CEF - Bangladesh

Bangladesh

" A high percentage of parents in rural areas claim distance to schools as the most significant barrier to their children’s education; despite a national policy which aims to provide a primary school within 2 kilometres of each/every child."
Extract from CEF Bangladesh Strategy Paper (2005-07)

For more information on CEF Bangladesh please click on the links below:


Bangladesh Strategy Paper (2005-2007)	(152Kb)

Bangladesh Strategy Paper (2003-2005)	(272Kb)

CEF Bangladesh: Context and Achievements (May 2005)	(28Kb)

CEF Gender Equality in Education Project (GEEP)
Beginning September 2006, GEEP is a two year project of capacity building for gender equality in the CEF, its work and its outcomes. Bangladesh is one of the four countries working on this project. For more information, please click here to visit the GEEP webpage.

Other Information

Financing Education: National Priorities and Future Directions A Right to Development Perspective
July 2003

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Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) is coordinating the Primary Education Budget Watch Group by monitoring primary level budget spending and leading on advocacy activities.
Quest for Quality Primary Education: Where are the Entry Points? February 2005	(95Kb)

Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) is a network of more than 400 NGOs involved in the basic education sector. CAMPE works to facilitate the participation of stakeholders of primary education at all levels, ensure the formal inclusion of decentralised voices into national coalitions and facilitate policy formulation on National Education Policy, PRSP, and Primary Education Development Program II and monitor policy implementation.
Education For All: Commitment and Reality in Bangladesh; Position Paper of Civil Society October 2004	(162Kb)

The Innovators is an independent progressive think tank which aims to contribute to innovation in development through research, advocacy, solidarity and action.
Scaling Up: Gender Equality in Primary Education in Bangladesh February 2006	(331Kb)