Education Program

Education Program

BEES started its Education Program back in 1984 through providing Functional Education (FE) to its group members. In 1996, BEES started imparting Non-Formal Primary Education (NFPE) establishing NFPE under Bogra district. The piloting of NFPE schools has enabled BEES to establish more than 200 NFPE schools with the financial assistance from World University Service of Canada (WUSC)-CIDA along with BEES’ own fund. Through the NFPE schools, BEES offers an opportunity for education to the children, especially the girls, of poor landless families who, either have never been enrolled in a formal school or have been dropped out. BEES has already accomplished a total of 435 center-programs in different service areas enrolling 13,050 learners with the financial aid of Bangladesh Govt. through DNFE. BEES established 60 centers under the program entitled Post-literacy and Continuing Education for Human Development (PLCEHD-1) at Panchbibi and Khetlal upazila of Joupurhat district with the financial support of BNFE/GOB in 2003.

BEES implemented Basic Education for Hard to Reach Urban Children (BEHTRUC) for the working children establishing 45 HTR schools to provide access to primary education as a basic right, especially who do not have any family support as well. Apart from these, BEES has been working on Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL) project for the labor children especially who are working in tannery sector of Dhaka. BEES is also implementing Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC) under Ministry of Primary & Mass Education (MOPME) in Bogra & Brahmanbaria.

In February 2005, BEES initiated Early Childhood Education Program and established 8 preprimary schools in Gaibandha district by its own fund. Very recently 300 preprimary centers named Sisimpur School (Sesame Street School) have been established with the cooperation of Nayantara Communication and the program is getting expanded in other intervention areas year-wise as per the proposed plan.