Transcript Steps Towards Effective MLE in Bangladesh

Alpona Kujur
SIL Bangladesh
SIL International-Bangladesh has been
registered as a non-profit and nongovernmental organisation with the NGO
Affairs Bureau since the year 2000.
SIL
Bangladesh
supports
different
communities with sociolinguistic and
baseline survey, developing writing
systems, MLE, dictionary development,
advocacy and networking & other
development works.
SIL International – Bangladesh exists to
serve ethnic communities of Bangladesh
so that the communities achieve their
development goals while retaining their
cultural and linguistic identities.
Dinajpur
Mahle
Sherpur
Koch
Rajshahi &
Chapai
Kol
Koda
Moulvibazar
BPM
Dhaka
Center
Chittagong Hill
Tracts
Mro
Khyang
Tripura
Tanchangya
1. Scattered Communities

Hamper program continuation
◦ Too few students to run a school every year.
◦ Mix age group of children.

Lack of unity
◦ Hinder them to make decision for whole
community.
2. Economic Migration of Parents
Koda PP2, Rajshahi

Very Low
attendance

Drop out in the
middle of the year
3. Lack of qualified teachers and supervisors
4. Influence of dominant language and
culture
5. Lack of awareness for education
among the community people
4. Teachers drop
out
o Wedding
o Higher studies
o Other interesting
jobs
Monipuri Bishnupriya
MLE school
1. Sharing education
materials and
resources to other
villages.
2. Awareness raising
activities (Particularly
for parents and
community people)
Kol, Chapainowabgonj
3. Forming Learning Circle/
Group
Mahle Learning Circle- Dinajpur
Monica’s Vegetable garden
3. Providing teachers training &
refreshers training
o Refreshers training created more room to
practice the difficult areas for teachers
4. Monitoring visit on a regular basis
o Helped us to identify teachers strengths and
weakness
o Designing the training as per their needs
5. Easy accessible monitoring tool for
supervisor
6. Building strong communication
with teachers and supervisor
7. Providing training on income
generating activities (IGA) for
economic migration of parents