Evaluation of multipurpose community learning centres of BRAC in rural areas in Bangladesh

Abstract

BRAC, the largest NGO in the world, is involved in various educational programmes as part of its general strategy of poverty reduction. Post-primary Basic and Continuing Education (PACE) is one of the major components of BRAC Education Programme (BEP). PACE interventions was started in 2001 for capacity development and improvement in teaching-learning in rural non-government secondary schools. PACE has two components – Post-primary Basic Education (PBEn) and Continuing Education (CE). The CE programme was started in 1995 with Multi-purpose Community Learning Centres (MCLC) of BRAC, locally known as Gonokendro, to provide access to reading and literacy materials to rural communities.