Title: Managing Public Private Partnership in Secondary Education: Experiences of Bangladesh
1Managing Public - Private Partnership in
Secondary EducationExperiences of Bangladesh
- Presented by
- Dr. M. Osman Farruk MP
- Minister
- Ministry of Education
- Bangladesh
2Bangladesh at a Glance
3Socio-economic Indicators
4Social Achievements
- 1971 75 million people, threats of famine and a
food importer - 2004 Food security ensured for 140 million
people - Poverty declined by 1 a year in 1990s, a much
better record than Pakistan or Sri Lanka - The country is ahead of most South Asian
Countries in primary enrollment and the ratio of
female to male primary pupils - Fastest reduction among developing countries in
infant and child mortality - Tremendous success in lowering population growth
rate from 2.17 in 1990 to 1.53 in 2005
5Structure and Streams of Education
6- Administrative Structure of Secondary
Education
Minister
Ministry of Education
Directorate of Secondary Higher Education
Secretary
Addl.Secretary.
Director (Secondary Special Education)
Directorate of Technical Education
Joint Secretary
Dy. Director (Sec) Dy. Director (Spl)
Deputy Secretary
Regional Deputy Director Office (09)
Director
Sr Asst. Secretary
District Education Office (64)
Section Officer
Sub district Education office(470)
School Managing Committees(SMC) / Governing
Bodies (GB)
7 Functional Offices Related with Secondary
Higher Secondary Education
- Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education
- Directorate of Technical Education
- Board of Intermediate Secondary Education(07)
- Bangladesh Technical Education Board
- Bangladesh Madrasha Education Board
- Directorate of Inspection and Audit
- National Academy for Educational Management
- National Curriculum Textbook Board
- Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information
Statistics
8Growth of Secondary Education(06-12 classes)
9Growth of Secondary Education
(06-12 classes) (Contd.)
10Growth of Secondary Education
(06-12 classes) (Contd.)
11Financing of Education (In billion
Taka, 1 66 Tk)
12Establishing a Private School
- Primary permission
- any individual/group/entity forms a committee and
applies to the relevant zonal office / Board of
secondary/higher education for permission to
establish a school. - evaluation of the proposal made by the regional
office/Education Board through site visit
discussion with the local community. - Inspection Evaluation
- against the requirement for land, infrastructure
- distance from existing schools (4.8 km)
- at least 10,000 population in the catchment area
13Establishing a Private School (Contd.)
- Temporary Academic Recognition
- For junior secondary level at least 10 students
will have to sit for scholarship examination with
70 success rate - For secondary schools no less than 75 students
have to sit for public examination with at least
50 pass rate - Temporary recognition is for 5 years and Govt.
reserves the right to suspend this recognition
for non-conformity with conditions
14Establishing a Private School (Contd.)
- Academic Recognition
- Satisfactory completion of academic activities
for 3 yrs after temporary recognition - Satisfactory result of internal and public
examination, - Satisfactory number of students,classrooms
other facilities like library, office room, water
sanitation facilities - This recognition is renewable for 5 years and
afterwards they apply for permanent recognition
which is renewable every five years.
15History of Salary Subvention
- Before 1980 public sector contribution towards
salary subvention was limited in the form of
Dearness Allowance. - In 1981 Govt. introduced, for the first time,
service rules salary subvention system for
teachers staff of private Institutions. - Initially teachers used to get 50 of their
basic salary quarterly through district treasury. - In different phases this amount was increased
to 60, 70 and 80 and finally upto 90 in
2001. - The remaining 10 is given by the institutions.
Teachers and staff are also given 25 50 of
their basic salary as festival allowance
limited house rent respectively - Now the disbursement is made monthly through
teachers personal bank account
16Conditions for Salary Subvention
- Institution must have
- A valid academic recognition
- Approved staffing pattern
- Qualified teachers
- Required number of students
- Satisfactory results of public and annual
examinations - Accounts audits as per approved system.
- Properly constituted School Managing
Committees(SMC)/ Governing Bodies(GB)
17Salary Subvention Disbursement System
- Each teacher gets a unique index number
- MoE issues order for salary subvention for new
schools - Monthly salary bills are prepared by head teacher
countersigned by SMC chairperson - Bills are scrutinized by Director General,
Directorate of Secondary and Higher
Education(DSHE) - Payments are authorized by DG, DSHE
- Education Directorate arranges disbursement of
salary subvention - Chief accounts officer issues cheques to four
nationalized banks - This subvention goes to teachers personal
account through respective branches. - Subvention list is also posted in web site of DSHE
18 Public Sector Costs for Salary Subvention
(In million Taka, 1 66 Tk)
19(No Transcript)
20Promoting Female Education through Stipend
Program
- Stipend program was jointly initiated by World
Bank and Government in 1993 for rural schools in
order to address gender disparity in secondary
education and thereby increase the number of
educated women. - An important objective is to ensure that poverty
will not prevent access to education by girls
21Promoting Female Education through Stipend
Program (contd.)
- Conditions of payment
- Attend school for at least 75 percent of the
school year. - Obtain at least 45 percent marks on average in
final examinations. - Remain unmarried through completion of SSC (10
class).
