Assignment on: Socio-economic Condition of Bangladesh Topic: REMITTANCE Submitted by: Group Name: Knight 22nd Batch Section:

D Date of Submission: April 6, 2011 Daffodil International University

Group Members Name ID. Md. Sumon 091-11-761 Tapash Bhowmi 091-11-795 Nazmul Sar er 091-11-807 Md. Rafsan Zani 091-11-818 Md. Nazmul Islam 091-11-826

Project Number : Project Title : Improving English Language Efficiency Project Duration : Five Years Starting Date (indicative) : 1st January, 2012 Geographical Coverage : Sadar South, Comilla Project Site : Sadar South, Comilla Project Language : English Executing Authority : Daffodil International University Implementation Authority : Daffodil International University Responsible Government Agency : Prathomi Shi h a Adhidaptor, Comilla Other cooperating agencies: N\A Contribution by external financing agencies : Dutch Bangla Ban Ltd. National contribution : Mr. Nazrul Islam, MP Preparation date : 12th November (first draft) Prepared By : Group: Knight

Table of Contents Introduction

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Objectives

2.1 Development Objective 2.2 Immediate objective Institutional development Direct support 3. Indicators of achievement

4. List of

ey outputs

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Bac ground and justification Socio-economic situation/context Identification of core problem Definition of a strategy Characterization of target groups Description of main partners Institutional framewor

5. List of main activities 6. Presentation of core components 7. List of major inputs 8. Monitoring, evaluation and reporting 9. Preliminary budget estimate Concluding Remar s Annex: Explanatory notes to the preliminary budget estimate, Problem Tree, Objec tive Tree, Sta eholder Analysis, Log Frame, Tables Introduction Bac ground and justification Socio-economic condition: Bangladesh runs one of the biggest primary education a dministrations in the world. Development of primary education poses a daunting c hallenge because of inaccessibility and resource constraint. Despite these const raints Bangladesh has achieved remar able success in the field of literacy and p rimary education. The adult literacy rate (15 years and above) is now estimated 60%. The rate was 35% in 1991. It has ta en decades to arrive at this level of l iteracy. In 1971, independent Bangladesh inherited an outdated education system developed by our previous rulers to suit their own socio-economic and political needs. The leaders of our newly independent country were burdened with the enorm ous and difficult responsibility of educating the people of the war-torn, devast ated, and poor nation. But the nation, with its inspired freedom-movement, was p ledged to discharge the responsibility. Primary education must receive a great amount of attention in developing nations . In Bangladesh the expansion of primary education is crucial, just as it is in ot her developing nations within South Asia and beyond. Bangladeshs low literacy ra te of 39% is one of the many low development indicators that remind us how far our nation has yet to go in its pursuit of sustainable development. Identification of core problem The core problem of primary education in our country is lac of opportunity to l earn English at primary level. Most of our students in primary level are not app reciated to learn English by their parents, due to their unconsciousness and als o low quality of teaching method. Definition of a strategy: Foundation is an important part of a building structure to build it. Primary edu cation is li e a foundation of an individual, for their next higher education an d better future. If the foundation of an individual can be build up strengthly t hen he or she will achieve a better position in future life. At present English is only one component to build up a foundation of an individual. So project li e this have high requirements especially to whom, their siblings study in the pr imary level. More importantly, a project is initiated by Prathomi Shi ha Adhid aptor, Comilla recently, named Improving English Language Efficiency, funded by th e Dutch bangle ban and one of the main component of this project is to build E nglish efficiency of five schools in Sadar South, Comilla.

Characterization of target groups: This project will have the option to address and solve all the requirements of the ey sta eholders li e students, management , guardians etc. All these sta eholders are homogenous in terms of language but there is some variation in level of nowledge especially rural and urban areas a s later enjoy more facilities. Maximum guardians of the rural area are low nowl edge about English language. The teachers of primary school are low nowledge on modern learning.

Description of main partners: Aim of this project is to provide both direct supp ort and institutional developments. Main beneficiaries are students and teachers . Guardians, country, job providers will also benefited by up to date informatio ns. Top management will get benefit for planning, implementing and monitoring mor e efficiently; administrative staffs can perform better because of new technolog y. Institutional framewor : A good and standard institutional framewor can bring o ut success of any project or program. It helps to implement a project timely acc ording to stricture and objectives. Our institutional framewor can be shown as following

Students will come to school and they will learn when they are in school, no nee d to study at home. They will learn will joy and pleasure. . Environmental implications: Environmental impact is great issue at the implement ation stage of any project. So, possible environmental ris always has to consid er. Our project does not pose significant environmental ris s because. It does n ot require any acquisition of land, construction of any new building or major ph ysical expansion.

