Research Reports (2000): Social Studies, Vol – XXV
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Basic competencies of the graduates of BRAC's non-formal schools: levels and trends from 1995 to 1999
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-04)Based on the Declaration of the World Conference on Education held in Jomtien in 1990, BRAC designed an instrument to measure the level of basic education of Bangladeshi children. The Research and Evaluation Division of ... -
Development of instruments to assess the achievement of national competencies at the end of primary education cycle
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)This report presents a detailed description of development of assessment tools for the evaluation of students' learning achievement on the basis of 53 terminal competencies specified by the National Curriculum and Textbook ... -
Exploratory study on BRAC's NGO cooperation project
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)BRAC embarked on an NGO Cooperation Project to enhance efficiency of the small and medium NGOs in effective micro-finance management vis-a-vis augmentation of micro-finance activities for poverty alleviation. The newly ... -
Teaching ORT messages to millions: the BRAC case
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-11)This secondary data based paper aimed to familiarise the audiences on BRAC experience in successful interpersonal development communication at grassroots. Starting with some basic conceptual issues of communication the ... -
FIVIMS in Bangladesh: a tool for comprehensive data management and use
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Causes behind gender difference in mathematics: an exploratory study in BRAC schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000)This dissertation explores the causes behind gender difference in BRAC schools .The problem was derived from previous studies, which confirm gender difference in mathematics in BRAC schools. Exploratory as well as ... -
Assessing operational status of BRAC Gonokendra Pathagar
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-06)This study aimed at assessing operational status of the BRAC Gonokendra pathagars. Sixty randomly selected pathagars were surveyed. Data was collected on the basis of some performance indicators. It was found that the ... -
An evaluation of primary text materials in terms of the coverage of graded attainable terminal competencies
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-04)The world conference on Education for All 1990, at Jomtien, Thailand, set a new goal for the developing countries around the world to educate people of these countries with basic education. As a signatory to the declaration ... -
A follow-up study of the teachers of BRAC schools who lost their job due to shifting of school
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)This study aimed at examining the changes that occur in the lives of the former teachers of BRAC schools who lost their job due to the shifting of schools after completion of the cycles. A total of 386 ex-teachers was ... -
A documentation on BRAC's Shastho shebika: exploring the possibilities of institutionalisation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-10)Shastho shebikas (SS) are health cadres, selected from BRAC's Village Organisations (VO). They are the nucleus of BRAC health programmes and are trained in preventative, promotive and curative aspects of health. As the ... -
Research-led curriculum development: pilot study on social studies
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)BRAC's EDU has been working to develop effective materials for it's learners from early on. In phase II the focus was on providing improved materials and refining curriculum to suit the needs of the learners. In the case ... -
Research-led curriculum development: pilot study on Mathematics
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)The EDU of BRAC's education program has made changes in its curriculum based on the monitoring, research and internal Survey reports which suggested that learners faced difficulty with many sections of different subject ... -
Continuation of BRAC non-formal school graduates of 1995 in formal school education
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-05)The education programme of BRAC not only provides quality basic education to its learners it also put emphasis on their enrolment in formal schools for further education. The Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC ... -
School without a head teacher: one-teacher primary schools in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-09)Although there is no person called head teacher in BRAC's non-formal primary schools, however, the programme organisers (PO), each of whom look after 12-15 schools, playa pivotal role in the operation of BRAC schools. ...