| dc.description.abstract | 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 number of male members and their
daily attendance in the General and Small type pathagars was higher compared to females.
The number of female members and their daily attendance in the female type pathagars
was predominantly higher than males. On average, about 60 users daily attended the
pathagars, and 183 books were found to be borrowed per month in the General type
pathagars, followed by 120 and 74 in the female and small type pathagars respectively.
The pathagars had an average of 969 books. On average, the community put forward
about Tk.50,000as a reserve fund for the General type pathagars, which was Tk.56,000
and Tk.25,000 for Female and Small type pathagars respectively. Sixty-seven percent of
the pathagars were established in pacca buildings, followed by 25% in Tin-shed buildings.
The interior space of most of the pathagars, and its environmental conditions were found
to be satisfactory. The majority of the pathagars organized cultural activities on a regular
basis but, very few of them organized social activities. The major findings of this study
indicate that community participation, especially at the initial stage of the pathagar's
establishment was satisfactory, but participation of both sexes together in development
activities particularly in rural areas seemed to be limited. There still some room for
improvement and further measures to achieve higher level performance. | en_US |
