Development projects can seem distant, unreal activities. They can remain, literally, otherworldly in our imaginations. The following first-hand feedback from a TEAR Project Officer who visited the MCESP program may help it all to seem more real.Please find attached some images that I have from my last visit to the MCESP program. This visit was in the town of Tangail. There is a wide range of kids involved in these "pre schools" as many children have missed out on the opportunity of any education prior to their connection with the Symbiosis program. They are really enthusiastic and love their lessons. The teachers are local women who have had some schooling to class 8 or 10. ... The schools have minimal resources, but in 2 years easily get the kids up to the level to enter the government system at class 2. The project then offers after school tuition in some places to continue the good work begun by the preschools. It should be noted that we are not funding a parallel education system but a way of assisting kids who can't access the govt funded system because of poverty or racial discrimination. Nearly all the kids who finish the program are able to access the govt system. Sometimes the project assists with provision of a uniform, backpack, pencils etc as the children commence their journey in the government sector.
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