Education Cluster Bangladesh
A Report on MAHASEN Need Assessment
in Education Sector
Prepared by
Education Cluster Bangladesh
Education Cluster Bangladesh
Contents
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Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3
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Objectives of the Assessment......................................................................................................... 3
3
Methodology of the Assessment .................................................................................................... 4
4
Findings of the Assessment ............................................................................................................. 5
4.1
Pre-primary schools ................................................................................................................ 5
4.2
Primary schools ....................................................................................................................... 6
4.3
Secondary and Higher ............................................................................................................. 7
4.4
Madrasas.................................................................................................................................. 7
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Identifying Gaps .............................................................................................................................. 8
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Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 8
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Annexure ......................................................................................................................................... 9
7.1
Questionnaire ......................................................................................................................... 9
7.1.1
Bangla version ..................................................................................................................... 9
7.1.2
English version..................................................................................................................... 9
7.2
School wise complied data for all three districts ................................................................... 9
7.2.1
Complied data ..................................................................................................................... 9
7.2.2
Pre-primary schools ............................................................................................................ 9
7.2.3
Primary schools ................................................................................................................... 9
7.2.4
Higher secondary and secondary schools .......................................................................... 9
7.2.5
Madrasas.............................................................................................................................. 9
7.3
School wise data in details ...................................................................................................... 9
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1 Introduction
Education Cluster Bangladesh
Tropical storm MAHASEN hit the
southern part of Bangladesh on
16th may, 2013. The Government
of Bangladesh (GoB) raised a
Signal 7 warning, alerting people
to take shelter in tropical storm
shelters and solid mud-brick
structures. As a result of the
successful early warning, more
than 1 million people living in the
storm’s path were evacuated to
storm shelters leading to a much
smaller loss of life than expected.
After landfall, the tropical storm
quickly weakened and was
downgraded to a tropical storm
before dissipating over northern
Bangladesh. Three coastal districts
of Bangladesh: Patuakhali, Barguna
and Bhola were the worst affected. The Government of Bangladesh reported 17 casualties
as a result of the cyclone with 463,303 people affected. The Government also reported
23,539 totally destroyed and 109,687 partially damaged shelters.
Joint Need Assessment (JNA) phase-1 had been taken place immediate after the storm by
Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCTT). On the basis of JNA phase- 1,
approximately 12% schools were non-functional. Among the three affected districts, 28%
schools got affected. JNA Phase 1 results indicated that JNA phase 2 can be skipped and
Clusters can go for sector specific Phase 3 assessments to be carried out. As per the
decision in HCTT Food Security, Shelter, WASH and Education should go for Phase 3
assessment. Small education cluster technical team had been formed and the assessment had
been carried out with a certain methodology. The report covers all types of affected
educational institutions in those three affected districts. Primarily, it seemed that the impact
of MAHASEN was not significant but as time goes on the impact on Education found
alarming.
2 Objectives of the Assessment
The broad objective of this assessment is to identify MAHASEN’s impact on different types
of educational institutions like pre-primary, primary, secondary, higher secondary and also
madrasa.
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The specific objectives of the assessment are:
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to indentify school specific loss and damage and
to specify school specific needs to recover
3 Methodology of the Assessment
MAHASEN phase-3 assessment was made to identify those affected educational institutes
who were unable to mobilize local support and cannot resume regular education without
external support. This assessment excluded those schools, though affected by MAHASEN
but could manage mobilizing local support and could resume normal education on their
own.
The methodology of this assessment is quiet simple and precise. This assessment was done
over cell phonic communication. The steps are as follows:
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A questionnaire has been prepared both in Bangla and English and it had been shared
with the education cluster members.
District Focal points were identified among Education Cluster Partners
District assessment team formation and orientation of the tool and methodology. The
teams were led as follows:
Patuakhali- Muslim Aid;
Barguna- Plan with support from SAP Bangladesh and
Bhola- BRAC with support from Saint BD.
List of affected schools and their contact numbers were collected from district and
upazila education authorities
Data collection from schools was done over mobile phone by the assessment teams
District Focal Points did data inputs and prepared district compiled sheet
District Focal Points shared the district compiled sheet with district education
authorities for their approval
The overall coordination and monitoring was done by UNICEF Barisal divisional office.
