1. Community Base School (CBS) Program supported by SIDA :
In September 2004 the BRAC run Community Base school (CBS) program starts it 3 years journey (September-2004 to August-2007) with the target of 1200 CBS establishment.
The objective of BRAC education programme is to encourage communities to set up schools, send their girls to schools, retain them and improve the quality of education particularly in the underserved areas.
The project aims to :
Support government efforts to achieve education for all
Reduce mass illiteracy and contribute to the basic education of the poorest children
Ensure that adolescents carry on education and increase life skill knowledge
Involve communities in the management of schools and mobilize in favor of girls' education
Create employment opportunities for local women as school teachers and
Develop the capacity of local NGOs to run CBS program
Components:
Community base school ( BEOC and Feeder )
Adolescent Reading Center ( ARC)
Important features of the BRAC Community Base School :
BEOC School
Non school going older children: age 11-15 years
Teacher: local female , qualification 8-10 class
Class room: one room class centrally located
Class size: 25 - 35 students ( 100% girls)
Course duration: 2 years covering grade III.
School time: 3 hours per day and six days in a week.
Curriculum: Govt. curriculum with some extra reading materials.
Teaching aids for teacher: necessary guidebooks and charts.
Feeder School
Non school going children: age 6 - 7 years
Teacher: local female , qualification 8-10 class
Classroom: one room class centrally located
Class size - 30 -35 students ( 80% girls)
Course duration: 1 year covering grade I.
School time: 3 hours per day and six days in a week
Curriculum: Govt. curriculum and some extra reading materials.
Teaching aids for teacher: necessary guidebooks and charts.
Status of Material development:
The preparatory phase guide books,
basic teachers training guide, refreshers guide for grades II and III,
PO manual,
The guide books on the Mathematics for grades I and II and
The alphabet charts in Dari and Pashto versions.
Story books for grade II and III
Revision of basic teachers training guide in the light of Gov. CBS policy
Partnership Education Program
BRAC Afghanistan has started the partnership education program with three local NGOs which are Skill Training and Rehabilitation (STAR), Association of Defense for Women's of Balk (ADWRB), and Education and Training Center for poor Women and girls of Afghanistan (ECW). The NGOs have programs in Kabul , Mazar-i-sharif and Kunduz provinces in Afghanistan . Each NGO is operating 5 schools with 160 students of them over 70 girls. So, a total of 15 schools with 480 students are being operated by NGOs.
Adolescent Reading Centres (ARCs):
With the objectives of providing opportunity of continuing education and life skills knowledge to the adolescents girls BRAC Afghanistan Education Program operated ARCs as pilot basis.
B. Girls' Education Project supported by CIDA
In January 2007 the BRAC run and CIDA supported Community Base Girls' education Project starts its 4 years course (January -2007 to December-2010) with the target of 4000 community base school establishment, 5000 government school teachers' capacity development, 200 Adolescent Reading Center establishment, capacity development of local NGOs and research work on Appraisal of Basic Competency of the students and on the barriers of girls' education along with the target of New Initiatives.
Project Goal:
To promote gender equality through the provision of basic education
Objectives
The overall objective of the proposed project is to encourage communities to increase girls' enrolment and their retention, and to improve the quality of education especially in underserved areas .
The project purposes are to :
Increase access of girl to education through Feeder and CBALS schools
Enhance continuing education opportunity to girls through quality enhancement of public school
Develop the capacity of local NGOs to be involved in CBS program implementation under the proposed project.
Components:
Community Base School Operation
Adolescent Reading Centre Operation
Develop the capacity of local NGOs
Quality enhancement of public school
New initiatives and Research
Important features of the BRAC Community Base School :
Community Based Feeder School (CBFS):
Schooling : In 2 years to cover the curriculum of grades I - III
Teachers : Female from the locality
Students : Out of schools children, 70% girls, 30-35 per school .
Age group : 7-9 years old
Venue : In Rented/constructed room
The classroom for CBFS will be rented or constructed with the supports of local education shura, SMC of CBS and SMC of Hub School.
Community Based Accelerated Learning School (CBALS)
Schooling : In 2 years to cover the curriculum of grades I - IV
Teachers : Female from the locality
Students : Adolescent girls, 25-30 per school .
Age group : 7-9 years old
Venue : In Rented/constructed room
The classroom for CALS will be rented or constructed with the supports of local education shura, SMC of CBS and SMC of Hub School.