Training Programnme

Teacher's Training Programme

Teachers of Friendship’s schools are selected from the chars where the schools are located.  They are required to have a certain level of education in order to be capable of teaching primary level classes.  Through its training programme, Friendship provides every teacher a month-long basic training which includes orientation with the teaching methods, use of educational tools, and orientation with the curriculum. In addition to this, every month, teachers are required to attend a follow-up training for 3 days in one of the four centres located in Chilmari, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Kuakata.  At the training teachers and supervisors develop monthly lesson plans, go through orientation on new ideas, report to the supervisor on the work in schools and participate in exercises to improve their teaching skills, among others.  

Currently there are 78 teachers working with Friendship.

Vocational Training

The vocational training project focuses on increasing livelihood skills of adolescents aged between 12 to 18 years. In selected chars, adolescent boys and girls are being given training on different areas based on situational and needs assessment; on skills which will enable them to create livelihood sources for themselves.  On-going vocational training in the char areas are on boat-building, tailoring, weaving and dyeing, printing, and to train para vets, mechanics, FCMs, and traditional birth attendants.

A training centre targeted to open soon, will give our staff short and long-term training in areas of health, livelihood, education, agriculture, culture and so on.