UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh and Japan have signed an agreement on primary education development in Bangladesh.
The signing ceremony of ‘Japanese Grant Aid for The Third Primary Education Development Programme (PEDPIII)’ was held at Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Masato Watanabe and Secretary (in-charge) of ERD Kazi Shofiqul Azam signed the exchange of notes representing their respective governments.
Chief Representative of JICA Bangladesh Office Takatoshi Nishikata also attended the ceremony, according to Japanese Embassy in Dhaka.
Since 2000, Bangladesh has achieved impressive results as it has worked to achieve the Education for All targets, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for primary education under the PEDP.
The PEDP is the singular national development strategic plan for primary education in Bangladesh and PEDPIII is the third phase from 2011 to 2017.Under the PEDP3, a number of activities have been implemented.
The refined textbooks, for example, have been distributed among about 20 million students in primary schools.
Some 500,000 teachers have been empowered, over 25,000 classrooms
built as Japan supported PEDPIII with other development partners under the Sector Wide Approaches (SWAPs).
At this time, the government of Japan provides the grant aid up to 500 million Japanese Yen and this financing support is the fifth contribution following 2014.
Japan has provided support with a focus on improving the quality of primary education for all.
For more than a decade, various approaches composed of policy strengthening, development of textbook and teaching materials, strengthening school management and improvement of teacher’s training, as well as this financing support have been taken.
Japan’s approach with a focus on the quality assurance through technical cooperation, Japanese volunteers and policy advisors, makes a good synergy with SWAPs and financing support because those who have been working in the field can provide feedback to policy decision making at national level.
Bangladesh and Japan have signed an agreement on primary education development in Bangladesh.
The signing ceremony of ‘Japanese Grant Aid for The Third Primary Education Development Programme (PEDPIII)’ was held at Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Masato Watanabe and Secretary (in-charge) of ERD Kazi Shofiqul Azam signed the exchange of notes representing their respective governments.
Chief Representative of JICA Bangladesh Office Takatoshi Nishikata also attended the ceremony, according to Japanese Embassy in Dhaka.
Since 2000, Bangladesh has achieved impressive results as it has worked to achieve the Education for All targets, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for primary education under the PEDP.
The PEDP is the singular national development strategic plan for primary education in Bangladesh and PEDPIII is the third phase from 2011 to 2017.Under the PEDP3, a number of activities have been implemented.
The refined textbooks, for example, have been distributed among about 20 million students in primary schools.
Some 500,000 teachers have been empowered, over 25,000 classrooms
built as Japan supported PEDPIII with other development partners under the Sector Wide Approaches (SWAPs).
At this time, the government of Japan provides the grant aid up to 500 million Japanese Yen and this financing support is the fifth contribution following 2014.
Japan has provided support with a focus on improving the quality of primary education for all.
For more than a decade, various approaches composed of policy strengthening, development of textbook and teaching materials, strengthening school management and improvement of teacher’s training, as well as this financing support have been taken.
Japan’s approach with a focus on the quality assurance through technical cooperation, Japanese volunteers and policy advisors, makes a good synergy with SWAPs and financing support because those who have been working in the field can provide feedback to policy decision making at national level.
