The role of NGO schools in decreasing the dropout rate of girls in primary leve

Abstract

Accomplishing Universal Primary School education is one of the Goals of United Nations which is included Millennium Development Goals (MDG). However, it’s very unfortunate that in a developing country like Bangladesh, the enrollment rate in Bangladesh is not very satisfactory as Bangladesh is way behind its compeer countries. Bangladesh reportedly has a percentage of 70 in enrollment as of 2016. Among this percentage, the male has significantly higher rate than female and the main reason of that is the dropout rate of girls. The NGOs which are actively working for the socio-economic development of the country are trying to approach this problem by providing opportunities to those who are very likely to drop out because of several reasons. These NGOs run primary schools to provide the primary level of education to the people who are living under the poverty line and often find educational a luxury when it comes to survival. The main focus of this project is to study how the emergence of NGOs in primary education has affected outcomes of girl’s education. Moreover, we will study how much the NGOs contributed to the increase in the enrollment rate of girls in recent years in Bangladesh.