Bangladesh is about the size of Wisconsin. 156 million people. Nearly half of them cannot read and write. That means 73 million people cannot read. 73 million!
The government has made education a high priority but the country faces many challenges. For example, student teacher ratio is 60 to 1. Can you imagine 60 students in an elementary classroom?
RtR has just begun in Bangladesh. The initial goal for this year is to establish 100 Reading Rooms (A reading room is a library within an existing school.) and provide scholarships for 234 girls through secondary school. It's a good start.
Showing posts with label Room to Read. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Room to Read. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)