The objectives of the Project will be to (i) strengthen the NFE system in planning, management, and monitoring and evaluation; (ii) improve access to NFE by the poor, especially women; (iii) support quality improvement in NFE; and (iv) enhance the relevance and effectiveness of post-literacy and targeted continuing education programs to meet the demand of newly-literates for functional and life skills. The PPTA will prepare the Second NFE Project to provide post literacy training and continuing education for the newly-literate young adults focusing on the poor and females, living in urban and rural areas. The PPTA will have two components: (i) NFE sector study and (ii) project preparation. The TA will undertake a NFE sector study for reviewing the state of the NFE sector in a comprehensive and balanced manner. Based on the review, the TA will make recommendations on policy and system support, strategies, institutional
| Project Name | Second Nonformal Education | ||||
| Project Number | 31309-012 | ||||
| Country | Bangladesh |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Education / Non-formal education |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | The objectives of the Project will be to (i) strengthen the NFE system in planning, management, and monitoring and evaluation; (ii) improve access to NFE by the poor, especially women; (iii) support quality improvement in NFE; and (iv) enhance the relevance and effectiveness of post-literacy and targeted continuing education programs to meet the demand of newly-literates for functional and life skills. The PPTA will prepare the Second NFE Project to provide post literacy training and continuing education for the newly-literate young adults focusing on the poor and females, living in urban and rural areas. The PPTA will have two components: (i) NFE sector study and (ii) project preparation. The TA will undertake a NFE sector study for reviewing the state of the NFE sector in a comprehensive and balanced manner. Based on the review, the TA will make recommendations on policy and system support, strategies, institutional | ||||
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| Environment | C |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will be undertaken by four international (17 person-months) and eight domestic (24 person-months) consultants engaged through a firm by ADB using the simplified technical proposal procedure. The international consultants will be specialists in NFE policy and planning / team leadership, NFE institutional development, education economics and finance, and NFE monitoring and evaluation. The domestic consultants will be specialists in NFE system design, NFE methodology and delivery, NFE quality improvement, NFE survey and assessment; NFE management information system and information technology, project management and costing, marketing and microcredit, and gender education and social development. |
| Procurement | None. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Fedon, Peter L. |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Directorate of Non-formal Education Mr. ASM Abdul Halim, Director General House No. 2, Road No. 16 Dhanmondi, Dhaka Bangladesh |
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| Concept Clearance | 20 Mar 1998 |
| Fact Finding | 08 Mar 2000 to 16 Mar 2000 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 05 Jul 2000 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 06 Feb 2007 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 05 Jul 2000 | 29 Aug 2000 | 29 Aug 2000 | - | 31 Oct 2001 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 600,000.00 | 0.00 | 150,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 750,000.00 | 05 Jul 2000 | 561,095.97 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Second Nonformal Education Project | Technical Assistance Reports | Jul 2000 |
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