2. Objectives To meet the challenges of the new century revision and renewal of the primary cu rriculum has ta en place. The aim and objectives of primary education have been re-defined. Based on new directions in primary education terminal and class- wis e competencies for class one to five have been determined. We all now that English is widely used for communication both locally and globa lly. English is a compulsory subject in our curriculum. The Government of Bangla desh has realized the importance of English a new in all spheres of life and rec ently made it the Second language. The Government s policy is to encourage and e mphasize the learning and teaching of English at all levels. Steps are being ta en to help pupils to develop the four s ills (Listening, Spea ing, Reading, and Writing) in English from the very early stages of their academic career. This at tempt will help to lay the foundation in English for students from an early age and enable them to communicate uniformly in all the language s ills (four s ills ). Based on the new aims and objectives of primary education the objectives, termin

Fig: Institutional Framewor

al competencies and class-wise attainable competencies for English (classes I-V) have been revised and updated. The aim is to facilitate easy and quic learning and to build a foundation in the four basic language s ills- listening, spea in g, reading and writing.

2.1 Development Objective: the development objective of the project is to improve the english language efficiency in primary level through encouraged the teachers ,students , gua rdians. Then the students will do better result in their higher study . 3. Indicators of achievement: We are wor in g for the primary school students so the impact will achieve after their completion of graduation. But we can g et results of our project in high school on their participation on english . The full impact of the project will ta e time to materialize and will spill over lo ng time after the project completion. The proposed indicators are as follows: Outcome Indicators: Increased number of efficient students on english. The quality of education of our country will be increased. The failure rate of Enghlish will significan tly decrease. Intermediate Outcome Indicators: The result of P.S.C will improve The result of J.S.C and S.S.C also will be improved . Quality service in all section Society will be benefited Number of childlabor will be decrease 4. List of ey outputs: Modern and improved teaching method Number of teacher increased who has sufficient method Provide necessary technology Ensure availability of necessary boo

nowledge on modern teaching

5. List of main activities: Need assessment analysis to upgrade the existing system Training/Wor shop for students, teachers, administrative persons Introduce the teachers with new technology Awareness campaign among guardians, 6. Presentation of core components cant understand

7. List of major inputs cant understand 8. Monitoring, evaluation and reporting: This project is executed and implemente d by Daffodil International University, supervised by Prathomi Shi ha Adhidapt or, Comilla and Dutch Bangla Ban Ltd. As well as local government is playing an important role to ma e this project success.

9. Preliminary budget estimate; $1 la s (app.)

Annex: Explanatory notes to the preliminary b udget estimate (Problem Tree)

Effects

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Effects

Causes

Sta eholder Analysis (Major Sta eholders)

Sta eholder Characteristics social, economic gender differentiation structure, organization, status attitudes Interest & expectations Interests, objectives, Expectations Sensitivity to & respect of cross- cutting issues (environment, gender i ssue etc.) Potentials & deficiencies Resource endowment Knowledge, experience Potential Contribution Implications and conclusions for the project possible action required how to deal with the group Prathomi Shi ha Adhidaptor, Comilla Centralized with limited school and fund . Depends on primary education board. Better monitoring to all the schools related with the project. Vocabula ry and Grammar learning is mandatory part of the policy, Also interested to increase spea ing s ill. Start a new project to improve t he communication in English and high potentiality to get higher level education in foreign. Need to be more consciousness in English learning. Board of Governors, Daffodil International University (DIU) Dynamic, Keen to use modern technology, Limited resource Use new method of teaching, acquire resources, create ce ntre of excellence to develop better human resource Respectful to environmen tal issues, special scholarship and facilities for woman. Already complete 50 % wor of full automation of all activates, giving free laptop to each new e nrolled students, fund crisis, lac of manpower to implement, Continue the com mitment to adopt new technology, allocate fund, monitoring, een to see the resu lt/ improvement of quality Students (both current and potentials) Mainly from rural area, middle class, la nguage barrier, more male, enthusiastic to learn To get modern study mate rials and well trained for future education. Not that much aware about enviro nmental issues and health. Very een to learn new words and to get new mate rials li e colorful boo s and stationary. Proper utilization of potential students, guidance, easy to understand, handle carefully with soft hand Teachers Good academic bac ground, young, gender equality, enthusiastic t o use good examples and should have a large amount of vocabulary nowledge. Ma e students more nowledgeable in English and self consciousness. Sensitiv e to students gender issues, rational in their ability. Few teachers already did courses about how to technically teach English to students. Reward policy fo r research, innovation etc., good selection process to get more quality teachers , timely implement of commitments. Administration Good academic bac ground, young, enthusiastic to use modern tech nology for teaching Give better service to students, increase the reputation in the mar et Sensitive to EIA & gender issues, rational in resource usage Young & energetic, have basic nowledge of ICT, reluctant to ta e training for n

