The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education

Ministry of Education

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Program Monitoring Unit (PMU)

	TDP Draft
►	Environmental Assessment and Environmental Management Framework of Secondary Education Quality & Access Enhancement Project (Proposed)
►	The Nationwide Female Stipend Program : An Overview
►	Project and Bank Arrangements
►	Objectives of the Nationwide Female Stipend Program ( NFSP)
►	Eligibility Criteria for Getting Stipend
►	Stipend and Tuition Fee Rates
►	The Projects Under the Nation-wide Female Stipend Program at a Glance
►	Female Secondary School Assistance Project Phase : II (FSSAP-II)
►	Female Secondary Stipend Project (FSSP)
►	Secondary Education Sector Improvement Project (SESIP)
►	Female Secondary Education Stipend Project 2^nd Phase (FESP)
►	Higher Secondary Female Stipend Program (HSFSP)
►	Stipend Program for Metropolitan Cities
►	Pro-poor Targeting
►	Project wise District, Upazila & Institutions
►	Information on General and Madrasha Education at Junior Secondary & Secondary Level
►	Project Wise No of Girls and Institutions
►	Project Wise No of Stipend Recipients Girls
►	No of Girls and Institutions of Higher Secondary Level
►	Year Wise Stipend Recipient Girls Increasing Rate
►	Results of Secondary School Certificate
►	SSC Result of Stipend Recipients Girls
►	HSC Result of Girls Student for all over Bangladesh
►	Dropout Grils Student List of Secondary Level
►	Project Wise Stipend Disbursement Status
►	No. of Male & Female Teacher of Secondary Level
►	Percentage of Female Teachers
►	Boys and Girls Ratio of Secondary Level
►	Summary Data of all Female Stipend Projects at Secondary Level
►	Other special activities under FSSAPII
►	Other special activities under SESIP
►	Head/Asstt. Head of the Institutions Training by FSP at the Secondary Level
►	Subject Teacher Training by FSP at the Secondary Level
►	Providing Twin latrine and Tube well at Secondary Level institution
►	Stake holder Training at Secondary Level

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THE NATIONWIDE FEMALE STIPEND PROGRAM : AN OVERVIEW

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Education is the basic need for the socio-economic transformation and the advancement of a country. It is the prime ingredient of human resource development. The Constitution of Bangladesh obligates the Government to adopt effective measures for establishing a uniform, mass-oriented and universal system of education and extending free and compulsory education to all children to such a stage as may be determined by law. It also obligates the Government to relate education to the needs of the society and producing properly trained and motivated citizens to serve the needs. It also obligates the Government for removing illiteracy within such times as may be determined by law.

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Bearing in mind the Constitutional obligation, the Government of Bangladesh has been trying its best to achieve impressive results in education sector. Although it may be mentioned that the educational development in Bangladesh has not yet been adequately geared to meet its human needs. However, having with around 133.4 million people (2003), the adult literacy rate (15 + age) of the country is about 54.8% wherein the female literacy rate is 48.9% and male 60.3%. The gap of literacy rates between the urban and the rural areas is also very wide.

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The Government of Bangladesh has already undertaken various reform measures for the quantitative and qualitative development of primary, secondary and tertiary education and perhaps the greatest strength of the Government in this regard is the consistent high level national commitment and consensus on the priority of female education. The Government has realized that the benefits of education should be experienced and shared equitably by both women and men. In fact, sustainable development of a nation is absolutely impossible without the participation of women in the mainstream of development activities.

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However, the Government of Bangladesh with some short term and long term objectives laid special emphasis in the Fourth Five Year Plan (FFYP) (1990-95) to raise female literacy rate from 16% to 25% and thereby ensure enhanced participation of females in all spheres of national life.

The objectives of the FFYP are stated below:

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Short term objectives

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To increase the number of enrollment of girls in grades 6-10.

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To assist them to pass their SSC examination so that they become qualified for employment as primary school teachers, agricultural extension agents health and family planning workers and NGO field workers etc; and

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To hold them in studies and thereby refrain them from early marriage.

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Long term objectives

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To enhance the number of educated women capable of participating in economic and social development activities of the country;

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To enhance the social status of the female in the community and thereby reduce the gender gap from every sphere of life;

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To create a positive impact on population growth; and

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to provide occupational skills training to school leaving girls interested in entering the labor market as self-employed workers, semi-skilled and skilled workers.

