Donor: Save the Children/ USAID
Duration: October 2013 – September 2018
Focal person: Marina Akther, Director- Program
Tel: +880-421-68823
Goal/Objectives
1. All primary school students in Bangladesh attain expected learning outcomes and competencies;
2. Increased reading competences among grade 1-3 students in READ- supported schools in the selected districts of READ
Major Component/Activities
1. Improved ability of teachers to teach early grades reading
2. Reading instruction skills strengthened (INSET)
3. Increased instructional supervision
4. Teachers’ capacity to use ICT resources
5. Classroom Diagnostic Assessment Tool developed
6. Assessment results used to track reading performance progress
7. Standards developed to improve the quality children’s reading materials
8. Access to ample & appropriately-leveled reading materials
9. Digital reading materials development
Operational Area
District: 02 (Magura & Jhenaidah)
Upazila: 05 (Magura Sadar, Mohammadpur, Kaliganj, Kotchandpur & Harinakundu), Union: 49, Village: 296
Total School: 284, Student: 36,610
Other Information
No. Employees: 76 (male:43, female: 33)
No. of Beneficiaries: 36,610 (male: 18,502, female: 18,108)
No. of Indirect Beneficiaries: 1,53,762