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Primary Education Development Programme III (PEDPIII)
Sector |
Education |
Location of activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide |
Program budget (USD) |
8.33 billion |
EC contribution (€) |
54,000,000 (including Technical Assistance) |
Implementing agency |
Government of Bangladesh |
Co-financing / Local partner |
13% of the total budget is provided by a consortium of external donors:
ADB, Ausaid, UNICEF, CIDA, DFID, EU, JICA, Sweden, World Bank |
Starting date |
July 2011 |
End date |
June 2016 |
Description |
The third primary education development programme of Bangladesh has the objective to establish an efficient inclusive, equitable primary education system delivering effective and relevant child friendly learning to all children, from pre-primary to grade V. It is comprised of four components:
1. Learning and teaching
2. Participation and disparities
3. Decentralization and effectiveness
4. Planning and management
PEDP III is sub-sector wide programme, which incorporates aresults-based management (RBM) model and foresees alignment with the Government's financial, management and monitoring system. Nine development partners support the programme of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, through a performance based financing modality. For the first time in Bangladesh, EU provides its contribution to the programme as Sector Budget Support.
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Contact person |
Michela Profeta |
Strengthening Basic Education in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Program budget
(€) |
10 400 000 |
EC
contribution (€) |
6 600 000 |
Implementing
agency |
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts/UNDP |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
UNDP |
Starting date |
January 2010 |
Expected end
date |
September 2013 |
Description |
The project has as its goal to support the Government to realise its commitments to basic education in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Direct beneficiaries over Phase II will include 25,440 extra children with access to school, and an improved classroom environment. Teaching and learning materials are being developed and available in mother tongue from pre primary to class III for 7 to 11 indigenous language groups, and improved quality of teaching and monitoring and supervision will be in place across 12 Upazillas in the 3 Districts. The project is embedded in the larger multi component CHTDF project and works in collaboration with the UNICEF pre school Para Centres. The project intends to be clearly focussed on both macro and micro: macro in the sense of looking at the larger educational agenda, financial resourcing and legislation, down to the micro in the sense of direct Implementation of components. Familiarity with the national picture will ensure project supported schools are aligned with the Government system, eg. with regard to curriculum and infrastructure requirements and so eligible and ready for recognition by the Ministry.
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Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
Technical and
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform in Bangladesh
Sector |
Trade and Economic Development/ Education |
Location of
activities |
All over Bangladesh |
Project budget
(€) |
15 million |
EC
contribution (€) |
14 million |
Implementing
agency |
International Labour Organization (ILO) with Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) as national implementing agency |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
International Labour Organization (ILO) |
Starting date |
12 December 2007 |
Expected end
date |
11 December 2012 |
Description |
This 5-year project aims to establish a market-oriented and flexible TVET system which responds to the demand for competitive skills of the modern sector as well as to the needs of youth and under-privileged groups. It is split into two consecutive phases, to accommodate any changes in project design / donor cooperation etc.
The five main components address the following issues:
- TVET policies, system and legislation reviewed and strengthened at central and decentralised levels;
- Enhanced flexibility, quality and relevance of TVET;
- Strengthening TVET institutions through improved knowledge and skills of managers and teachers;
- Improved skills development resulting in enhanced productivity and competitiveness in key growth and export-oriented industries in the formal industrial sector;
- Increased access of underprivileged groups to TVET.
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Contact person |
Marion Mitschke |
| Internet Link |
http://www.ilo.org/dhaka/Whatwedo/Projects/lang--en/WCMS_106485/index.htm |
Finished projects
Primary Education Development Programme II (PEDPII)
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide |
Program budget
(€) |
1,373,000,000 (38% of which was
externally financed) |
EC
contribution (€) |
105,000,000 |
Implementing
agency |
Government of Bangladesh |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
38% of the total budget is provided by a consortium of
external donors:
ADB, Ausaid/UNICEF, CIDA, DFID, EC, JICA, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
World Bank |
Starting date |
May 2004 |
End
date |
Ended in June 2011 |
Description |
PEDP-II is designed to create a high quality, inclusive formal primary education system catering to approximately 16 million students in Bangladesh, to which external development partners including the EC contribute an investment program of US$ 680 million. The Government's contribution of approximately US$ 1.2 billion goes mainly into recurrent costs like teacher salaries or stipends for students. The programme combines a physical expansion of the education system through more classrooms and teachers with measures to enhance the quality of teaching and the learning outcomes. The program has four major components:
- quality improvement through organizational development and capacity building.
- quality improvement in schools and classrooms.
- quality improvement through infrastructure development.
