$35m WB support to bring more children to school
The World Bank (WB) will give 35 million US dollars for the project titled 'Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC)' to bring more children in poverty-stricken districts under education.
Encouraged by the success of the project, the WB has agreed to provide the financial support to expand the implementing areas to 90 upazilas from the existing 60, a WB spokesman said.
More than 2.5 lakh disadvantaged children, who had missed out schooling at the right age or had been forced to drop out mainly because of poverty, went to 15,000 'Ananda Schools' (learning centres) in the last six years under the project.
The project that began in 2004 reaches out to the poorest, particularly female children, of upazilas with high rates of poverty and low enrollment.
The main objective, being implemented by the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, of the project is to cut the number of out-of-school children through access to quality primary education.
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