22Promoting Female Education through Stipend
Program (contd.)
- Payment system
- Tuition fees, as a part of the stipend, are
directly issued to the school - Rest of the subsidy is paid directly to the girls
in two annual installments - Stipend is deposited in the girls savings
accounts in the nearest bank.
23Expenditure on Female Stipends Tuition Fees
(In billion Taka 1 66 Tk)
24Gender Equity
GER at Secondary Education
25Major Reforms in Secondary Education
- Non-Govt. Teachers Recruitment and Certification
Authority (NTRCA) - School Based Assessment
- Performance Based Management
- Teaching Quality Improvement
- Women Teachers Recruitment
- Privatization of Text Book for quality
publication through competition
26Non-Govt.Teachers Recruitment and Certification
Authority (NTRCA)
- The Government has passed a law to ensure the
recruitment of quality teachers at the secondary
and higher secondary non-government institutions - Candidates willing to enter teaching profession
will have to participate in a public testing and
certification process - All private schools will recruit teachers from
this list of certified teachers
27Recruitment of Teachers in Govt. School
- With approval of MoE , DSHE gives circular for
recruitment for subject based teachers - MoE forms 5 member recruitment committee under
DSHE - Zonal offices conduct competitive nationwide
exam on the same day - After evaluation short listed candidates are
selected for viva. - DSHE finally approves the panel of teachers for
appointment - 15 seats are reserved for female teachers
- MoE supervises the whole recruitment procedure.
28School Based Assessment(SBA)
- To assess the overall achievement at secondary
level SBA is being introduced.The following
skills will be assessed thru SBA - (a) Presence interest in the class
- (b) Individual group assignment
- (c) Behavior, moral values integrity
- (d) Presentation and discussion
- (e) Leadership quality
- (f) Discipline
- (g) Participation in co-curricular activities
- (h) Achievement in sports
- (i) Practical classes in science subjects
29Teaching Quality Improvement Project
- To improve the overall quality and efficiency of
the secondary education system by improving the
effectiveness of teachers - Under this project all untrained teachers will be
brought under a training package - They will have to complete a three month
certificate course in education in order to
qualify as classroom teacher. - They could also complete BEd course in future
- Pre and in-service teacher training will be
provided - All head teachers will also come under training
program - The total cost of the Project has been estimated
at 116.8 million
30Women Teachers Recruitment
- Program to Motivate Train and Employ Female
Teachers (PROMOTE) at rural secondary school - Stipends for B Ed training of women teachers
- Dormitories at Upazilla (sub-district)
headquarters for rural women teachers - Mandatory recruitment of 30 female teachers in
secondary schools
31Civil Works for Infrastructure Development
- Education Engineering Department is assigned for
civil works of education institutions - They follow the procurement rules 2003 and the
work is done through competititive bidding
process - In 2002-2005 construction of 8486 new academic
building was complete at a cost of Tk.19066
million. - Another 1461 new buildings are in the completion
stage
32Civil Works for Infrastructure Development(contd.
)
- Tk 720 million was spent for repair and
renovation of non-govt. education institutions in
2001-2004 - In 2004-2005 Tk. 380 million was spent in
addition for repair renovation work of
secondary institutions affected by natural
disaster
33Achievements in Secondary Education
- Secondary enrolment Growth
- Steady growth in secondary education has been
achieved in the last decade reaching 45 on a net
basis in 2005 for 11-15 year age children from
33 in 1998. - Girls surge ahead
- Enrolment of Girls has surged ahead of boys
by11 points at 51.6 compared to 39.6 for boys
on a net basis - Success in public examination
- Following different reform measures for quality
improvement of education in secondary level the
pass rate in public examination rose from 35.22
in 2001 to 52 in 2005
34Achievements in Secondary Education (Contd.)
- Increase of number of institutions
- At the secondary level, from 1990 to 2004 the
number of institutions rose from 10448 to 17737,a
remarkable increase of 70 - Womens participation in teaching
- In teacher training institutions womens
participation increased from as low as 11 in
1980 to 29 in 2002. In technical and vocational
institutions, women participation increased from
3 in 1980 to 20 in 2002. - In secondary schools the number of female
teachers increased from 10 in 1980 to 17
respectively in 2002.
35Good Governance
- Introduced intensive supervision monitoring to
stop fake registration in female stipend program - Withholding salary subvention for bad performing
institutions in the public examinations - Decentralization of education offices upto
sub-district level to strengthen supervision
monitoring - SMC is reorganized for effective management of
school - Govt. subvention is being linked with school
performance.
36Challenges and Issues
- Expansion with greater equity quality through
reducing - gap between rural - urban , low income and
disadvantageous groups - Improving internal efficiency
- Reduce dropout rates
- Higher pass rates at public examination
- Improve system management, decentralization,
monitoring and supervision in secondary education
sub-sector. - Planned Schooling Program in unnerved areas
- Effective supervision monitoring for effective
classroom management
37Challenges and Issues (Contd.)
- Need based curriculum and Relevance of Content
- Ensure training of all teachers in secondary
level. - Establish at least one English Language Lab in
each District to train English teachers - Emphasis on ICT Education
- ICT based teacher Development
- Sustainable education to compete job market
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38Thank You