UNICEF Barisal zone office share all the compiled sheets and data to Save the Children
Save the Children and UNICEF cleaned data and segregated compiled information
according to the government setup and responsibility to different types of schools (like
DPE responsible for all primary schools, DSHE responsible for secondary, higher
secondary, tertiary and madrasa institutes, etc.)
Save the Children prepared the report
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4 Findings of the Assessment
In total 1369 schools including pre-primary, primary, secondary-higher secondary and
madrasas are in need of external support to run normal education in Patuakhali, Barguna
and Bhola districts. As mentioned before the number of affected school is much higher than
this.
But MAHASEN phase-3 assessment on Education
excluded counting those schools that could
manage recovery on their own. Among the
schools are in need of external support 171 are
fully damaged and 1198 are partially damaged.
The schools are divided into 4 major categories
(i.e. pre-primary, primary, secondary and higher
and madrasa) and based on those categories the
effect of MAHASEN is quantified. The assessment
shows the partial and fully damaged school list
that need external support and number of
affected schools/teacher/students. During this
assessment, the issue of disability is considered. The details of assessment findings are as
follows:
4.1 Pre-primary schools
In Patuakhali, the total numbers of pre-primary schools are 223; among them the affected
schools are 41 which are 18% of total pre-primary schools. Among the affected schools that
are in need of external support, partial damaged schools are 22 in number and fully damaged
schools are 19 in number. The numbers of affected teachers and students are respectively
55 and 1814. Among 1814 students 8 students are with different types of disability.
The pre-primary schools in Barguna are
highly affected among the three
districts. In Barguna, the total numbers
of pre-primary schools are 113 among
them the affected schools are 88 which
are 75% of total pre-primary schools of
that district. Among the affected
schools, partial damaged schools are 86
in number and fully damaged schools
are 2 in number. In Barguna district, 97
pre-primary school teachers are
affected which is the highest among the three district. 5217 students are affected in Barguna
districts among them 323 students are with different types of disability. Bhola is the second
highest affected district in terms of schools. In Bhola, the total number of pre-primary
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school schools are 328, among them 105 schools are highly affected which is 32% of total
number of schools. Among those affected schools, the numbers of teacher are 81 and the
students are 2509 in number. Among 2509 students, 74 students are with disability. In
Bhola, 98 schools are partially destroyed and 7 schools are fully destroyed.
4.2 Primary schools
In Patuakhali, the total numbers of primary schools are 860; the affected schools are 101 in
number which is 12% of total primary schools. Among the affected schools, 59 schools are
GPS (Government Primary School) and 42 schools are RNGPS (Registered NonGovernment Primary School). Partial damaged schools are 73 in number and fully damaged
schools are 28. Among 73 partial damaged schools 51 are GPS and 22 are RNGPS. Among
28 fully damaged schools, 8 schools are GPS and 20 are RNGPS. The numbers of affected
teachers and students are respectively 465 and 24630. Among 24630 students 70 are with
different types of disability.
In Barguna, the total numbers of
primary schools are 742 among them
the affected schools are 314 which is
42% of total primary schools in the
district. Among the affected schools
that are in need of external support,
133 are GPS and 181 are RNGPS.
Among 133 GPS, partial damaged
schools are 125 in number and fully
damaged schools are 8. Among 181
RNGPS, 16 schools are fully damaged
and 165 schools are partially damaged. So in Barguna, including GPS and RNGPS, fully
damaged schools are 24 in number and partially damaged schools are 290 in number. In
Barguna district, 1507 primary school teachers and 63892 students are affected. Among the
affected students 39 are with different types of disability. In Bhola, the total number of
primary schools are 1043, among them 144 are highly affected which is 14% of total number
of schools. Among those external support needed schools, 67 are GPS and 77 are RNGPS.
The numbers of affected teachers in those schools are 734 and the students are 39,325.
Among 39,325 students, 864 are with different sorts of disability. In Bhola, 122 schools are
partially destroyed and 22 are fully destroyed. Among 122 partial damaged schools, 56 are
GPS and 66 are RNGPS. Among 22 fully destroyed schools, 11 are GPS and 11 are RNGPS.
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4.3 Secondary and Higher
In Patuakhali, the total numbers of secondary and higher educational institutions including
Madrasa are 471; the affected secondary and higher institutes (excluding madrasas) are 68 in
number. Partial damaged institutes are 55 in number and fully damaged ones are 13. The
numbers of affected teachers and students are consecutively 882 and 24,172. Among 24,172
students 57 students are found with different types of disability.
