Tupamari Hafezpara Kajoli Model Shishu Shikkha Center

Center Code: 0035
Name of the Center: Tupamari Hafezpara Kajoli Model Shishu Shikkha Center
Location of the Center: Village: Hafezpara, Post Office: Ramgonj Hat, Upzila & District: Nilphamari, Division: Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Name of the teacher: Mrs: Jeshmin Akther
Year of establishment: January 2007
Number of graduates: 79
Number of graduates continuing in primary Schools: 79
Current students: 26
Source of teacher's remuneration: The guardians pay 10/20 Taka per month. Teacher gets Taka 200/250 on an average. Efforts are being made to raise an additional amount.
Space for the Center: The Center is held in the front yard of the teacher provided free of charge.
Management of the Center: Guardian's Committee looks after the Center. Efforts are being made to develop community based organization whose main activity will be to run the Center without outside help.
Midday Meal System: Each mother provides food to all the children once a month. While there were irregularities in this regard in the initial period, the situation was stabilized after a motivational meeting conducted by RIB in February 2009.