Secondary Education Stipend Programme (SESP)

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A Active

Key Information

The objectives of the Secondary Education Stipend Programme (SESP) to promote access to secondary education, preparing students for employment opportunities and decreasing dropout rates. Reviewing the success of several programmes at secondary level including Female Secondary School Assistance Program (FSSAP) and the Food for Education (FFE), the Secondary Education Sector Investment Program (SESIP) has started its operation in 2013 to support the government’s reforms of secondary education. In addition to the teacher development, examination reforms, improvements of teaching-learning outcomes, the SESIP program is implementing the gender-equitable and pro-poor stipends for students through Secondary Education Stipend Project (SESP). Under the SESP, 30% of the unmarried girls and 10% of the boys belonging to poor families would receive stipends. To qualify for the stipends, each of the students have to attend at least 75% classes and to secure a certain percentage of marks in examinations (students of Class 6 and 7 have to acquire minimum 33% marks and students of class 8 and 9 have to obtain 40% marks in the final examination).


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Bangladesh

Location(s)

South Asia

Bangladesh

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2013 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Bangladesh Ministry of Education

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Quality

  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • None

Participants include

  • Other

Program Approaches Back to Top

Reducing economic barriers

  • Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased secondary school enrolment
  • Increased test scores

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced child marriage