Basic School System

There are 22 Field Units of CMES each working in a specific rural area of Bangladesh. Each Unit of the Basic School System works through 18-26 Basic Schools (BS), 3-4 Advanced Basic Schools (ABS) and one Rural Technology Centre (RTC). The Basic School is a grass root school within the homely environment of the target group taking care of the early competencies of primary education. Rural Technology Centre is a higher and diversified school emphasizing on technical skill training and is also the main production centre, the education resource centre and the management centre for the System at the Unit level. The Advanced Basic School is also similar to RTC in terms of educational and skill training procedures.

The Units are self-contained system of schools serving a region with its own staff and management. But the Units are also served by the Service Centre of CMES in Dhaka, so far as the management, monitoring, training and other support services are concerned.

Adolescent Girls’ Program (AGP) & other programs

The same units are the bases for AGP and other program of CMES. AGP and other similar interventions in gender are basically organized into 30-member Adolescent Associations which take up gender sessions and social actions towards their empowerment. Self-employment and business initiatives feature high in the program. AGP and other programs have their own management in the unit well coordinated with BSS.

Field Units according to Projects