DSHE, Plan Int’l Bangladesh ink MoU

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education Bangladesh (DSHE) and Plan International Bangladesh on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) program in the academic institutions in Bangladesh.

The MoU will enable students and teachers to ensure well-being of our child and adolescents, said a press release issued by Plan International Bangladesh. Director General of DSHE Professor Nehal Ahmed and Country Director of Plan International Bangladesh Kabita Bose signed by the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations at DSHE office in Dhaka.

This long-term collaboration aims to ensure the Gender Equality Movement in Schools (GEMS) and Madrasah, develop and roll out Gender Responsive Inclusive Pedagogy Training Manual for Teacher, roll out Psychosocial Counselling Module for teachers as per DSHE’s guideline.

Under this MoU, these two organizations will work closely together to address emergency responses in Secondary Educational Institutions (Schools and Madrashas), create green and clean school addressing ethics and empathy, establishing functional student cabinet and adolescent corner, providing financial support.

It also includes- facilitating school gardening, hand washing stations at school, WASH support and training, ensuring Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM).

While speaking at the event, DSHE’s General Director Professor Nehal Ahmed said,” The GEMS Curriculum is more than a curriculum. The topics covered by GEMS are the issues which we are not comfortable discussing within the family or as a society. It is a great achievement that together with Plan International Bangladesh, we have extended this curriculum to madrashas as well”.