Non Formal Education Program

Primary Education:

Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the society. Education reduces poverty, empowers women and helps prevent diseases. While the provision of primary education is crucial for both boys and girls, according to the UN 2008 Development Report, investing in girls’ education may well be the highest-return investment in the developing world.

The role of effective participation of women in development and the benefit that accrues to them, as a result for instances, high income, better conditions at workplaces and their involvement in decision-making is also important.

Education is central to enabling women and girls to achieve these goals. SDRS aims to advance creative ways and means that would enhance women’s participation in the process of development both as beneficiaries and agents of change at a community, national and international level.

SDRS's steps in education:

SDRS emphasizes the education as most important fact that implies learning, irrespective of where and how the learning takes place. Education is also a lifelong process, assuming different forms, of which formal schooling is only one form. Education is the fundamental right to every citizen. The lack of education forces the poor household to engage in less productive activities which results in poverty. As a developing country Bangladesh has many challenges to meet. There is obligation to fulfil the basic requirements of the citizen. Education is the core issue of all developments. Without it a nation cannot get forward movement.

Organization works for the poor, hard to reach and dropout children especially who are living in remote and disadvantaged areas as priority. While the non-formal approaches have room for flexibility and innovation, their efficacy and wide acceptance is dependent on maintaining quality and standards. Children who cannot or do not get enrolled in primary schools usually drop out from schools. The adolescents who relapse into illiteracy or those young and adult people who have never benefited from any schooling would perpetually remain in darkness unless some non-formal opportunities are major concerns of the organization. In order to provide education to those Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC), SDRS established 25 schools in Fulchhari Upazila and 16 schools in Sundarganj Upazila with the assistance of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME).

Moreover, organization surveyed to find out the poor and disadvantaged disabled people living in Gaibandha district in 2009. After that organization made a list of children with disabilities (CWDs) more than 80 in Sadar Upazila of Gaibandha district. An inclusive education centre established in 2010 with those CWDs by the assistance of “National Foundation for Development of The Disabled”. Besides, inclusive education along with technical assistances including physiotherapy, assistive tools are being delivered to them under the project.

School Program:

In January 201, SDRS established “Kishaloy” a digital school, which is located at Kalirbazar, Gaibandha. In this school, children receive technology-based education with friendly environment. There are more than 300 students with 2 teachers which is nominal to the ratio of pupils. Lack of donations we can’t establish a sufficient sanitation process which is mandatory for the students. Multimedia classroom with digital educational system has been affiliated for the betterment of the students. Books and others stationary items are provided through SDRS funds. Remedial classes are taken to improve the student’s whatever girls’ or boys who already fall behind from their study.

SDRS will aim to achieve these goals through:

  • Provision of quality education for girls
  • Community engagement to address cultural barriers to education for girls
  • Effective advocacy for women’s participation in the management of community affairs and development activities
  • Empower women through life skills training so that they can support their daughter’s access to education
  • Advocacy against child labor

Support for Primary Education:

  • Inadequate facilities such as classrooms
  • Lack of teachers
  • Overcrowding which impacts on the quality of learning (Teacher to pupils ratio in some areas is 1:90)
  • High level of poverty
  • Nomadic nature of the inhabitants of the region

Our focus therefore is:

  • Remedial classes for children from poor families especially girls
  • Provision of learning resources such as reading books
  • Orphan sponsorship
  • Provide solar lanterns, chairs and tables for orphaned children to improve their home environment
  • Support parents-school engagement

With the funds we aim to:

  • We will Build at least 05 washrooms
  • Set up a two Tube well
  • Construct an underground water tank
  • We will Supply 40 more student bench chair made up with high quality wood.
  • We will Provide school uniforms and others relevant books and stationery using for their study purpose.
  • We will Hire supplementary teachers to provide 8 hours remedial lessons/month, for 2 years to 400 orphaned and vulnerable girls

We already achieved:

  • Improved reading level of the beneficiary girls
  • Improved numeracy level of the beneficiary girls
  • Improved access to water and basic sanitation
  • Improved health and hygiene behavior

Girls who could only barely read before we started the intervention are now able to read with confidence and enjoyment. The gradual improvement in the tests scores in both the end of term tests organized by the school and our monthly continuous assessment tests shows we are making headway in improving our students' achievement and attainment. The achievement was down to the hard work of the girls, teachers and parents, especially mothers who were very active and keen to see their daughters succeed.

We believe access to education is a fundamental human right to a journey together

while ensuring the long-term sustainable development of their communities. Our aim is to educate underprivileged children living in the remote areas by providing them with comprehensive education facilities. The main obstacle comes from the fact that most children drop out from school at an early age mainly because they are involved in contributing to their family income. To overcome this problem, we provide free healthcare for all family members of the sponsored children and maintain a family support scheme, both of which provide huge incentives for parents to keep their children in full time education. The system is a great success and will reduce school drop outs significantly.

SDRS emphasizes the education as most important fact that implies learning, irrespective of where and how the learning takes place. Education is also a lifelong process, assuming different forms, of which formal schooling is only one form. Education is the fundamental right to every citizen. The lack of education forces the poor household to engage in less productive activities which results in poverty. As a developing country Bangladesh has many challenges to meet. There is obligation to fulfill the basic requirements of the citizen. Education is the core issue of all developments. Without it a nation cannot get forward movement.

Organization works for the poor, hard to reach and dropout children especially who are living in remote and disadvantaged areas as priority. While the non-formal approaches have room for flexibility and innovation, their efficacy and wide acceptance is dependent on maintaining quality and standards. Children who cannot or do not get enrolled in primary schools usually drop out from schools. The adolescents who relapse into illiteracy or those young and adult people who have never benefited from any schooling would perpetually remain in darkness unless some non-formal opportunities are major concerns of the organization. In order to provide education to those Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC), SDRS established 25 schools in Fulchhari Upazila and 16 school in Sundarganj Upazila with the assistance of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME).

Moreover, organization surveyed to find out the poor and disadvantaged disabled people living in Gaibandha district in 2009. After that organization made a list of children with disabilities (CWDs) consists of 35 in Sadar Upazila of Gaibandha district. An inclusive education centre established in 2010 with those CWDs by the assistance of “National Foundation for Development of The Disabled”. Besides, inclusive education along with technical assistances including physiotherapy, assistive tools are being delivered to them under the project. In January, 2017 SDRS established “Kishaloy” a digital school, which is located at Kalirbazar, Gaibandha. Children in this school receive technology-based education with friendly environment.

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