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Tk 390cr edn plan approved

Project targets 20 lakh out-of-school children

Star Report
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved a Tk 390-crore Reaching Out-of-School Children Project to proride primary education to some 20 lakh children, mostly from the disadvantaged and ultra poor section of the society.
The five-year project to be implemented in phases till 2009 aims to
reduce the number of out-of-school children across the country and help achieve the government goal of 'Education for AH', officials said.
About 30 lakh chUdrcn aged 6-10 are not in schools and about 8-10 per cent children or about 17 lakh attend non-formal schools across the country, according an estimate by theWorld Bank (WB).
The WB will provide a grant of $51 million and Swiss Agency for
Development Cooperation (SDC) $ 6 million for the project while the government will provide the rest.
Under the project, 19,48,127 out-of-school children wiU be enrolled in 52,065 Learning Centres (LCs) or non-formal schools to be managed by communities with support from non-governmental organisations (NGOs), sources mentioned.
To attract students to the LCs or
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non- fomal schools, the project will provide education allowance and educational materials to every student.
The allowance will be Tk 800 each per year for students of class one to class three and Tk 970 for class four and class five. Students of class one to class three will get the allowance at a rate of Tk 50 each per month besides an annual payment of Tk 200 to cover other expenses. Students of class four and class five will get Tk 60 a month each besides Tk 250 a year.
Candidates for primary scholarship examinations will be given an additional Tk 200.
Girl children are likely to constitute about 60 per cent of the children supported under the project, one source said.
Children will continue to receive allowances if they maintain an average of at least 75 per cent attendance in classes and show
satisfactory achievement level, to be reported by class teachers.
Allowances will be given to children through bank accounts managed by their mothers, or guardians in the absence of mothers.
Students enrolled under the project will follow the curriculum and textbooks of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB).
A 1 0-member Centre Management Committee (CMC) comprising guardians' representatives -- mostly mothers of students, local woman members of union parishad -- will run the LCs or schools under the project.
The LCs will receive annual grants ranging from Tk 25,000 each for class one to three and about Tk 31,000 for class four to five.
Students passing class five from the LCs or non fomal schools will be eligible for admission to class six in high schools.