Secondary Education
DR. SHILPI RANI SAHA
SESIP
Secondary Education Sector Development Plan (SE-SDP) was
developed in 1998 with the Technical Assistance of ADB to develop
the secondary education sector as a whole.
Secondary Education Sector Improvement Project (SESIP)
implemented (1999- 2007) as the first slice of SESDP
Secondary Education Sector Development Project (2007- 2013)
taken as a follow-up.
Secondary Education Sector Investment Program is taken based on
the inputs of the mentioned previous projects.
It will be implemented through program approach.
The Secondary Education Sector Investment Program- SESIP
(2013-2023) supports secondary education in Bangladesh over 10
years, using a multi-tranche financing facility (2013–2023).The
program is aimed at developing Sector Wide Approach (SWAP).
Teaching Quality Improvement (TQI) II
Objective
“To improve the quality of Secondary Education in
Bangladesh by strengthening
the teacher training programs, organizational capacity and
support for inclusive education”
Outputs
Component 1: Strengthened Teacher Dev. and Inst. and Org. Capacity
Strengthened Institutional and Policy Framework
Strengthened DSHE Planning and EMIS capacity
Enhanced Teacher classroom performance monitoring
Facilitate partnership arrangements
Component 2 :Enhanced teacher training programs and delivery systems
Modernized pre-service teacher training program
CPD policy and program development and delivery established
Strengthened in-service teacher training program
ICT based teaching and learning demonstrated
Strengthened capacity of teacher training providers
Component-3:Targeted support for inclusive education
Strengthened inclusive education policy and program
Increased participation of female teachers and teachers from dis.adv groups
Increase female participation in school management committees
Component-4:Quality Project Management
Enhanced project management system.
Effective monitoring and evaluation
Secondary Education Quality and Access
Enhancement Project (SEQAEP)
Objective of the Project:
Improving the quality of education particularly, the teaching-learning
process by arranging additional classes at the secondary level ( grades
6-10), developing reading habits and providing academic performance
based incentives;
Ensuring equitable access by providing stipends and incentives to the
poor boys and girls , subvention against tuition fees to institutions at the
rural and semi-urban areas;
Reducing the rate of drop-outs at the secondary level by providing
incentives and simultaneously creating awareness among the parents
and community people; and
Strengthening the capacity of school management, monitoring and
assessing teaching- learning outcomes at the secondary level ;
Attracting new and retaining existing students especially girl students
in schools through the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation
facilities etc.
Project Development Objective
The key project objectives are to improve the quality
of secondary education, facilitate equitable. access
and monitoring teaching-learning outcomes of
secondary education in project upazillas
The proposed Key Project Indicators (KPIs) will be
disaggregated by gender and poverty status where
relevant.
Objective of the Project:
a.Improving the quality of education particularly, the teaching-learning process
by arranging additional classes at the secondary level ( grades 6-10), developing
reading habits and providing academic performance based incentives;
b.Ensuring equitable access by providing stipends and incentives to the poor boys
and girls , subvention against tuition fees to institutions at the rural and semi-
urban areas;
c.Reducing the rate of drop-outs at the secondary level by providing incentives
and simultaneously creating awareness among the parents and community
people; and
d.Strengthening the capacity of school management, monitoring and assessing
teaching- learning outcomes at the secondary level ;
e.Attracting new and retaining existing students especially girl students in schools
through the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities etc.
Project Development Objective The key
project objectives are to improve the quality
of secondary education, facilitate equitable
access and monitoring teaching-learning
outcomes of secondary education in project
upazillas. The proposed Key Project
Indicators (KPIs) will be disaggregated by
gender and poverty status where relevant.
The targets for each indicator are given in
Table 1 below.
Objective of the Project:
Table 1 – Key Performance Indicators
Indicator
Baseline (2007)
Mid-Term Targets (2010)
End-of-Project Targets (2014)
Source of Project Data Collection
1. Completion rate in Grade 10 /a
20%
23%
27%
MEW, Independent surveys
2. No. of students appearing in SSC
187,214
200,000
220,000
BANBEIS/BISE
3. SSC pass rate /b
(i) Poor
30%
34%
38%
PMT Administrator
(ii) Non-Poor
65%
69%
72%
Independent Survey
4. Monitor learning levels in secondary school (in Maths and English)
Initial stages
Two assessment tests in English and Mathematics for Grade 8 students
Annual assessment in English and Mathematics for Grades 6 and 8
Independent agency, MEW
5. Gender parity (male/female) in enrollment in grades 6 to 10 increases
0.82
0.86
0.92
MEW, Independent Survey, PMTA
6. Percentage share of poor children in total enrolment in secondary schools (%)
30%
34%
39%
MEW, Independent surveys
The SEQAEP project is designed to enhance the quality of education at the secondary education
level in Bangladesh by facilitating access to information through quality teaching materials and
audio-visual demo of classes to teachers and students. The goal is to bring the entire project
upazilas into internet accessibility to facilitate the performance of various activities of SEQAEP.
The principal role and activities of the SEQAEP are laid down in the constitution. The core
function can be divided into 15 different modules, in the light of these module the functions of
SEQAEP can be automated via WEB based MIS software solution.
Bangladesh has recorded an impressive progress in poverty reduction and certain human
development outcomes. Gross primary enrolment rate is around 90%, secondary enrolment is
more than doubled since independence and the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) gender
parity target has already been achieved at both the primary (Grade 1-5) and secondary (Grades
6-10) education level. Much of the achievement in the three-fold increase in overall secondary
enrolments and seven-fold increase in female component in 1980 has been a result of successful
expansion of the private sector via supply side incentives and a gender targeted program since
the early 1990s.GOB, with IDA’s support, initiated the first Female Secondary School Assistance
Project (FSSAP) (1993-2001) where IDA funded implementation in 119 Upazilas, while GOB
and other development partners financed the intervention in the remaining Upazilas.
Component 1: Improving Education Quality and
Capacity for Monitoring Teaching-Learning
Levels.
COMPONENT 2 – IMPROVING EQUITABLE
ACCESS (Total: BDT 73623.00 lakh; US$ 106.7
million)
COMPONENT 3 – INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
STRENGTHENING (Total: BDT 6831.00 lakh;
US$ 9.9 million)
COMPONENT 4 - MONITORING AND
EVALUATION (Total: BDT 1173.00 lakh; US$ 1.7
million)
