Impacts of a ‘Food for Education’ Program in Bangladesh
Standing Panel on Impact Assessment: Science Council Brief Number 3
As part of the overall CGIAR 2005 annual performance measurement exercise, the Science Council received 30 individual case studies of Center impact. These were the best examples of impact assessments done by the Centers during 2003–2005. The Science Council's Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) identified six of these as being particularly meritorious in terms of quality of analysis and presentation. In recognition of these studies as good examples of emerging ‘best practice’, SPIA has, with the relevant Center's concurrence, prepared Science Council/SPIA Briefs on each. Publishing quality impact briefs responds to continued calls from donors to the CGIAR for more documented evidence of impacts to be made available in the form of such concise publications.
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Excellent report on how the FFE can help children and increase the attendance in classes.
Prakash Lal
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Interesting study. I also recall some earlier information, perhaps not compiled by IFPRI, which noted a number positive of nutritional outcomes from the Bangladesh FFE program. These results are especially relevant given that the government chose to move to a cash for education program. If these same increased attendance results could be replicated in a cash for education environment, the value added of using food over cash would, it seems to me, be in the improved nutrition of students who received the food.
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It's really a very interesting and fascinating way to attract children to the schools. Especially who belongs to the weaker sections of the society, which does not nutritious food which are require to keep their metabolism a way which is require for students. This step will, no doubt, is brilliant. As we require skilled and talented professionals in every field, whether education defense, finance,currency trading
banking, and IT requires high level of self confidence and self esteem. When a person is fully educated and have faith in himself he will achieve anything, to do all this, he needs to be educated, So, it's a great step to make students stick to their educational roots with at least a hope for food. Here they can demolish both type of hunger, hunger food and for education.
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Akshay i think you are absolutely right because these measure which has been taken by FFE is just tremendous to attract the children especially from the weaker sections of the society.
Every hunger is important and need to be vanish whether hunger for education or food.
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