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To achieve these objectives, the Government launched a program from January 1990 that aimed at exempting girls living outside the metropolitan areas from paying tuition fees from grades 6-8. But this program was not sufficient for continuing their education upto 10. As a result it was necessary to launch a broad-based program for achieving the targets of FFYP. However, it is to be noted that , a pilot project for providing financial support to secondary female students of one Thana was taken-up in early eighties with the financial help of USAID. On close monitoring and evaluation of the program, it was revealed that the by providing financial support it was possible in bringing and retaining the girls at secondary level.

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However, in order to achieve the targets of FFYP more effectively, the Government had decided to undertake the Nation Wide Female Stipend Program (NFSP) for awarding stipend and tuition grant to the female students from grades 6 to 10 and also providing financial help for purchasing of books in grade IX and paying examination fees to SSC candidates. The NFSP was launched in January 1994 . Before undertaking the NFSP, a Baseline Survey was made in 1992 where the weakness of secondary education , particularly, the low participation of girls in secondary levels were determined including measures to be considered. On the basis of the survey report, the Government launched the NFSP by implementing 4 development project covering 461 upazillas. The detailed coverage of upazilla and source of financing under NFSP is furnished below:

Project and Bank Arrangements

Name of The project	Name of Bank to distribute stipends	Financing source	Coverage
Female Secondary School Assistance Project (FSSAP)	Agrani Bank	IDA & GOB	119 Upazillas
Female Secondary Stipend Project (FSSP)	Agrani, Janata and Rupali Bank	GOB	270 +19 (only madrsha) Upazillas
Secondary Education Sector Improvement Project (SESIP)	Rupali Bank	ADB & GOB	53 Upazillas
Female Education Stipend Project (FESP)	Agrani Bank	NORAD	19 (only schools) Upazillas

♦ Objectives of the Nationwide Female Stipend Program ( NFSP)

During launching of the NFSP , the participation of female students in the secondary level was only 33 percent and out of which only 05 percent could pass the SSC examination. It is indeed to be noted that poverty, early marriage, socio-economic conditions and social prejudice etc. are the common impediments for low rate of female participation and passing SSC examination. To overcome the impediments the NFSP has been framed with the following objectives :

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Short term objectives

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To increase the number of girls’ enrollment in grades 6-10.

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To assist the girls to pass SSC examination so that they can make themselves qualified for employment as primary school teachers, agriculture extension agents, health and family planning workers, NGO filed workers etc. and

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To hold girls in studies and make them refrain from early marriage;

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To aware the community for sending their daughters to the schools for obtaining education.

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The long-term objectives are:

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To enlarge the number of educated women capable of participating in the economic and social development of the country,

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To increase the social status of the female in the community and reduce gender disparity;

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To create a positive impact on population growth.

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Eligibility Criteria for Getting Stipend

Under NFSP, the female students at the secondary level are getting stipends under the following criteria:

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The girl students must attend at least 75% of the classes in an academic year;

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They must obtain, on an average 45% marks at the half yearly/annual examination;

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They must unmarried until passing the SSC examination. Students violating any one of the above criteria will not be eligible for getting stipends and tuition fees.

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Stipend and Tuition Fee Rates

Under NFSP, the amount provided to the female students of grades 6-10 as stipend, subsidy to the institutions against tuition fees and other fees is stated below:

(Amount in Taka)

Class	Type of institution	First installment: Jan-June				Second installment: July-Dec.				Annual total	Monthly stipend	Monthly tuition
Class	Type of institution	Stipend	Tuition	Books	Total	Stipend	Tuition	Exam. Fees	Total	Annual total	Monthly stipend	Monthly tuition
6	Govt.	150	60	-	210	150	60	-	210	420	25	10
6	Non-Govt	150	90	-	240	150	90	-	240	480	25	15
7	Govt.	180	72	-	252	180	72	-	252	504	30	12
7	Non-Govt	180	90	-	270	180	90	-	270	540	30	15
8	Govt.	210	72	-	282	210	72	-	282	564	35	12
8	Non-Govt	210	90	-	300	210	90	-	300	600	35	15
9	Govt.	360	90	250	700	360	90	-	450	1150	60	15
9	Non-Govt	360	120	250	730	360	120	-	480	1210	60	20
10	Govt.	360	90	-	450	540	135	550	1225	1675	60	15
10	Non-Govt	360	120	-	480	540	180	550	1270	1750	60	20

