Assessing
the Madrasah Education System
Bangladesh
September 2003 – January 2004
 USAID/Bangladesh
appealed to BEPSS to conduct three studies that would provide
guidance to the development of a strategy for donor assistance
in the education sector. Along with an assessment on the use
of time in schools and on early childhood education, USAID/Bangladesh
solicited an assessment on madrasah education.
Madrasah’s in Bangladesh frequently provide an educational
option for a significant portion of Bangladesh’s rural
population and offer a government-approved, tempered religious
and practical education to those whom the secular education
system does not reach. This study assessed the pre-primary
and primary levels of Bangladesh’s madrasah education
system and brought to light the areas of convergence and divergence
of the madrasah education system with the mainstream education
system. It will also provide an analysis of incentives and
resources needed to make madrasah education more relevant to
Bangladesh’s economic and social development priorities.
The results of this assessment identify potential entry pointsfor
basic education assistance to children and teachers of Qu’ranic
school, given USAID’s expected resources, comparative
advantages and legal restrictions relative to work with faith-based
organizations.
Taken along with the other two studies, the assessment provides
information and analysis needed by USAID to identify effective
strategies, activities and entry points for education assistance
in Bangladesh.
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