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" 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)
 

   
A four-page summary of CEF Bangladesh can be found on pages 70-73 of the Commonwealth Education Fund: Final Report (2009)

This final project report is based on external end of project evaluations (EPEs) of CEF conducted within the 16 CEF project countries and provides short profiles of each country and regional organisation CEF supported. It also draws on a global CEF final evaluation conducted for CEF and the Department for International Development (DFID) by Eric Woods, an independent consultant, and includes a chapter on lessons learned from his report. To read the individual country end of project evaluations (EPEs) or the final external evaluation by Eric Woods, please click here to go to the list of reports.

 
CEF Final Report Commonwealth Education Fund
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For more information on CEF Bangladesh please click on the links below:    
Bangladesh Strategy Paper (2005-2007)    
Bangladesh Strategy Paper (2003-2005)    
CEF Bangladesh: Context and Achievements (2005)    
 
CEF Gender Equality in Education Project (GEEP)
GEEP was a two year project of capacity building for gender equality in the CEF, its work and its outcomes. Bangladesh was one of the four countries working on this project. For more information, please click here to visit the CEF Gender Equality in Education webpage.
 

Other Information
Financing Education: National Priorities and Future Directions A Right to Development Perspective (2003)

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? (2005)

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 (2004)

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 (2006)