Research Reports (1995): Social Studies, Vol – XI

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10361/13238

Browse

Now showing 1 - 8 of 8

Why students dropout in the first six months of enrollment: a comprehensive study on the BRAC’s education programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-04) Khan, Md. Kaisar Ali; Chowdhury, AMR
Socio-economic and cultural reasons for dropout of NFPE urban children (an exploratory study)
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-06) Quazi, Ahsan H.
Social factors underlying gender variation of school enrollment case of rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-07) Nath, Samir Ranjan
Role of education on child labor
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-11) Nath, Samir Ranjan
Family size preferences among Matlab couples
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-12) Khan, Shahriar Reza; Chowdhury, AMR; Bhuiya, Abbas
Development of standardized achievement tests for BRAC NFPE Schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995) Latif, A. H.; Haq, Muhammad Nazmul; Arzoo, Mir Jahan Ara; Akter, Shaheen; Hasan, Monira
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 attributes depend on achievements in school examinations. Though examination is a crucial factor in the formal education system it is not presently seen as an important clement in BRAC's NFPE programme. Learners once admitted to the NFPE school are expected . to complete the three year course unless one is dropped or moved out. Teachers rate their learners regularly in the class and provide remedial measures should it be necessary. This is the common approach in the non formal system but it does not provide indicators . that accurately measure students' cognitive performance and skills. After completion of NFPE schooling, most of the learners arc expected to enter into the government primary schools either in grade IV or V depending on the result of some sort of admission test. As BRAC's NFPE programme includes quality inputs, the standard of output, ie., the learners' achievements are expected to be of high quality. That is why, it is all the more necessary that the NFPE graduates should be evaluated in reference to particular achievement criteria ie., test scores, so that necessary measures can be taken and changes required are incorporated in the programme for ensuring the quality set' for it.
Child labor in Bangladesh villages: incidence, correlates and implications
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-12) Hadi, Abdullahel
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 in 150 villages. Findings reveal that about 42.5% of the children were in the labor force Nearly half of the employed children were engaged in livestock raising, 22,2% in household activities, 2, 7% in agricultural products. Children in labor were both abused and exploited as about 31.4% of working children reported that they were verbally assaulted, 4.2~·~ beaten_ 8.4% mentally tortured and 8.4% forced to work for long hours. School enrollment appears to be negatively associated with child labor. The probability of child to be a labor increases if his/her father is illiterate, land poor, and himself is a labor. The multivariate analysis reveals that children who have never been to or dropped out from school are 2.84 times more likely to enter into the labor force (p <. 00 l) when age of children is controlled. \\'hen other factors such as parental years of schooling, household ownership of land, occupation of father are systematically added to the regression equation, the negative influence of school enrollment on child labor remains statistically significant (p<.OOl ). The paper concludes that expanding public school network in the rural areas and making them attractive to children will bring a significant reduction of child labor.
Barriers to participation in BRAC RDP
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-11) Evans, Timothy G.; Mohammed, Rafi; Adams, Alayne M.; Chowdhury, Mushtaque
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 survival worries; group 3 households having marginal land holdings, minimal assets and resources devoted exclusively to survival; and finally a "4th group" in which household viability is threatened by poverty, ill-health and other adversities. Although both 3rd and 4th group households are eligible to participate in BRAC RDP, concern about the accessibility of the Programme to the destitute "4th group" along with a general ignorance about the characteristics of this group, provided the rationale for this study. Its purposes are: 1. to establish the prevalence of household poverty in rural Bangladesh and the rate of BRAC RDP participation; 2. to elicit the circumstances which inhibit the "4th group" from participating in BRAC RDP; and 3. to identify changes in the structure of RDP, or the need for new initiatives, to improve their well-being. In August through to October 1994, a field survey was undertaken in five well-established, good functioning RDP Area Offices (AOs). Ten percent of the Village Organizations (VOs) in each of these AOs were selected for the sample (78 VOs in 55 villages). Key informants enumerated all households in the sample villages, and, employing Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), ranked them into 3 wealth groups: 1. wealthy households; 2. poor households: and 3. very poor households ( 11,805). In each village, 30 households were selected for interview--! 0 RDP members. I 0 eligible non-members, 5 former members, and 5 ineligible or non-target group (NTG) households. Structured questionnaires containing sections on household composition, health, past crises. socio- economic status and BRAC membership were administered to 1637 households.

Browse

Recent Submissions