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Following the above rate schedule, Stipend Awarding Program under NFSP has been executing since January 1994 in the 461 Upazilla except 04 Metropolitan cities through the 04 projects mentioned earlier. The decision is expected to have far- reaching impact on education and empowerment of women and children as well as on overall socio-economic development of the country. Truly it can be said that Bangladesh has done much better than other countries in South Asia in enrolling girl students basically at Secondary level through implementing the Nation wide Female Stipend Program. Due to the implementation of the NFSP for the secondary level girls, the gross enrollment rate of girls in the year 2005 at secondary level comes to 53.43%.

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The Projects Under the Nation-wide Female Stipend Program at a Glance:

Being inspired by the success of the NFSP, the Government of Bangladesh has extended the duration of four stipend projects for five more years with own finance and financial assistance from donor agencies. The Government has laid special emphasis on improving the quality of secondary education along with increasing access and retention of girls through these projects designed in the new perspective. However the projects designed under NFSP are furnished below:

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FSSAP-II

The name of the Project : Female Secondary School Assistance Project Phase : II (FSSAP-II)

Implementation Period : July 2001 – June 2007

The total project cost : Total = Tk. 83187.94 lakh

Financing of the Project : GOB = Tk. 14141.95 lakh ; IDA = Tk. 69045.99 lakh

Objectives of the Project

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Improving the Quality of Secondary Education

Efficient teacher, good institution and supportive environment are essential for the qualitative development of secondary education. The concept of quality education is very much related to the development of female education as well as achievement of the high pass rate in the SSC examination. For this reason the project will provide assistance in management and supervision training for Head Teachers. It is also aimed at providing subject based training to the Assistant Teachers.

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Increasing Access and Retention of Girls

This component specially emphasizes to keep the trend of increasing of enrollment unabated and assist girls to pass the SSC examination

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Strengthening Management, Accountability and Monitoring

The objective of this component is to strengthen the management capacity of the NFSP in Bangladesh and thereby improve the quality, minimizing irregularities and wastages of NFS program.

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FSSP

The name of the Project : Female Secondary Stipend Project (FSSP)

Implementation Period : 1st Phase : Jan, 1994 to June, 2005

2nd Phase: July, 2005 to Dec, 2008

The total project cost : Total = Tk. 46662.40 lakh

Financing of the Project : GOB

Objectives of the Project : The main objectives of the project are as follows:

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To enhance and retain female students in the secondary stage and thereby promote female education;

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To reduce population growth by motivating the stipend clientele group to refrain from marriage till the completion of secondary school certificate examination or the attainment of 18 years of age;

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To increase the involvement of women in socio-economic development activities;

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To increase the scope of women’s self employment opportunity and thereby meet the poverty alleviation goals;

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To assist in improving the status of women in society; and

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To strengthen the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education through implementation support and capacity building at Upazila level all over the country.

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SESIP

The name of the Project : Secondary Education Sector Improvement Project (Revised)

Implementation Period : July 1999 – Dec. 2006

The total project cost : Tk. 59020.00 lakh

Financing of the Project : GOB = Tk. 14820.00 lakh ; ADB = Tk. 34200.00 lakh

Objectives of the Project

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Strengthening MOE’s institutional capacity to plan, manage and execute the secondary education system and to improve the use of scarce resources by providing assistance to Policy support and strategic planning by

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Decentralization management

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Developing performance-based management

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Strengthening school management and supervision

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To help build support systems for improved quality of secondary education by

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Strengthening the capacity for curriculum development

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Privatize secondary textbooks production

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Reform student assessment and public examination

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Reform secondary teacher education

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Expand equitable access to secondary education through

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Facilities development: new secondary schools or classrooms in underserved areas.

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Establish a school improvement fund in underserved areas.

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Female stipend support

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FESP(NORAD)

The name of the Project : Female Secondary Education Stipend Project 3^rd Phase (NORAD)

Implementation Period : 1st Phase : January 1992 to Dec 1996.

2nd Phase : January 1997 to Dec 2003.

3rd Phase : January 2004 to Dec 2006.

The total project cost : Tk. 2099.63 lakh

Financing of the Project : Norwagian Agency for Development (NORAD)

Objectives of the Project : The main objectives of the project are as follows:

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To provide stipends to Female Students to increase girls enrollment and retain them in the secondary education and thereby promote female education.