In Barguna, the total numbers of
secondary and higher secondary
institutes including Madrasa are 332
among them the affected secondary
and higher secondary schools
(excluding madrasas) are 119.
Among the affected institutes,
partial damaged are 107 in number
and fully damaged institutes are 12
in number. In Barguna, 1389
teachers and 38,722 students are
affected among them 40 are found with different types of disability. In Bhola, the total
number of secondary and higher institutes including Madrasa is 510, among them 116
secondary and higher secondary institutes (excluding madrasas) are affected. The numbers
of affected teachers are 1000 and the students are 35,254 in those institutes. Among 35254
students, 724 students are found disable. In Bhola, 105 institutes are partially destroyed and
11 are fully destroyed.
4.4 Madrasas
In Patuakhali 63 madrasas are in need of external support to run normal education. Among
that partial damaged madrasas are 51 in number and fully damaged are 12 in number. The
numbers of affected teachers and students are consecutively 910 and 18,885. Among 18,885
students 36 students are found disable.
In Barguna, total 97 madrasas are in
need of support. Among the
affected madrasas, partial damaged
madrasas are 83 in number and
fully damaged are 14 in number. In
Barguna, 1382 school teachers and
19363 students are affected. In
Barguna we find 12 students are
disables. In Bhola, 113 madrasas are
affected. The number of affected
teachers are1309 and the students
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are 28,559 in the affected madrasas of the district. Among 28,559 students, 681 are with
different types of disability. In Bhola, 106 madrasas are partially destroyed and 7 madrasas
are fully destroyed.
5 Identifying Gaps
Education Cluster had initial meeting with Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) on the
findings of assessment regarding Government Primary School (GPS) and Registered NonGovernment Primary School (RNGPS). DPE principally agreed to support every gully
damaged schools with provision of Transitional School following Education Cluster’s Model.
But no final decision has yet been taken. No fruitful discussion took place with DPE on
partially damaged GPS and RNGPS. Education Cluster is looking for another meeting on
this.
Education Cluster has sought a meeting date with Directorate of Secondary and Higher
Education (DSHE) to share MAHASEN’s impact on Secondary, higher secondary and
Madrasa institutes and discuss to find collaborative way to recover those.
Based on Education Cluster’s meeting with DSHE and DPE Appeal will be made to mobilize
fund for recovering education loss and damages in the worst affected three districts.
6 Recommendations
Sufferings of the students and teachers of the affected schools are aggravated by the onset
of monsoon. The District Primary Education Officer communicated Education Cluster and
requested to manage immediate response since monsoon rain causing serious problem to
the affected schools. Based on the situation assessed the following recommendations are
made:
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Because of the onset of monsoon immediate response is essential
Transitional School1 arrangement for 171 all fully damaged schools in Patuakhali,
Barguna and Bhola
School wise mini project should be designed to recover every partially damaged
school where community contribution can be mobilized with the external supports
(the number of total partially damaged institutes are 1198).
Madrasa schools should receive equal importance.
The issue of disability should taken care of with due importance while responding.
A school having minimum facilities like class room, WASH and teaching learning materials, to run education
as means of education early recovery after destruction of a school in a disaster. It is a bridging strategy of the
time gap till reconstruction of a damaged school by education authority with full facilities.
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7 Annexure
Annexure
7.1 Questionnaire
7.1.1 Bangla version
Annexure\Assessment Tool (bangla)_Mahasen_Final.doc
7.1.2 English version
Annexure\Affected Final School Compilation Format(English)_Mahasen.docx
7.2 School wise complied data for all three districts
7.2.1 Complied data
Annexure\School type wise data_compiled.docx
7.2.2 Pre-primary schools
Annexure\Mahasen pre-primary_community Damaged Schools info_Pat_Barg_Bhola.xlsx
7.2.3 Primary schools
Annexure\Addendum DPE FD Schools Mahasen_24062013.pdf
7.2.4 Higher secondary and secondary schools
Annexure\Mahasen DSHE Damaged Schools info_Pat_Barg_Bhola.xlsx
7.2.5 Madrasas
Annexure\Mahasen Sec_Madrassa Damaged info Pat_Barg_bhola.xlsx
7.3 School wise data in details
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