Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52109 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5659
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study reports evidence from an unusual policy intervention - The Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC) project - in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools comprised of a single teacher and a classroom. The operating unit cost of these schools is a fraction of that of formal primary schools. We use panel data to investigate whether ROSC schools are effective in raising enrolment and learning outcomes. Our findings suggest that there is a modest impact on school participation: ROSC schools increase enrolment probability between 9 and 18% for children in the two age cohorts 6-8 and 6-10. They perform as well as non-ROSC schools in terms of raising test scores, and even have positive impacts on academically stronger students. There is also strong evidence of positive externalities on non-ROSC schools in program areas. These results point to the effectiveness of a new model of non-formal primary schools that can be replicated in similar settings.
Subjects: 
non-formal school
impact evaluation
multiple treatments
learning outcomes
JEL: 
I21
O10
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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