ew technology Need regular training, policy to reward better performance. Guardians Reluctant to adopt new technology, very serious about their sibl ings academic activities Regular academic information of their siblings, Get ready for the job mar et Aware about EIA issues, very much careful about gender. Always interested to introduce new technology for their siblings, poor ICT nowledge and awareness Awareness campaign, up to date regularly about t he activities, demonstrate the potentials of using ICT enable service in a very easy way Other universities Less communication, few have some ICT based services spe cially private universities, good professional interactions among teachers Cooperation among them to increase quality, joint research activities. Trying t o implement & maintain EIA standard, more or less gender sensitive Some pri vate universities use ICT enable services, public universities also ta es step to implement ICT enable services, Not up to date technology, lac of fund, ta es time to implement any decision, high maintenance cost More organize through as sociation, exchange, joint research/programs etc. Job Providers Multinational, far ahead and positive of using ICT enable servic es comparing with Govt. organizations Recruit through online database CV ban , participate job fairs at universities, high quality man power Ta e care of EIA issues and gender sensitive Regularly participate job fairs, have the option to submit CV in their respective website, provide internship but limited number , reluctant to adopt new technology/method of selection Invite regularly in vari ous programs li e guest lecture, seminar etc., arrange job fair, provide activit ies news regularly Logframe:

Intervention Logic Objectively Verifiable Indicators Source o f Verification Assumptions Overall Objective Quality improvement of students in English language effi ciency at primary level. Fulfill the target of the project, experience an alysis 75% improvement of students in English. Monthly, semiannually, Annual report Prathomi Shi ha Adhidaptor, Comilla annual report. Vocabulary improvement Programme Purpose Improvement of English language efficiency at primary le vel. Student English efficiency growth rate will be increase at least 75% Achieve 50% vocabulary at this level . Different types of test on english. Position of students comparing to other school students. Prathomi Shi a Adhidaptor, Comilla annual report Midterm and project completion report Students results in English. High performance in next higher level Better future life

Increase number of qualified teachers

Results

Modern and improved teaching method Available students to spea ing and reading English. Number of qualified teacher increased Number of joint research project with other school increased Number of English understood students increased Lin with other primary school Timely completion of study

Most of the operations are computerized and timely services Monthly,semiannually, Annual report Monitoring and evaluation by Prathomi Shi ha Adhidaptor, Comilla Medium cost of maintenance Shortage of manpower to administer Regular Practicing english Activities Means Cost Getting chance in higher level instituti on. Release fund timely Quality of understanding. Need assessment analysis to upgrade boo s and better method. Training/Wor shop for students, teachers, administrative persons Awareness campaign among guardians, other school about the potentials of english Appreciating students (by providing interesting method of learning and equipment , with colorful boo s) Investment( Equipment, boo s etc.) Tables: Table1: Basic Statistics - Tertiary Education in Bangladesh (2007) Unit N of Institutes Enrolment Male Female N Share of Fem Total**** Share % Public Private National N 28 54 * N 29,475 % N 12.1 86,922 20,583 25.3 116,397 9.2 68,086 290,684 23.2 88,669 78.7 Total 83 Pre-conditions Innovative Govt. policy Adequate infrastructure to carry better education services Increase use of English communication among the student.

464,904 619,912 340,742 38.5 35.5 755,588 960,654 100.0

N of Students Per Teacher N 17 16 10 N of Teachers 5638 Per Student Expenditure 37090 ** ** * There is 1 National University in Bangladesh catering around 1500 tertiary col leges; ** Ranges from 35000 to 1, 80,000 BDT *** Information is not available; **** Excludes Open University (Source: Bangladesh: Country Summary of Higher Education, www.worldban .org)

Table 2: Number of students in public and private universities (2004--2008) Public University Private University Year No. Number of Students No. Number of Students 2004 19 112327 53 46080 2005 19 116397 54 62856 2006 23 153249 51 88669 2007 27 163004 51 170505 2008 29 51 182641 (Source: University Grants Commission Annual Report, 2009)