Secondary School Support Teachers Training Multipurpose Community Learning

Secondary School Support Teachers’ Training Multipurpose Community Learning Centre Students’ mentoring Computer Aided Learning Promoting Academic Talent Post-Primary Basic And Continuing Education (PACE) www. brac. net

Major components of PACE Post-primary Basic Education (PBEn) Goal: Improve overall quality of secondary education Continuing Education (CE) Goal: Establishing a Learning society promoting reading opportunities and easy access to technology www. brac. net

Major Components of PACE Institutional Capacity Development & Learning: Holistic Child Capacity Building: Subject Teachers’ Training& School Management: High Performance PBEn CE Gonokendro (Multipurpose Community Learning Centre) Chhatra Bandhu (Volunteer Tutor) Major Components Medhabikash Uddyog (Promoting Academic Talent) Students’ Mentoring Computer Aided Learning (CAL) www. brac. net

Objectives: Post-primary Basic Education To improve the quality of education in nongovernment secondary school through enhancing the teaching skills of teachers To promote self-esteem, leadership and creativity of secondary school students To ensure an enabling teaching–learning environment in the BRAC-supported schools To develop the quality of classroom teaching by introducing technologybased education www. brac. net

Modalities of Edn Management Orientation/Workshop Education Management and Developm • Beneficiaries: HT, AHT & SMCs • Duration: 3 days • Beneficiaries: Head Teacher • Two modular course (5 days each) • Contact hours: 19. 5 hours • Contact hours: 78 hours (39 hours each) • Residential • Assignment based School Activities Plan (SAP) • Beneficiaries: Head Teacher • Duration: 3 days • Contact hours: 19. 5 hours • Residential www. brac. net

Subject Based Training § Subjects areas: English, Mathematics, Science, Bangla & Computer § Category: classes 6 -8 and classes 9 -10 § Trainees : Teachers of relevant subjects (Math & English: 3 Teachers, Science: 2 Teachers & 1 Teacher from Bangla & Computer from each school § Modality : Two modular Course; 20 days each; followed by 5 days refresher for Math, English & Science § 12 days course for Bangla & Computer www. brac. net

Continuing Education (CE) Objectives: • Maintain literacy skill and mobilise rural communities by engaging them with libraries, develop financially sustainable learning centre. • Develop right values and voluntarism among students to bring changes in society. • Revival of volunteerism and skill development among community people especially youth. • Reaching out to underprivileged meritorious students and provide financial and skill based support • Provide rural citizens with access to information to develop their capacity and competency. www. brac. net

Students’ Mentoring Objectives: • Increase academic cycle completion and reduce dropout • increase attendance of students in school and classes • Develop leadership potentials and raise involvement in co curricular activities • Develop a demand for quality education among students • Increase practice of moral values among students www. brac. net

Students Mentorship Cycle Attendance; classroom participation & performance Involvement in cocurricular activities Competent students, advocates for social change and responsible citizens Support fellow students as needed Develop new skills; competence; habit & values 3 www. brac. net

Computer Aided Learning (CAL) Computer Aided Learning Programme was initiated to make text content easy, interactive, interesting and stimulating adding visualization. Objectives: To improve teaching skills in: • making classes more learner centered, joyful and interactive • delivering lessons with conceptual clarity and better understanding www. brac. net

Medhabikash Uddyog • Medhabikas provide poor talented students with stipend to continue higher education. • The stipend is provided at higher secondary and undergraduate level. Selection criteria: • GPA 5 in SSC without additional subject; Family income not more than 3000/- & Land size maximum 50 decimals, parent’s profession mostly day laborer. www. brac. net

Chhatrabandhu (Volunteer Tutor) Chhatrabandhu programme provides tuition support to the poor students of grades VI to VIII organizing the local educated people to teach voluntarily. Goal: To Ensure 100% pass rate at SSC examination of the underprivileged students who admitted or will get admission in class six. www. brac. net

Objectives • To encourage and engage the community based educated persons into the voluntary works for the development of the poor students. • To ensure 100% participation in all examinations • To ensure regular attendance in school of underprivileged students • To assimilate / involve school for the development of the underprivileged students. www. brac. net

Collaborate and Complement Objective of So. FEA • 100% completion of secondary education of all Chhatrabandhu supported underprivileged students • Revival of volunteerism Objectivesand of skill development among Chhatrabandhu community people especially youth • Social and Financial Empowerment of Adolescent girls through life skill, capacity building training , livelihood opportunity and greater access to credit and Education • Students’ better performance in internal and external exam • Contribute in reducing drop outs • Easy access of volunteers through So. FEA Clubs • Support to Education yields better acceptance from community for both programs • Completion of Secondary Education • Skilled club members with wider and diverse livelihood opportunity • Interest to keep continue and restart Education among So. FEA members Outcomes www. brac. net

Gonokendros are multipurpose learning centers, which create access to a wider range of learning, skill development and cultural activities. Gonokendro in brief • Opened with the financing of both BRAC and the community • Located at the union level/ secondary school premises • Located in a space donated by the community www. brac. net

Gonokendros in brief (cont…) • • Has an average of 400 -500 member Operates by a part-time librarian (usually a woman) Open for 4 -6 hours a day and 6 days a week Provides reading materials including books, newspapers and magazines. There are 1, 000 books and 1 -2 dailies. • Children’s Corner with 150 books and 2 magazines • Becomes self-financing within 2 years by forming trust www. brac. net

Services related to students • • Students’ hour Readers’ forum Best reader award Wall magazines Computer: Children and Students’ Package Textbook lending Paper (newspaper, magazines) Reference books for students and teachers www. brac. net

Major activities of Gonokendros Library Mobile library Skill development training Readers’ Forum ICT Children’s Corner Socio. Cultural activities www. brac. net

Services to wider community • • • Computer: General package Mobile and Micro library Multi-media presentation Socio-cultural activities Youth development training Internet facility www. brac. net