education

Under the Quality Education Support initiative, a scholarship drive for high-achieving students was launched in 2001. In 2022, scholarships were awarded to 836 students in 23 schools. Also included are remuneration support for additional teachers in selected schools, an endowment fund, sports equipment, school furniture, sanitation facilities and tube-wells to provide safe drinking water for selected schools. 

The SHIKHON project, a collaboration between Yas Marina and Save the Children, aims to provide 3½ years of an accelerated non-formal primary school education to 1,800 previously out-of-school children and dropouts from 46 villages near our areas of operation. They have been equipped to transition into Bangladesh’s national education system from Grade IV and beyond. The SHIKHON project engaged 1,800 parents of the participating children, 60 EPE center teachers, and 660 community members. Infrastructural improvements have been made to nine government primary schools.