Written question asked by Anne Main (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 October 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 November 2012. It was answered by Alan Duncan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 November 2012 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Developing Countries: Schools

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether BRAC or any other partners were given any criteria on the un-adopted schools they can fund.

[126457]

Answer

DFID funds three partners providing primary education in Bangladesh: the Government of Bangladesh, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) and UCEP (Under-privileged Children's Education programme). This approach is complimentary to the Government's mainstream education system. BRAC and UCEP only target those children who are omitted from that system.

There is no such official terminology as to ‘adopt’ schools in the Bangladesh education system. Rather, the government categories of primary schooling include: Government primary schools, registered non-government primary schools, experimental schools, community schools, non-registered non-government primary schools, kindergarten, NGO schools, primary sections of secondary schools, Ebtedayee madrasahs, and primary sections of high madrasahs (dakhil, alim, fazil, kamil).

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Type: Written question
Reference: 126457; 552 cc604-5W
Session: 2012-13
Subjects: Developing countries Finance Schools
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Developing Countries: Schools

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