Enrollment Status of BRAC Primary School in Bangladesh: An Evaluation

BRAC has been a pioneer in the education arena. It has been working in the domain of primary education for almost two decades. BRAC has improved access and quality education for a significant number of children in Bangladesh. This paper focuses on enrollment, status, attendance, completion and dropout position of the child (students) of BRAC Primary School. This study was based on two sets of interview schedule designed in the light of the objectives of the study. The study reveals that the students of BRAC School (grade-iii students) are in the age 9 to 12 years. Though most of the students of BRAC primary school come from lower middle class or poor family, their enrollment and completion rates are very good. Their dropout rate is very low but attendance rate is very high. Their learning status is also good. In this study, it was found that boys and girls enrollment rates are 37.18% and 62.82% in BRAC primary school respectively. Teacher's education level is not high-quality. Their salary is also poor. This paper draws some recommendations like Scholarship program; awareness program, more evaluation and monitoring program etc. need to be taken for BRAC Primary School.