 10%
MB 85%
FM 15%
MB 75%
FM 25%
MB=70%
FM=30%
MB 80%
PFM 20%
10. Strategies to Fund Raise
• Wrote existing Education Endowment Funds’ donors
with financial statements for replenish of fund
• Communicate with CSR unit of big
businesses/industries/banks with right channels and
communication materials
• Communication Materials for CSR/ Bank
• Attracting Govt. Fund through right channel
• Attracting Individual donations during Festival time
• Contacting different Professional expatriate
organizations for fund
• Online fund raise
11. Knowledge Management: Tapestry of information, lesson learned
analysis and human story on Medhabikash Recipients
• Database periodically update with continuing, graduates and new
recipients
• Human Stories, events cover in BRAC website/Blog, Medhabikash
website,internal publications, reports
http://blog.brac.net/2014/05/when-perseverance-pays-off/
http://blog.brac.net/2015/05/listening-for-the-voices-of-change-heres-some-advice-for-bangladeshs-
youth/
http://medhabikash.brac.net/
• RED ongoing study report
• HSC Result Analysis
• Information on graduates
Number of Medhabikash Graduates by batch
List of employed graduates
List of employed RAI Graduates
List of students passed 34 BCS 2015
13. Challenges
• Building new partnership for alternative fund sources
• Getting meritorious students from remote and underserved
regions (Haor areas of Sylhet division, Hill tracts of Chittagong,
Barisal, small Island territories of Southern part of
Bangladesh)
• Maintaining GPA 5 in HSC
• Follow up of continuing and tracking of graduate students
• Engaging other stakeholders like college professors to improve
their academic rigor and competence
• Designing effective motivational and capacity building
training/ workshops
14. Key Learning
• Engaging BRAC programmes in finding eligible scholarship recipients from some
underserved regions yield better result.
• Capacity building opportunities increase the effectiveness and acceptance of
Medhabikash Scholarship program.
• The follow up meetings do pay off in improving students’ academic performance
and result consequently.
• Holding different motivational events yield better result in development of pro-
poor future leadership.
• Access to higher education with this scholarship opportunity helps poor but
meritorious girl students to keep early marriage at bay.
• Being a direct beneficiary of philanthropic approach through Medhabikash Udyog
students get motivated to become more socially responsible.
• The students’ capabilities increase manifold as they are helping their family.
• Medhabikash graduate students and undergraduate students facilitated meetings
can play a great role in guiding Junior scholarship recipients.
• Promotional events like summit, workshop, seminar and print/virtual
communication materials can help the programme and its participants with
motivation and can attract potential donors etc.
