Brac University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Social factors underlying gender variation of school enrollment case of rural Bangladesh
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Role of education on child labor
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Family size preferences among Matlab couples
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-12) -
Development of standardized achievement tests for BRAC NFPE Schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995)Measurement of learners' achievement in schools continues to be a great concern to educational administrators, teachers and guardians. Learner's status in the school, his/her future endeavors and many other personal ... -
Child labor in Bangladesh villages: incidence, correlates and implications
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-12)The paper aims to improve our understanding about the prevalence and determinants of child labor in rural Bangladesh. Data for this study were obtained from 1995 sample survey of 3,809 eligible children aged 5 to 14 years ... -
Barriers to participation in BRAC RDP
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-11)As part of the BRAC RDP Impact Assessment Study (lAS), a participatory wealth ranking exercise stratified households into four socio-economic groups: groups 1 and 2 being wellendowed with land, assets and generally without ... -
Self-report and test discrepancy evidence from national literacy survey in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-11)This paper aims to explore the discrepancy between self-reported and test based literacy estimates. The Education Watch national literacy survey data of 2002 were used to do so, where literacy status of a nationally ... -
Role of local elites and village level sanitation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-12)This study aimed to explore the role of local elites and associated factors that prevent or promote sanitation facilities to the poor. The study was conducted in five communities of tive villages of Nilphamari and ... -
Reaching primary education at the doorstep of the poor: the BRAC experience
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-10)It is a review paper on BRAC education programme. Starting with a description of the country context of the initial days of the programme it describes how the programme was developed and implemented, and expended throughout ... -
Out of school children in the tea gardens and ethnic minority communities
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-11)Although many countries in the world have moved from compulsory primary education to compulsory secondary education and many increased the duration of primary and basic education from 4-5 years to more than six years, ... -
Needs of ethnic minority students for learning improvement in secondary schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-12)This study aimed to investigate the needs of ethnic minority students for learning improvement in secondary schools through an in-depth understanding of the factors affecting their poor performance. Findings reconfirmed ... -
Need assessment of a short course on educational evaluation and assessment
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-12)The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of a new course on educational evaluation and assessment. In-depth interviews were carried out with a checklist prepared through field trials. Number of respondents ... -
A study on BRAC's Palli Shamaj
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-09)Palli Shamaj is a ward-level organization consisting of representatives from several village organizations of BRAC and outside poor members. The study aims to depict a regional density mapping of geographical distribution ... -
Trends and differentials in school enrollment in Bangladesh villages
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-09)Based on data from a nationally representative sample survey of children aged 6-15, the author concludes that the enrollment rate has been declining since 1995 particularly among the boys in the rural areas of Bangladesh. ... -
The impact of BRAC's education programme on raising basic education levels for the children of rural Bangladesh
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Status of Non Formal Primary Education (NFPE) at Chandina: a baseline survey
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Prevalence and correlates of the risk of Sexual violence within marriage in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)Sexual violence against women has never been new in history. What is new is to discover that this kind of act is wrong and has direct impact on women's health. Using data from a nationally representative sample of 500 ... -
Impact of non-formal primary education on women's autonomy and socialisation in rural Bangladesh: evidence from BRAC villages
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-10)This paper investigates the impact of non-formal primary education programme of BRAC on women's autonomy and socialisation. The study was conducted in 87 villages in Manikganj district of central Bangladesh. The data ... -
GQAL: from rhetoric to reality
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-07)BRAC's Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) Progranune was initiated in 1994 to improve the quality of programmes with village women and to improve the quality of . gender relations within BR.AC. In its first year of ... -
Alternative agriculture in Bangladesh: a study of UBINIG, CDA, and PROSHIKA Programmes
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)
