Bangladesh
Sara Cameron... Inside stories
The schools are operated by non-governmental organizations with the backing of the Bangladesh Government’s Directorate of Non-Formal Education and support from Britain, Sweden and UNICEF. The teaching and learning sessions last for two hours, five days a week and follow a course of study lasting two years. Many of the children are engaged in hazardous forms of labour for which they receive little and sometimes no pay at all. Teachers who run the centres and their supervisors negotiate with employers and parents so that the children have time off from work to attend school.
These pages present first person accounts by students and teachers of their experience in the “Hard to Reach” schools.
The ‘hard to reach’ schools
Thousands of learning centres have sprung up in the poorest urban communities in the major cities of Bangladesh. They are known as the Hard to Reach Schools because they cater for children who are typically hard to reach with any form of education.