Bangladesh - Female Secondary School Assistance Project
Johnston, Richard S.
The project outcome is satisfactory, sustainability likely, and institutional development impacts substantial. Overall lessons emphasize that while girls' education stipends involve high investments, by contrast yields high economic, and social benefits. Hence, such interventions need to be sustained over a long period to effect lasting changes. While significant fiscal impacts on budget resources will occur, the Government should maximize the outcomes of the educational program, by examining mechanisms for targeting groups (expected to be achieved under a following operation). Lessons stemming from preparation address the seemingly, underestimated social response to the project, which should have been reviewed early on during preparation, to include a social assessment, incorporated in project design, also at an early stage. Although well prepared, the female education awareness program, lacked local knowledge and specific ground realities, which could be emphasized be it through the media, theater, and/or local literary practices. Implementation lessons indicate that many potential benefits of projects - management skills, increased access to data - are lost at project closing, if not integrated into the operational system of existing institutions. In this instance, the implementation record stands out as excellent. However, since the project staff was recruited from outside, or on secondment from other institutions, there is a risk that gains may be lost; thus an effective integration of achievements into the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education should be addressed.
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