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Cox’s Bazar Panel Survey, Rapid Follow-up Round 2: Status of Education Among School-Aged Children in Cox’s Bazar

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2021-06) World Bank

This brief summarizes findings from rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar. Two rounds of tracking surveys were implemented via phone interviews in 2020 to monitor the impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis on labor markets, wages, and household coping strategies. The first round was conducted during the COVID-related lockdowns in April-May 2020. A second round was conducted from October-December 2020, roughly six months after the government-imposed lockdowns, and also included a short module on education. Within the host community, the survey was further stratified into high exposure (HE, within three hours walking distance of a Rohingya camp) and low exposure (LE, more than three hours walking distance from a Rohingya camp) areas within the district.
Adolescence in the Time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-11) Baird, Sarah ; Seager, Jennifer ; Sabarwal, Shwetlena ; Guglielmi, Silvia ; Sultan, Maheen

This note examines the effects of COVID-19 and subsequent economic and educational disruptions on adolescent well-being in Bangladesh. The analysis is based on data from 2,095 in-school adolescents aged 10–18 collected pre-COVID-19 (February–March 2020) through a field survey for an ongoing impact evaluation, and a follow-up virtual survey undertaken early in the pandemic (May-June 2020). Findings show large household-level economic impacts associated with increased food insecurity, anxiety, and mental health issues among adolescents. In addition, school closures have decreased adolescents’ access to learning, increased time spent on household chores, and affected future job aspirations. The impacts are particularly large for girls and for adolescents from more vulnerable households. Policy makers need to consider policies that facilitate school return, targeting girls and the most vulnerable. They also need creative school-based programming to address the likely long-run physical and mental health effects of COVID-19 on young people.
Bangladesh: Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials?

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-05) World Bank

Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest school systems with more than 21 million students enrolled in pre-primary and primary education. However, only 58 percent of 10-year-olds in Bangladesh are able to read a simple passage with little or no help, a smaller proportion than other countries including Botswana, Cambodia, or India. One of the challenges faced is the country’s wide variety of languages, 41 in total, of which 16 are in common use. In Bangladesh, indigenous students, those from outside the main Bengali ethnic group are half as likely to complete primary school. One of the reasons for that is that they do not understand the national language, Bangla, which is the language used in their schools. Evidence from a wide range of countries suggests that allowing students to learn in their mother tongue, at least in the early years of education, improves learning outcomes.
Can Understanding How Middle Managers Make Decisions Help Design Effective Results-Based Financing Mechanisms in Education?

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-03-01) World Bank

The Results in Education for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund supports and disseminates research on the impact of results-based financing on learning outcomes. The Evidence series highlights REACH grants around the world to provide empirical evidence and operational lessons helpful in the design and implementation of successful performance-based programs.
Insights from the Household Roster on Demographics and Educational Attainment in Cox's Bazar

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019-11-03) World Bank

Administered to 5020 households, evenly split between Rohingya campsites and host communities, the household roster collects basic information on all members of the household. In addition to basic demographic characteristics, the module includes information on education for all members of the household. The descriptives confirm that the Bangladeshi population living in Cox’s Bazar is vulnerable and poor by national standards; and this was the case even before the influx of the Rohingya into the sub-districts of Teknaf and Ukhia. At the same time, the Rohingya population living in campsites faces high levels of need, and fare worse than the host community across a range of indicators related to household demographics and education.