Education & Protection
Good Neighbors Bangladesh (GNB) works to protect children and youth and provide them with access to education and a safe environment. GNB ensures the primary and secondary education facilities for the children. In addition, GNB also supports infrastructure development through the construction, renovation and maintenance of school buildings. GNB also trains teachers and develops teaching curriculums to improve the quality of education for the children.
GNB runs conventional education at its own schools and after-school centers to support the healthy growth and mental development of children. Besides taking special care for students weak at English and Mathematics, we operate various activities in those centers such as arts, physical education and cultural activities for helping children to pursue their dreams.
In addition to protect children from child labor, child marriage and other child rights related issues GNB emphasis more to establish CRC at its working area.
Primary Education
GNB conducts 3 formal primary schools and 94 after-school centers to provide primary education support for the primary level school children ensuring conventional primary education according to the NCTB (National Curriculum and Textbook Board). The after-school centers creates child-friendly learning environment at schools. Constant supervision and home visits by the project staff lead the students to achieve a better result. The students improved their educational and cognitive development through the proper guidance of 238 after-school teachers. Comparatively weaker students get extra care through after-school. A total of 7,995 children received primary education support through GNB’s 3 primary schools and 94 after-school centers with an average attendance of 95%. 2,246 students out of 2,258 students passed PSC examination in 2016 which marked GNB’s pass rate 99.47%.
Secondary Education
GNB facilitate Secondary Education schooling system through 4 own schools and 42 after-school centers following NCTB. A number of 4,822 Sponsored children receive cost free quality secondary education through these facilities. The stipend program encourages the students to receive education against their impoverished financial condition. 140 devoted after-school teachers alone with 42 regular teachers building the future of these children with their relentless care. During the reporting 1,493 students sat for the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination and among them 1,396 passed successfully with a pass rate of 94%.
Reading campaign and Library program
Studying only text books cannot fully enrich children’s knowledge - realizing this fact GNB operates reading campaign and library program. GNB has library at its own schools and visits every after-school centers weekly with lots of books for children, so that the children can read various kind of book at their own choose without any fees. In 2016 GNB arranged 191 visits with Mobile libraries and 56 Reading campaigns for Children, where 10,143 children participated in the library program and 6,437 in the reading campaign.
'Dream project' (Extra-curricular activities)
Extra-curricular activities will refresh the mind of the children and it also helps the children to develop their hidden talent beside education. In GNB, extracurricular activities are important part of education and protection program. GNB runs the extra-curricular activities in the banner of 'Dream Project', by which GNB want to aware the sponsored children about their dreams. Children will grow up with a creative mind to set a realistic future dream without hesitation. In 2016, GNB organized some activities, such as - IQ test, debate competition, solo acting, dancing, football/cricket tournament, hand writing competition, carom board competition, drawing competition, debate competition, spelling competition, poem reciting, brain game with Bangle cube, etc. with the participation of 52,542 children in 14 project areas.
Lifelong education program
Adult literacy is a part of GNB's right education.
Since the inception, GNB has been working to increase literacy rate not only for the children but also for the adult. Sustainable development will not be achieved keeping half of the population in darkness i.e. illiterate. The aim of promoting adult literacy is to involve GNB’s beneficiaries’ especially female members to improve their literacy skills. Literacy sessions provide an opportunity for women in a community to come together in a group, which can help them to operate income generation activities, preventive health education, WASH etc. The support from the group, along with the increase of self-confidence and self-efficacy that can come from acquiring literacy skills, stimulates empowerment. In themselves, adult literacy classes serve as a venue/platform for women to discuss a wide array of problems and their possible solutions. In 2016, GNB operated adult literacy program through 37 centers where 1,480 women complete their education with an attendance of 92%.
Since the inception, GNB has been working to increase literacy rate not only for the children but also for the adult. Sustainable development will not be achieved keeping half of the population in darkness i.e. illiterate. The aim of promoting adult literacy is to involve GNB’s beneficiaries’ especially female members to improve their literacy skills. Literacy sessions provide an opportunity for women in a community to come together in a group, which can help them to operate income generation activities, preventive health education, WASH etc. The support from the group, along with the increase of self-confidence and self-efficacy that can come from acquiring literacy skills, stimulates empowerment. In themselves, adult literacy classes serve as a venue/platform for women to discuss a wide array of problems and their possible solutions. In 2016, GNB operated adult literacy program through 37 centers where 1,480 women complete their education with an attendance of 92%.Education Materials Distribution
Good Neighbors always extends its hand for the betterment of children education by providing effective and proper education support. One of the GNB’s regular activities is to distribute the educational materials among the sponsored children. Many poor sponsored children don't have ability to buy these materials and this kind of regular support will help children to have better educational environment. In 2016, GNB distributed the education materials among 64,006 students and the materials included note-book, pen, pencil, school bag, school uniform, geometry box and others.
