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BRAC in Philippines. Since 2012, BRAC has been implementing the
Alternative Delivery Model (ADM) of elementary education under Australian
Government’s Basic Education Assistance in Muslim Mindanao (BEAM) program.
The project introduced the BRAC Learning Centers as a formal education in
alternative mode for out-of-school children in underserved communities of
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Following the Department of Educations’ (DepEd) K to 12 curriculum,
BRAC offers kindergarten and elementary education following a unique learning
delivery mechanism– the BRAC Education Model. In 2014, DepEd issued D.O. 19,
s. 2014, officially recognizes the BRAC Learning Center as an alternative delivery
model in formal elementary education. The Order guarantees the inclusion of the
BRAC Learning Centers in the Enhanced Basic Education Information System
(EBEIS) including the issuance of School IDs and Learner Reference Numbers
(LRN). To date, BRAC has opened 2,108 BRAC Learning Centers all over the
autonomous region together with the 7 floating schools and served more than
66,000 children, including the most deprived tribes, the T’duray, Sama and Bajao.
BRAC Education Model vis-à-vis BRAC Enterprise School. A pioneer in
formal and alternative education, BRAC intends to establish and operate an
enterprise school by instituting low-cost private kindergarten, elementary and high
school in priority regions in the Philippines through its own BRAC Education
Model and following the K to 12 national curriculum. The experience of BRAC in
ARMM by providing access to kindergarten and elementary education in
disadvantaged, conflict-ridden communities is a significant example of how BRAC
works on the ground.
Research studies conducted in 2014 by prestigious academic institutions–
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLBFI), University of Southeastern
Philippines’ (USeP) and University of Melbourne-Australia, revealed that ADM
with BRAC Education Model approach has contributed to improving access to
education for a significant large number of disadvantaged children in ARMM. The
University of Melbourne’s Longitudinal Study of Learning Achievement of
Students in ARMM in 2016 (Learn-ARMM) also indicated that the students
enrolled in the BRAC Learning Centers are performing comparatively at par with
their public school counterparts.
In Bangladesh, BRAC has piloted a cost-sharing model of primary education
for children of families whose level of income cannot afford private schooling but
are willing to pay a minimal amount for their children’s education. The Shishu
Niketon Program has established 7,390 schools with more than 200,000 students
since inception.