Last updated: 28/3/2024

Programme Details

Programme objectives

The objectives of the Secondary Education Stipend Programme (SESP) to promote access to secondary education, preparing students for employment opportunities and decreasing dropout rates.

Conditionalities (if any)
 To qualify for the stipends, each of the students have to attend at least 75% classes and to secure a certain percentage of marks in examinations (students of Class 6 and 7 have to acquire minimum 33% marks and students of class 8 and 9 have to obtain 40% marks in the final examination).

Targeting and eligiblity

Coverage and other information

Amount of benefits
(i) Monthly stipend: BDT 100 for grades 6 and 7; BDT 120 for grade 8; BDT 150 for grades 9 and 10. (ii) Monthly tuition fee: BDT 15 for grades 6, 7 and 8; BDT 20 for grades 9 and 10. (iii) Exam fees: BDT 750 for grade 10.
MIS
Database of beneficiaries and an MIS can be generated on demand. However, neither of the ministries or their respective Directorates own nor administer the database which still rests with the outsourced private company