Proceedings of 9th Asian Business Research Conference
20-21 December, 2013, BIAM Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh ISBN: 978-1-922069-39-9
Enhancing Community Capacity to Developed Literate Environment
through Strengthens Community Learning Centers
Musa.Rahima Begum
Context: Studies have found that community based organization,
CLCs (Community learning Centre) in the villages of Bangladesh are
contributing in enhancing literacy skill, leadership skill, and engaging
people in economic activities through providing household level
support.
Methods: This study analyzed the MIS data base of 691 CLCs,
Maturity assessment data of 1oo CLCs from these 691 CLCs, training
database. This study also adopted FGDs, case study and personal
interview. Reports of the various studies on these CLCs were also
explicitly reviewed. Univariate and Bivariate analysis was performed to
examine the impact of CLCs in the communities.
Results: More than 600 CLCs are now functioning in order to
generate grassroots-based interest and participation in literacy and
continuing education in the programme areas of the Jonoshilon
project of an local NGO, Friends in Village Development, Bangladesh.
Community people are receiving education and training through. A
literate environment is created in the villages through primary
education, adolescent, adult literacy, continue education libraries.
Community integrity is increasing and hence community awareness
raising towards social problem, political and economic activities.
Unemployment, dowry, early marriage etc social problem are now
discussing in a forum and collective initiative are taking to resolute
these types of problems. Community people are receiving leadership
development and livelihood Enhancement training. Trained and skill
people are actively leading these community based organization.
People are engaging in income generating activities. Women voice
rising and they also empowered through CLC activities.
Key words: Community Learning Centre, Literate environment.
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Musa.Rahima Begum, Ph.D Fellow in Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
and Technical Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation), PROTEEVA project, FIVDB, Telephone: Number
01552429864; E-mail: rahimabegum11@gmail.com