- improved access to quality schooling
The achievements of PEDP II are reported in the 'Annual Sector Performance Report 2011' issued by the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Directorate of Primary Education. |
Contact person |
Michela Profeta |
Programme to Motivate, Train and Employ Female Teachers in Rural Secondary
Schools (PROMOTE)
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide |
Project budget
(€) |
29,200,000 |
EC
contribution (€) |
29,200,000 |
Implementing
agency |
Government of Bangladesh |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
Government of Bangladesh |
Starting date |
January 1995 |
End date |
December 2005 |
Description |
While the main implementation activities of
PROMOTE ended in December 2005, the EC will continue to support teachers
who have been recruited for permanent posts under PROMOTE with salary
subventions up to 2009.
The aim of PROMOTE was to facilitate a more
gender sensitive equitable society by promoting girl friendly secondary
schools throughout the country. During its implementation phase
(1995-2005), PROMOTE achieved the following results: training of 6,800
female B. Ed. Fellows; 3,418 female secondary teachers in short term
employment; 1,325 in long term employment; completion of 11 Resource
Centres and 162 hostels for female secondary teachers. |
Contact person |
Laila Baqee |
Poverty Alleviation
through Social Change and Alternative Lifestyles Integrated Programme in Three
Dhaka Slums
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Three slums in the capital Dhaka |
Project budget
(€) |
911, 367 |
EC
contribution (€) |
683,000 |
Implementing
agency |
Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia with local partner Association for Realisation of Basic Needs (ARBAN) |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia |
Starting date |
February 1 2006 |
End
date |
July 31 2009 |
Description |
The project contributes to reduced poverty and improved living conditions in three Dhaka slums promoting social change and developing alternative lifestyles and to the strengthening of an institution dedicated to alleviating the hardship of the most disadvantaged. 2000 children, 750 adolescents and 360 destitute women are assisted through education, vocational training and employment provision. 15 working groups and 25,000 citizens are sensitised and motivated to take action on pertinent issues relating to the improvement of living conditions of the community.
Final Report |
Contact person |
Marion Mitschke |
Vocational training in CHT
Sector |
Vocational Training |
Location of
activities |
Ruma and Thanci in Bandarban in Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Project budget
(€) |
296,599 |
EC
contribution (€) |
252,109 |
Implementing
agency |
Hundreds of Original Projects for Employment (HOPE 87) |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
TOYMU. |
Starting date |
January 1 2006 |
End
date |
August 31 2009 |
Description |
The project provides basic
education facilities (inclusive motivation and awareness) to the tribal
youth in Thanci, and Ruma in CHT and enables them to have access to
skills training in various technical fields in the first ever Training
Centre in Ruma |
Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
Asia Link: Cooperation for
Better Programming Skills
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh, Finland, Germany |
Program budget
(€) |
327,591 |
EC
contribution (€) |
294,832 |
Implementing
agency/
Co-financing /
Local partner |
- Tampere University of Finland
- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
- Shahjadal University of Science and Technology
(SUST)Bangladesh
- University of Applied Sciences, Berlin (FHTW Berlin),
Germany
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Starting date |
December 28 2004 |
End
date |
December 28 2007 |
Description |
Asia-Link has been designed to
strengthen relations between higher education institutions in Asia and
Europe.
This project combines modules in
computer science to create a network of international experts in
information technology from the partner universities which will, in
time, contribute to poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. |
Contact person |
Laila Baqee |
Asia Link:
ICCD: Internationally Coordinated Curriculum Development for Modules in
Intercultural Communication
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh,
China, Germany, Ireland |
Program budget
(€) |
451,997 |
EC
contribution (€) |
299,990 |
Implementing
agency/
Co-financing
/Local partner |
- Department of
Sociology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
- Beijing
Institute of Technology (BIT), China
- Technische
Universitat Dresden, Germany
- University of
Limerick, Ireland
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Starting date |
March 15 2004 |
Expected end
date |
March 15 2007 |
Description |
Asia-Link has been designed
to strengthen relations between higher education institutions in Asia
and Europe.
This project incorporates sociology modules focusing on development,
culture, populations, gender relationships etc. to be shared among the
students and staff of partner universities. |
Contact person |
Laila Baqee |
Tribal Children
Education Programme
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bandarban (CHT) |
Project
budget (€) |
999,952 |
EC
contribution (€) |
749,964 |
Implementing
agency |
Tearfund – UK and
Lakarmissionen - Sweden |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
KOINONIA |
Starting date |
August 1 2003 |
Expected end
date |
February 28 2010 |
Description |
The project aims at increasing
literacy and awareness of Indigenous people belonging to the most
marginalized Para (Villages) of Bandarban District in Chittagong Hill
Tracts. The project targets directly 6000 children of primary school age
by providing interesting and attractive learning environment, in 100 new
and low cost schools buildings, formation of schools' management
committee and training for teachers. |
Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
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