BRAC's 'major challenge lies in providing quality edn'
Friday, 14 December 2007
FE Report
Speakers at a roundtable discussion Thursday said that Brac, one of the country's leading development organisations, requires to take up challenges in the fields of education, health and poverty alleviation to complement its development oriented activities.
The major challenge of Brac lies in providing quality education for primary and secondary students, tackling malnutrition in the country that remains one of the highest in South Asia, they pointed out.
Brac founder chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed inaugurated the roundtable conference at the Brac Center Inn at Mohakhali in the city.
While inaugurating the function the Brac founder chairman made a presentation highlighting the country's progresses in various sectors since 1972 and Brac's contributions towards these achievements.
Former advisers of the caretaker government Wahiduddin Mahmud and Sultana Kamal, Chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Rehman Sobhan, Md Ibrahim, Khushi Kabir, Rashed K Choudury, Brac's board directors, senior managers and eminent personalities in the fields of health, education, micro finance, and social development, among others, spoke on the occasion.
Pointing to the Brac's future challenges the speakers pointed out that emphasis should be given on improving healthcare delivery system, designing special programmes for the ultra poor, tackling maternal mortality, improving water and sanitation, and increasing expertise in good governance.
They also discussed diverse issues, which include how Brac can meet the challenges of generating more employment, whether Brac's commercial activities suggest a new business model for corporate social responsibility and whether Brac is striking the right balance between all of its programmes.
In its tradition of consistently responding to the changing development needs of the country, Brac will continue to address emerging opportunities and challenges, the Brac officials assured during the programme.
Speakers at a roundtable discussion Thursday said that Brac, one of the country's leading development organisations, requires to take up challenges in the fields of education, health and poverty alleviation to complement its development oriented activities.
The major challenge of Brac lies in providing quality education for primary and secondary students, tackling malnutrition in the country that remains one of the highest in South Asia, they pointed out.
Brac founder chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed inaugurated the roundtable conference at the Brac Center Inn at Mohakhali in the city.
While inaugurating the function the Brac founder chairman made a presentation highlighting the country's progresses in various sectors since 1972 and Brac's contributions towards these achievements.
Former advisers of the caretaker government Wahiduddin Mahmud and Sultana Kamal, Chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Rehman Sobhan, Md Ibrahim, Khushi Kabir, Rashed K Choudury, Brac's board directors, senior managers and eminent personalities in the fields of health, education, micro finance, and social development, among others, spoke on the occasion.
Pointing to the Brac's future challenges the speakers pointed out that emphasis should be given on improving healthcare delivery system, designing special programmes for the ultra poor, tackling maternal mortality, improving water and sanitation, and increasing expertise in good governance.
They also discussed diverse issues, which include how Brac can meet the challenges of generating more employment, whether Brac's commercial activities suggest a new business model for corporate social responsibility and whether Brac is striking the right balance between all of its programmes.
In its tradition of consistently responding to the changing development needs of the country, Brac will continue to address emerging opportunities and challenges, the Brac officials assured during the programme.