Girls' education in Bangladesh
Subtitle: lessons from NGOs
By: Magdalena Fałkowska
Publisher: Budrich UniPress Ltd.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Opladen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9783863881870; 9783863880262
Subjects: Women; Education; Elementary Education; Femmes; Éducation; Enseignement primaire; EDUCATION; Special Education; General
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Table of Contents; title: List of tables and images; title: Acknowledgements; title: 1 Introduction; title: 1.1 Background of the study; title: 1.2 Bangladesh â€? the country context; title: 1.3 Research on girlsâ€? education in Bangladesh; title: 1.4 Aims of the study; title: 2 Methodology; title: 2.1 Getting into the field; title: 2.2 Research methods; title: 2.2.1 Interviews; title: 2.2.2 Observations; title: 2.2.3 Data processing and analysis; title: 2.3 Some limitations of the study; title: 2.4 Ethical considerations; title: 3 Gender, education and development debates; title: 3.1 Women in Development (WID); title: 3.1.1 Girlsâ€? education â€? a â€?package dealâ€?3.2 Gender and Development; title: 3.2.1 GAD and education; title: 3.3 Human development and the capability approach; title: 3.3.1 Rights-based approach to education; title: 4 International education policy and girlsâ€? education in South Asia; title: 4.1 Education as a human right; title: 4.2 The World Conference on Education for All and developments in the 1990s; title: 4.3 The Dakar Framework for Action and the Millennium Development Goals; title: 4.4 Towards 2015 and beyond; title: 5 The position of women and girls in Bangladesh; title: 5.1 Overview of the legal context5.2 Womenâ€?s status and decision making in the family; title: 5.3 Marriage and dowry; title: 5.4 Violence against women; title: 5.5 Health and nutrition; title: 5.6 Women and the labour market; title: 5.7 Women in political participation and public service; title: 5.8 The status of the girl child; title: 6 Girlsâ€? education in Bangladesh: achievements and challenges; title: 6.1 An overview of the education policy development; title: 6.2 Primary education in Bangladesh at a glance; title: 6.3 Girlsâ€? education: achievements and challenges; title: 7 NGOs and Non-formal Primary Education in Bangladesh7.1 From non-formal education to alternative schooling; title: 7.2 NFE in Bangladesh; title: 7.3 NGOs in the education sector; title: 7.3.1 An overview of the NGO sector in Bangladesh; title: 7.3.2 Emergence of NGOs in education; title: 8 Making schools â€?girl friendlyâ€?; title: 8.1 The Non-formal Primary Education (NFPE) at a glance:BRAC, DAM, and Dipshikha; title: 8.2 Inside schools; title: 8.2.1 The students; title: 8.2.2 The Teachers; title: 8.2.3 School facilities and learning provisions; title: 8.2.4 Curriculum and teaching methods; title: 8.3 NFPE â€? â€?second chanceâ€? education?8.4 School supervision and community involvement; title: 9 â€œWe want to make them perfect peopleâ€?; title: 9.1 Education for todayâ€?; title: 9.1.1 â€œThey have become cleanâ€?; title: 9.1.2 Teaching â€?good behaviorâ€?; title: 9.1.3 â€œGirls have voiceâ€?; title: 9.1.4 â€œWomen go outâ€?; title: 9.2 â€? and for tomorrow â€? â€œTheir future will be brightâ€?; title: 9.2.1 â€œThey can only cook riceâ€?; title: 9.2.2 â€œGirls are the mothers of the futureâ€?; title: 9.2.3 â€œShe can get a job like a manâ€?