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PROJECT DATA SHEET

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FINANCING

Type/Modality of Assistance Approval Number Source of FundingApproved Amount (US$

thousand)

Technical Assistance 7206 Technical Assistance Special Fund 1,000

Counterpart 180

TOTAL US$ 1,180

SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES

PDS Creation Date 20 Jun 2008

PDS Updated as of 28 Dec 2011

Project Name Capacity Development for Madrasah Education

Country Bangladesh

Project/Program Number 39297-012

Status Approved

Geographical Location All over Bangladesh

Sector and/or Subsector

Classification

Education

/ Education Sector Development

Thematic Classification Capacity development

Social development

Poverty reduction and inclusive growth

Gender Mainstreaming

Categories

Environmental Aspects

Involuntary Resettlement

Indigenous Peoples

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STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION, PARTICIPATION, AND CONSULTATION

yes

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DESCRIPTION

Improve the quality of madrasah secondary education

PROJECT RATIONALE AND LINKAGE TO COUNTRY/REGIONAL STRATEGY

The Government of Bangladesh (Government) aims at modernizing and mainstreaming madrasah education as an

expressed policy objective. This is also reflected in Government?s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper as the madrasahs

mainly serve the poor and rural children of Bangladesh and very much lag behind mainstream education in terms of

teaching and learning quality. The external efficiency of madrasha education also seems low as most of the graduates

remain unemployed or underemployed. Madrasah education is a parallel system of mainstream general education. Within

it, there are two streams of madrasahs covering primary, and secondary levels- the Aliya madrasahs that broadly follow

the national school curriculum together with religious lessons and are recognized by the government and receive

government subvention, and Qaumi madrasahs that do not follow the national school curriculum but focus more on

religious teachings. The Qaumi madrasahs do not receive government subvention. However, currently there is a lack of

detailed information on the status of the two streams of madrasahs -- number of students and staff as well as curricula.

Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS) estimates that about 10% of secondary school

population (age 11-15 for grades 6-10) was enrolled in madrasahs in 2005. It is not known if this data include students

from Qaumi madrasah. The dropout rate at 76% for both genders with 82% for girls was very high. Internal efficiency rate

was only 29% in 2005 for the grade 6-10 madrasah students. There are no other precise data available for madrasah

education. Therefore there is a need to develop a comprehensive map of madrasah education through the combined

efforts of Government including Ministry of Education (MOE), Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board (BMEB), Ministry of

Primary and Mass Education (MoPME), BANBEIS and non-government institutions bringing within its purview both

recognized and unrecognized madrasahs. This technical assistance (TA) would enable a comprehensive assessment of

issues, challenges and opportunities and recommend ways to address them systematically. The Country Partnership

Strategy Mission in 2007 for the proposed assistance pipeline for nonlending products and services from 2007 to 2010

includes this Capacity Building for Madrasah Education advisory TA as firm for 2008. The TA will complement current

assistance to the secondary education sector, through the ongoing Secondary Education Sector Development Project and

the Teaching Quality Improvement in Secondary Education Project. Secondary Education Sector Development Project

supports the implementation of several reforms to improve education in general secondary schools and includes some

assistance to madrasah. Under the Teaching Quality Improvement in Secondary Education Project, all new madrasah

teachers were to be trained in Madrasah Teacher Training Institute for minimum 1 year at B.Ed level. Madrasah Teacher

Training Institute also received assistance to develop a specialized module covering religious studies for the standardized

B.Ed course. At the primary subsector, MoPME intends to include primary level madrasah, under the umbrella of the

Education for All:National Plan of Action (NPAII) 2003-2015 as the basis to formulate future support program in the

primary subsector. Therefore, the proposed TA will be implemented in the context of overall school education subsectorand will maintain close links with all ongoing assistance in the sector.

DEVELOPMENT IMPACT

PROJECT OUTCOME

During Project Design

During Project Implementation

Modernization and mainstreaming of madrasah education at primary and secondary

levels in Bangladesh, leading to improved learning outcomes

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OUTPUTS AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

TIMETABLE

MILESTONES

Approval No. Approval Signing Effectivity Closing

Original Revised Actual

Technical Assistance 7206 12 Dec 2008 01 Sep 2009 01 Sep 2009 30 Sep 2010 30 Sep 2011

CONTACTS AND UPDATE DETAILS

Description of Outcome Progress Towards Outcome

Strengthened Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and

related agencies responsible for madrasah education with

increased human, organizational, and institutional capacity

Description of Project Outputs Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities,

and Issues)

A comprehensive analysis of the madrasah subsector in

Bangladesh Strategies and a road map for developing the

madrasah subsector Proposals for investments in priority

areas for modernizing and mainstreaming the madrasah

subsector

Date of First Listing 23 Sep 2011

Consulting Services An international consulting firm in association with national consultants will be

engaged in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2007, as

amended from time to time). The TA will provide a total of 50 person-months (pm) of

consulting services (16 pm of international and 34 pm of national).

Procurement

Procurement and Consulting

Notices

http://www.adb.org/projects/39297-012/business-opportunities

Concept Clearance 29 May 2008

Fact-finding 13 Jul 2008 to 27 Jul 2008

Management Review Meeting

Approval 12 Dec 2008

Last Review Mission

Responsible ADB Officer Kowsar P. Chowdhury (kchowdhury@adb.org)

Responsible ADB Department South Asia Department

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LINKS

Responsible ADB Division Human and Social Development Division, SARD

Executing Agencies Ministry of Education

Syed Ataur Rahman

Project Website http://www.adb.org/projects/39297-012/main

List of Project Documents http://www.adb.org/projects/39297-012/documents