Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh

There has been a proliferation of non-state providers of education services in the developing world. In Bangladesh, for instance, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee runs more than 40,000 non-formal schools that cater to school-drop outs from p...

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Main Authors: Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz, Chaudhury, Nazmul
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/8994125/madrasas-ngos-complements-or-substitutes-non-state-providers-growth-female-education-bangladesh
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topic ABSENTEEISM
ACHIEVING GENDER PARITY
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
BASIC EDUCATION
BOYS SCHOOLS
BUSINESS SCHOOL
CLASSROOMS
COEDUCATION
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM REFORM
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DROP OUTS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION ECONOMICS
EDUCATION OF GIRLS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ACCESS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
ENROLLMENT DATA
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT STATISTICS
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FEMALE ENROLLMENT RATE
FEMALE MEMBERS
FEMALE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE SCHOOLING
FEMALE STUDENTS
FORMAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
FORMAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS
FORMAL SCHOOLS
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER GROUPS
GENDER PARITY
GIRLS
GIRLS SCHOOLS
GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT
HEALTH CARE
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER ENROLLMENT
HIGHER TEST SCORES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LIFE SKILLS
LITERATURE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MOBILITY
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
PAPERS
POLICY REVIEW
POOR PEOPLE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM
PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION
PROVISION OF EDUCATION
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS
RESEARCHERS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL LEARNERS
RURAL LOCATIONS
RURAL POOR
RURAL WOMEN
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL GIRLS
SCHOOL GRADUATES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SELECTION
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT
SECONDARY LEVEL
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SECONDARY STUDENTS
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOUTH ASIAN
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
TEACHER
TEACHER PAY
TEACHERS
TEACHING
UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN SCHOOLS
URBAN SLUMS
spellingShingle ABSENTEEISM
ACHIEVING GENDER PARITY
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
BASIC EDUCATION
BOYS SCHOOLS
BUSINESS SCHOOL
CLASSROOMS
COEDUCATION
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM REFORM
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DROP OUTS
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION ECONOMICS
EDUCATION OF GIRLS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ACCESS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
ENROLLMENT DATA
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT STATISTICS
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FEMALE ENROLLMENT RATE
FEMALE MEMBERS
FEMALE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE SCHOOLING
FEMALE STUDENTS
FORMAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
FORMAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS
FORMAL SCHOOLS
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER GROUPS
GENDER PARITY
GIRLS
GIRLS SCHOOLS
GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT
HEALTH CARE
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER ENROLLMENT
HIGHER TEST SCORES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LIFE SKILLS
LITERATURE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MOBILITY
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
PAPERS
POLICY REVIEW
POOR PEOPLE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM
PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION
PROVISION OF EDUCATION
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
READING
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS
RESEARCHERS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL LEARNERS
RURAL LOCATIONS
RURAL POOR
RURAL WOMEN
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL GIRLS
SCHOOL GRADUATES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SELECTION
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT
SECONDARY LEVEL
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SECONDARY STUDENTS
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOUTH ASIAN
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
TEACHER
TEACHER PAY
TEACHERS
TEACHING
UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN SCHOOLS
URBAN SLUMS
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz
Chaudhury, Nazmul
Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh
geographic_facet South Asia
Bangladesh
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4511
description There has been a proliferation of non-state providers of education services in the developing world. In Bangladesh, for instance, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee runs more than 40,000 non-formal schools that cater to school-drop outs from poor families or operate in villages where there's little provision for formal schools. This paper presents a rationale for supporting these schools on the basis of their spillover effects on female enrollment in secondary (registered) madrasa schools (Islamic faith schools). Most madrasa high schools in Bangladesh are financed by the sate and include a modern curriculum alongside traditional religious subjects. Using an establishment-level dataset on student enrollment in secondary schools and madrasas, the authors demonstrate that the presence of madrasas is positively associated with secondary female enrollment growth. Such feminization of madrasas is therefore unique and merits careful analysis. The authors test the effects of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee primary schools on growth in female enrollment in madrasas. The analysis deals with potential endoegeneity by using data on number of the number of school branches and female members in the sub-district. The findings show that madrasas that are located in regions with a greater number of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee schools have higher growth in female enrollment. This relationship is further strengthened by the finding that there is, however, no effect of these schools on female enrollment growth in secular schools.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz
Chaudhury, Nazmul
author_facet Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz
Chaudhury, Nazmul
author_sort Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz
title Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh
title_short Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh
title_full Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh
title_sort madrasas and ngos : complements or substitutes? non-state providers and growth in female education in bangladesh
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/8994125/madrasas-ngos-complements-or-substitutes-non-state-providers-growth-female-education-bangladesh
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spelling okr-10986-64222021-04-23T14:02:31Z Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz Chaudhury, Nazmul ABSENTEEISM ACHIEVING GENDER PARITY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION BOYS SCHOOLS BUSINESS SCHOOL CLASSROOMS COEDUCATION CURRICULUM CURRICULUM REFORM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DROP OUTS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION OF GIRLS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACCESS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ENROLLMENT DATA ENROLLMENT FIGURES ENROLLMENT GROWTH ENROLLMENT OF GIRLS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT STATISTICS FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE ENROLLMENT FEMALE ENROLLMENT RATE FEMALE MEMBERS FEMALE PARTICIPATION FEMALE SCHOOLING FEMALE STUDENTS FORMAL PRIMARY EDUCATION FORMAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS FORMAL SCHOOLS GENDER DISPARITY GENDER GAP GENDER GROUPS GENDER PARITY GIRLS GIRLS SCHOOLS GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT HEALTH CARE HIGH SCHOOLS HIGHER ENROLLMENT HIGHER TEST SCORES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS LIFE SKILLS LITERATURE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOBILITY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN PAPERS POLICY REVIEW POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE IMPACT POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS READING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS RURAL LEARNERS RURAL LOCATIONS RURAL POOR RURAL WOMEN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GIRLS SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SELECTION SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECONDARY STUDENTS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOUTH ASIAN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT TEACHER TEACHER PAY TEACHERS TEACHING UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES URBAN CENTERS URBAN SCHOOLS URBAN SLUMS There has been a proliferation of non-state providers of education services in the developing world. In Bangladesh, for instance, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee runs more than 40,000 non-formal schools that cater to school-drop outs from poor families or operate in villages where there's little provision for formal schools. This paper presents a rationale for supporting these schools on the basis of their spillover effects on female enrollment in secondary (registered) madrasa schools (Islamic faith schools). Most madrasa high schools in Bangladesh are financed by the sate and include a modern curriculum alongside traditional religious subjects. Using an establishment-level dataset on student enrollment in secondary schools and madrasas, the authors demonstrate that the presence of madrasas is positively associated with secondary female enrollment growth. Such feminization of madrasas is therefore unique and merits careful analysis. The authors test the effects of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee primary schools on growth in female enrollment in madrasas. The analysis deals with potential endoegeneity by using data on number of the number of school branches and female members in the sub-district. The findings show that madrasas that are located in regions with a greater number of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee schools have higher growth in female enrollment. This relationship is further strengthened by the finding that there is, however, no effect of these schools on female enrollment growth in secular schools. 2012-05-25T15:03:44Z 2012-05-25T15:03:44Z 2008-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/8994125/madrasas-ngos-complements-or-substitutes-non-state-providers-growth-female-education-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6422 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4511 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh