BD: Reaching Out of School Children II

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The development objective of the Second Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC) Project for Bangladesh is to improve equitable access, retention and completion in quality primary education for out-of-school children in selected under-served areas. There are four components to the project. The first component is increasing equitable access. The objective of this component is to reduce number of out-of-school children in selected under-served areas through provision of access to formal primary education with grants to learning centers and education allowances to eligible students. This component will finance: (i) grants and allowances, and (ii) ROSC Pilot in selected urban areas. The second component is enhancing education quality. The objective of this component is to improve retention in and completion of primary education cycle through three sub-components: (i) teacher development, (ii) classroom support, and (iii) prevocational skills training pilot for eligible ROSC students. Institute of Education Research (IER) of Dhaka University has been identified to serve as a training agency to support the project on teacher development and classroom support. The third component is improving project management and capacity. The objectives of this component are to establish an effective project implementation structure and enhance project implementation capacity through mobilization of communities and involvement of capable partner agencies to deliver quality primary education to out-of-school children. This component comprises: (i) project management and capacity building, and (ii) social awareness and advocacy. The fourth component is monitoring and evaluation. The objective of this component is to establish an effective monitoring and evaluation system to monitor inputs, processes and outputs, and assess the impact in relation to the stated project development objectives. This component comprises (a) monitoring of inputs, process and outputs, and (b) evaluation of ROSC interventions including learning assessment pilots and impact evaluation of specific ROSC interventions.