Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme
Formation1990
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Websitewww.ucepbd.org

Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme (Bengali: আন্ডারপ্রিভিলেজড চিলড্রেনস এডুকেশনাল প্রোগ্রাম) is a Bangladeshi non-profit organization based in Dhaka that works with children.[1] It provides vocational training in Bangladesh.[2] Parveen Mahmud, chairman of MIDAS Financing Limited, is the chairman of Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme.[3][4]

History

Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme traces its origin to a relief effort of Lindsay Allen Cheiney, a New Zealander, who came after the 1970 Bhola cyclone.[5][6] It had 60 students in the beginning.[7] With funding from the Government of Denmark Cheiney was able develop a three-year program for the education of children from low-income groups in South Western Bangladesh.[5] The program established a technical school in Dhaka in 1983 later expanded in Chittagong and Khulna.[5] The Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme registered nationally in 1990.[5] It owns a technical school in Mirpur.[8]

By 2010, 37 thousand children are enrolled in schools of the Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme.[5] From 1979 to 2010, 171,016 children benefitted from the Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme.[5] By 2012, enrollment had increased to 45 thousand children.[7] It receives funding from Save the Children (Denmark-Sweden), Danish International Development Agency, Department for International Development, and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.[5] In 2016, 99 percent of the students of Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme received GPA-5 in SSC national exams, the highest possible grade.[9]

In 2022, it launched a joint program with Standard Chartered Bangladesh for skilling training for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[10] It also has a partnership with Social Islami Bank to provide training to underprivileged children.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Technical education for girls". The Daily Star. 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  2. ↑ Reddy, Srinivas (2016-03-09). "Increasing women's access to skills and jobs". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Leadership & Governance – UCEP Bangladesh". www.ucepbd.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  4. ↑ "Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in Sustainable Development and Realisation of Rights". The Daily Star. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  6. ↑ "Founder – UCEP Bangladesh". www.ucepbd.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  7. 1 2 "A new thought for zakat". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  8. ↑ "Learning About Car Engines". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  9. ↑ "Commendable SSC exam results". The Daily Star. 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  10. ↑ "StanChart, UCEP Bangladesh team up for job reintegration of northern communities". The Daily Star. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  11. ↑ Uddin, AKM Zamir (2020-11-16). "Social Islami Bank now offers digital experience". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-28.


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