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To improve the status of women in society and to reduce the existing disparity in between men and women;

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To enlarge the number of educated women capable of participating in economic and social development of Bangladesh.

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To reduce population growth by motivating the stipend clientele group to refrain from marriage till the completion of secondary school certificate examination or till the attainment of 18 years of age.

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Higher Secondary Female Stipend Program (HSFSP)

The name of the Project : Higher Secondary Female Stipend Project 3^rd Phase (HSFSP-3)

Implementation Period : 1st Phase : January 2002 to Jun 2002.

2nd Phase : July 2002 to June 2005.

3rd Phase : July 2005 to June 2008.

The total project cost : Tk. 18485.99 lakh

Financing of the Project : GOB

Objectives of the Project :

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To assist expansion of higher education for girls by increasing access of girls, ensuring the continuity of their participation and reducing the dropout rate at Higher Secondary level.

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To encourage more girl students to study science at the H.S.C & Alim level.

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To reducing the growth rate of population by ensuring compliance criteria of remaining unmarried of the stipend recipient girls up to H.S.C level.

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To provide assistance for poverty alleviation program by enabling the stipend recipient girls to do better in self-employment with the skills they acquire at this level.

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To achieve gender equality, women empowerment and the social status of girls in the community/country.

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Stipend Program for Metropolitan Cities:

With a view to assist the poor parents of the girl students of the Metropolitan Cities, the Government has decided to award stipends to the girls living in the metropolitan areas. In this regard, schools in the metropolitan cities have been surveyed and at present a project for this purpose is under preparation. Hopefully, the project for awarding stipend to the girl students of the metropolitan cities Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna will be included in the Revised ADP of the year 2005-06.

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Pro-poor Targeting:

The Government has recently taken some initiatives to commence a pro-poor stipend pilot program specially under WB financed project FSSAP-II. Accordingly, the progrm has developed a two-pronged strategy by : (i) expanding the outreach activities in the remote areas and thereby allowing greater access to disadvantaged girls; and (ii) introducing a self-targeting scheme in which the project institutions can participate voluntarily with increased stipend rates only to poor students, with different selection criteria. However, the Government is thinking to develop a integrated policy for making the NFSP pro-poor .and thereby increase the enrollment rate of poor students in secondary education while maintaining the gender balance. The Government has also taken some measures to review NFSP and thereby make it more poverty and quality oriented.

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The present Government of Bangladesh has realized that female education is one of the most important criteria for the overall development of the country and thereby meet the PRSP and MDGS goals. Accordingly, the Nation-wide Female Stipend Program has been launched and the program has brought about some radical changes in the society. After launching the program, a gradual increase of literacy rate, enrollment and retention rate of girls at the SSC and HSC levels with a decrease of gender disparity have been shown. This is possible as because the parents, the teachers, the students and the community as a whole have now realized that for the betterment of life there is no alternative to education. To materialize the realization fully, the Government of Bangladesh along with NFSP has initiated a large number of development programs for accelerating female education and thereby make the women more empowered. However, despite some challenges, the overall progress of NFSP is quite satisfactory.

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Project wise District, Upazila & Institutions

Year	Name of Project	District	Upazila	No. of Institute

1999	FSSAP-II	61	118	4958
	FSSP	56	289	11819
	SESIP	0	0	0
	FESP	6	19	769
	HSFSP	0		0

2000	FSSAP-II	61	118	5258
	FSSP	56	289	12559
	SESIP	17	53	2131
	FESP	6	19	784
	HSFSP	0	0	0

2001	FSSAP-II	61	119	5556
	FSSP	56	289	13206
	SESIP	17	53	2267
	FESP	6	19	811
	HSFSP	0	0	0

2002	FSSAP-II	61	119	5853
	FSSP	56	289	13826
	SESIP	17	53	2367
	FESP	6	19	829
	HSFSP	64	453	4320

2003	FSSAP-II	61	119	6110
	FSSP	56	289	14538
	SESIP	17	53	2526
	FESP	6	19	846
	HSFSP	64	453	4564

2004	FSSAP-II	61	119	6384
	FSSP	56	289 (**)	15065
	SESIP	17	53	2527
	FESP	6	19	872
	HSFSP	64	453	4623

2005	FSSAP-II	61	119	6528
	FSSP	56	289	15350
	SESIP	17	53	2672
	FESP	8	19	886
	HSFSP	64	453	4623

[ Source : Project Directors of FSSAP-II, FSSP, SESIP, FESP(NORAD) ]

