School without a head teacher: one-teacher primary schools in Bangladesh

Although there is no person called head teacher in BRAC's non-formal primary schools, however, the programme organisers (PO), each of whom look after 12-15 schools, playa pivotal role in the operation of BRAC schools. This paper assessed the role of POs in the management of BRAC schools. Thi...

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Autor principal: Nath, Samir Ranjan
Formato: Research report
Idioma:English
Publicado em: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2020
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spelling 10361-134302020-01-08T21:01:11Z School without a head teacher: one-teacher primary schools in Bangladesh Nath, Samir Ranjan One-teacher school Non-formal education Head teacher Primary education Bangladesh Education, Primary. Non-formal education—Bangladesh. Although there is no person called head teacher in BRAC's non-formal primary schools, however, the programme organisers (PO), each of whom look after 12-15 schools, playa pivotal role in the operation of BRAC schools. This paper assessed the role of POs in the management of BRAC schools. This is done in the light of the role that the head teachers in formal primary schools do. The POs do not teach in the classrooms but they visit schools twice a week, assess students' and teachers' performance through classroom observation and surprise tests of the students, guide the teachers to better teaching and in preparing monthly lesson plans, conduct monthly refreshers' training of the teachers and attending meetings of the parent-teacher associations. The POs also visit students at their homes. Compared with the role of a school head teacher it can be said that a PO plays a significant role in the management of BRAC schools. 2020-01-08T06:08:46Z 2020-01-08T06:08:46Z 2000-09 Research report Nath, S. R. (2000, September). School without a head teacher: one-teacher primary schools in Bangladesh. Research Reports (2000): Social Studies, Vol – XXV, 281–294. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13430 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
institution Brac University
collection Institutional Repository
language English
topic One-teacher school
Non-formal education
Head teacher
Primary education
Bangladesh
Education, Primary.
Non-formal education—Bangladesh.
spellingShingle One-teacher school
Non-formal education
Head teacher
Primary education
Bangladesh
Education, Primary.
Non-formal education—Bangladesh.
Nath, Samir Ranjan
School without a head teacher: one-teacher primary schools in Bangladesh
description Although there is no person called head teacher in BRAC's non-formal primary schools, however, the programme organisers (PO), each of whom look after 12-15 schools, playa pivotal role in the operation of BRAC schools. This paper assessed the role of POs in the management of BRAC schools. This is done in the light of the role that the head teachers in formal primary schools do. The POs do not teach in the classrooms but they visit schools twice a week, assess students' and teachers' performance through classroom observation and surprise tests of the students, guide the teachers to better teaching and in preparing monthly lesson plans, conduct monthly refreshers' training of the teachers and attending meetings of the parent-teacher associations. The POs also visit students at their homes. Compared with the role of a school head teacher it can be said that a PO plays a significant role in the management of BRAC schools.
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