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Title: Atiur Rahman and Mahfuz Kabir


1
Social Innovation in Facing Challenges of
Secondary Education A Case from Bangladesh
  • Atiur Rahman and Mahfuz Kabir

Presented at Dijon, France 2006
Chairman, Unnayan Shamannay, Dhaka, E-mail
atiur_at_sdnbd.org Research Officer, Bangladesh
Institute of International and Strategic Studies
(BIISS), Dhaka, E-mail mahfuz_at_biiss.org.
2
Problems of secondary education (Grade Vi-X) in
Bangladesh
  • very low overall average rate of return
  • poverty is one of the strongest deterrents to
    access to schooling
  • very high average pupil-tutor ratio
  • Poor and inadequate physical facilities leading
    to over-crowding in the classroom
  • very weak or non-existent academic supervision
  • very low community participation

3
Innovative features of a social
interventionVelayet Hossain Multilateral High
School
  • provide high quality education to poor students
  • students serve as extension workers at adjoining
    villages
  • after completing SSC many boys and girls are now
    self-employed
  • small scale dairy, poultry, and fish farm
    horticulture nursery computer and science
    laboratories, sewing machines, etc. to provide
    hands-on training
  • local community effectively participate in the
    school activities including school visit,
    financial contribution, voluntary physical labor
    to promote quality education

4
performance of Velayet School vis-à-vis a typical
rural secondary school Results of micro
econometric investigation
  • Velayet students average scores of the
    subjective tests were statistically significantly
    higher than the control group
  • their aggregate scores were also statistically
    significantly higher
  • higher but insignificant mean scores of boys
    compared to its girl students
  • distance between the mean score of weaker
    students compared to others is lower in Velayet
    School than that of the control school
  • Velayet School is doing better in terms of
    reducing the gap among the students

5
Policy Implications
findings can have significant policy dividend for
both Bangladesh and developing countries with
similar challenges in secondary education
  • introduction of trade courses rather than
    expanding general education with no skills
  • part-time income earning vocations for the
    students
  • emphasis of extra-curricular
  • activities to wider the vision of the students
  • community involvement for quality education
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