** Stipend & Tuition money for Madrasha girl students under FESP (19 Upazila) are being disbursed by FSSP.

Presently 4 stipend projects are being operated in the secondary level institutions for stipend and tuition disbursement. FSSAP-II covers 6528 institutions of 119 Upazilas under 61 districts in 2005. FSSP covering 56 districts 289 Upazils and 15,350 institutions in 2005. It may be mentioned that FSSP is supposed to cover 270 Upazilas but as NORAD is not financing for the Madrashas under FESP, therefore FSSP has been given the task of disbursing stipend among the girls of Madrashas of FESP from its resource. SESIP has started implementing its programs in 53 upazilas under 17 districts covering a total of 2672 institutions in 2005. NORAD assisted FESP has been covering 6 Districts, 19 Upazilas and 886 institutions. HSFSP has not been supplied the required data in 2005.

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Information on General and Madrasha Education at Junior Secondary & Secondary Level.

Types of institution	Management	Year	Institution			Teachers			Enrollment
			Total	Female	% of Female	Both Male & Female	Female	% of Female	Both Male & Female	Female	% of Female
Junior Secondary Education	Non Govt.	2001	3245	856	26%	21,311	3430	16%	732298	439439	60%
		2002	3287	846	26%	21,587	3494	16%	741776	445124	60%
		2003	3982	1122	28%	28,347	5531	20%	942869	568927	60%
		2004	3057	894	29%	21,007	4320	21%	585245	315780	54%
Secondary School	Govt.	2001	317	147	46%	6913	2410	35%	221215	101447	46%
	Govt.	2002	317	147	46%	6954	2434	35%	222125	101964	46%
		2003	317	147	46%	7323	2498	34%	222740	104124	47%
		2004	317	147	46%	7168	2474	35%	223451	105627	47%
	Non Govt.	2001	12604	2018	16%	155053	24356	16%	6933497	3655213	53%
		2002	12958	2068	16%	158408	25383	16%	7198233	3813690	53%
		2003	13087	2153	16%	170887	31551	18%	6960753	3649517	52%
		2004	14363	2452	17%	186498	40461	22%	6791906	3488378	51%
Dhakil Madrasha	Non Govt.	2001	5391	701	13%	47514	2462	5%	1055791	579246	55%
	Non Govt.	2002	5536	733	13%	49797	2658	5%	1112193	616946	55%
		2003	5995	847	14%	57427	4081	7%	1119588	635203	57%
		2004	6315	927	15%	62425	5244	8%	1015408	515673	51%

[Source: BANBEIS]

The above information has been furnished to focus female position in the institutions, teachers and in enrollment in the Secondary and Madrasha education in Bangladesh. In 2004 the percentage of girls’ junior secondary institutions was 29%. This figure was 28% in the previous year. In the secondary education sector the percentage of Govt. institutions for female was 46% for all the years from 2001 to 2004, whereas this percentage was only 17% in the Non Govt. institutions in 2004.This figure was 16% in the previous year. In case of Dhakil Madrasha it was 15% only in 2004. The percentage of female teacher is 21% in the junior secondary school, 35% in Govt. school but only 22% in the Non Govt. schools. In case of Dhakil Madrasha this figure is only 8% in 2003.

In the enrollment scenario the percentage of female is noteworthy. 54% girl students are in the junior secondary schools, 47% are in the secondary Govt. schools, 51% in the Non Govt. schools, and 51% in the Dhakil Madrasha in 2004. The rate of female enrollment is lower than the previous year. This is due to monitoring of stipend programme by the project officials as well as officials of DSHE.

