MOANOGHAR
Bangladesh
DESCRIPTION
MOANOGHAR
The purpose of this project is to improve the standard of education provided to the students welcomed in Moanoghar school in Rengamati.
Social and political turmoil combined with the region’s chronic underdevelopment and mountainous topography have contributed to making the Chittagong Hill Tracts region one of the poorest regions in Bangladesh with the lowest literacy rate in the country and the highest drop-out rate from primary school.
Moanoghar is the largest children’s charity in the greater Chittagong Hill Tracts region. At present, there are 1,100 children in the Moanoghar School and they are provided with free or highly subsidized education. The children come from the remote communities where basic education facilities are non-existent and the parents are too poor to afford education for their children. Approximately, 48% of the children are girls. Although the passing rates at the Moanoghar School are between 75% to 80%, many children fail in national level Senior School Certificate examination in some selected subjects: English, Mathematics and Sciences (physics, chemistry, and biology).
To improve academic performance at the school, Moanoghar needs to recruit additional teaching staff and implement specific training/capacity building for all the teachers. That is the objective of this multi-year project which we expect to result in better passing rates and grades. Project co-financed by Luciole Foundation.
IMPACT / MAIN INDICATORS
Expected results include:
• Increase in resources via teachers and programmes
• Increase of the pass rates
• Improve grade averages
PROJECT
SPONSORS
Moanoghar School in Rengamati, Eastern Hilltracts, Bangladesh
LOCAL
PARTNER
Selection
Duration
Project selected in September 2020
Multi-year project: 5 years
Financed
by
Comgest Deutschland GmbH
COMMENT FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Emil Wolter
Following initial delays caused by the Pandemic and its related lockdowns, our program has been gathering pace over the past two years. Starting with the hiring of seven new teachers, the school hosted its first Maths and Science Fair in 2022. Another followed in June 2023 and again more recently, the third Math Olympiad and Science Fair were organised on 29 March 2024. The event was opened by Mr. Mridul Kanti Talukdar and Mr. Touhid Talukdar from the Department of Higher Education, Rangamati district, and was organized annually with the funding support of Fondation Luciole and Comgest. The Olympiad and Fair have become annual occurrences creating much enthusiasm among the participating students.
During the summer of 2023, another two initiatives were started:
– The TEAM (“teach at Moanoghar”) program designed to improve the academic standard of the students and Moanoghar School. The TEAM fellows will provide special coaching on select subjects (Science, Math and English in particular) to the students outside the school classes and also support the school management in properly implementing the academic calendar of the school. The Team fellows continued their work all through the year. They organised talks and seminars on various topics relevant to Moanoghar and School, such as: Understanding the Behaviour of Children; Classroom Management Techniques; Leadership Development of the Children, etc.
– In addition, an English & Bengali language club was setup in August 2023 with the objective of imparting speaking and writing skills in both languages to the students. Students from class VII onward have been grouped in several teams under the supervision of a teacher Annual Prize Giving Ceremony (10 February) for this purpose.
The annual examinations of the Moanoghar Residential School were held in late November to early December 2023. The results have since been published and overall, are excellent.