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Project Wise No of Girls and Institutions

Year	Project	Number of Districts	Number of Upzilla	No of Institutions			No. Students
				Govt.-school	Non-Govt. School	Madra	Girls	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
				Govt.-school	Non-Govt. School	Sa	Girls	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
	FSSAP-II	61	118	33	3346	1579	875858	241183	212912	167517	145820	108426
1999	FSSP	53+3 (NORAD)= 56	270+19(NORAD)= 289	139	7710	3970	2126210	580792	504699	420739	372327	247653
	SESIP
	FESP	8	19	6	763	0	158803	40751	37277	32236	27673	20866
Total:1999				178	11819	5549	3160871	862726	754888	620492	545820	376945
	FSSAP-II	61	118	33	3555	1670	1068095	263215	243772	210625	202446	148037
2000	FSSP	53+3 (NORAD)= 56	270+19(NORAD)= 289	141	8135	4283	2218693	573395	539976	471859	343121	290342
	SESIP	17	53	27	1543	561	387063	102533	97513	81493	58898	46626
	FESP	8	19	6	778	0	173783	41476	42189	37016	30392	22710
Total:2000				207	14011	6514	3847634	980619	923450	800993	634857	507715
	FSSAP-II	61	118	35	3746	1775	1057212	261543	235306	223632	200981	135717
2001	FSSP	53+3 (NORAD)= 56	270+19(NORAD)= 289	143	8494	4565	2386812	620543	548099	511356	397466	309348
	SESIP	17	53	27	1611	629	412883	108439	96640	88469	70794	48541
	FESP	8	19	6	805	0	185256	44295	42407	40241	33561	24752
Total:2001				211	14656	6969	4042163	1034820	922452	863698	702802	518358
	FSSAP-II	61	119	34	3914	1889	1090730	267007	249203	215824	207036	151660
2002	FSSP	53+3 (NORAD)= 56	270+19(NORAD)= 289	144	8823	4859	2549909	630965	595913	523529	452299	347203
	SESIP	17	53	27	1681	659	443821	107339	106218	92943	78225	59096
	FESP	8	19	7	823	0	159061	35235	37858	32997	28916	24055
Total:2002				212	15241	7407	4243521	1040546	989192	865293	766476	582014
	FSSAP-II	61	119	39	4058	2013	899268	242564	194284	173370	168388	120662
2003	FSSP	53+3 (NORAD)= 56	270+19(NORAD)= 289	151	9205	5182	1467150	417681	349888	322793	264376	112412
	SESIP	17	53	27	1776	723	432011	103883	101789	94429	74730	57180
	FESP	8	19	7	839	0	174216	37675	37783	38679	33183	26896
Total:2003				224	15878	7918	2972645	801803	683744	629271	540677	317150
	FSSAP-II	61	119	45	4188	2151	739716	210516	163305	131733	141872	92290
2004	FSSP	53+3 (NORAD)= 56	270+19(NORAD)= 289	156	9431	5478	1101277	464314	200012	181341	163961	91649
	SESIP	17	53	31	1824	775	503160	119902	117118	109930	90412	65798
	FESP	8	19	7	865	471	169369	45955	33500	32336	32087	25491
Total:2004				239	16308	8875	2513522	840687	513935	455340	428332	275228
	FSSAP-II	61	119	47	4284	2197	949052	269823	196440	160225	190827	131847
2005	FSSP	53+3 (NORAD)= 56	270+19(NORAD)= 289	164	9593	5593	1360402	591117	242578	185185	198485	143064
	SESIP	17	53	34	1848	790	346540	107227	71108	59403	64491	44311
	FESP	8	19	6	880		67304	36526	9035	7757	7644	6342
Total:2005				251	16605	8580	2723298	1004693	519161	412570	461447	325564

[ Source : Project Directors of FSSAP-II, FSSP, SESIP, FESP(NORAD) ]

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In FSSP Project 270+19 Upazilas are included. The Madrasha of 19 Upazilas under FESP are being awarded stipend through FSSP.

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Non- Government schools emerged in a large number during the years 1999-2005 in all the 4 Stipend Projects.

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The number of Madrasha is increasing in a greater number under the Stipend Projects since 1999.

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There has been a steady trend in increasing girls’ enrollment from 1999-2002 but the rate of enrollment started declining in 2003 and 2004 due to the rigorous monitoring. But increases in FSSAPII and FSSP in 2005 despite a decrease in SESIP and FESP in 2005.

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As a whole the students in class VI is higher than any other classes. The major trend is that girl students are decreasing while being promoted to higher classes.

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Project Wise No of Stipend Recipients Girls

Year

Project

Number of Districts

Number of Upzilla

No of Institutions

No. Students

Govt.-school

Non-Govt. School

Madrasa

Girls

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

FSSAP-II

61

118

33

3346

1579

875858

241183

212912

167517

145820

108426

1999

FSSP

53+3 (NORAD)= 56

270+19(NORAD)=289

139