Ali Akbar “poverty is such an oppressive socio-economic condition where people cannot meet the bare subsistence of living”. The world bank development report 1990 defines poverty as the “inability to sustain a minimum standard of living”. illiteracy, disease, high infant mortality and low life expectation.
It signifies conditions of life, limited by low nutrition.
From above mentioned definition it can be said that, Non-formal education is a form of education system which is free from formal schooling and targets to teach the poor, how to improve the quality of their life through work and awareness. NFE is the active process of community development overall. The easiest and acceptable definition of non-formal education may be defined as “Non-formal education means learning to change one’s behavior to enhance the quality of life through work and values. Without rigid rules and regulations of formal educational institution the education which increases the productivity of learner to improve his/her living standard is termed as Non-formal education. Non-Formal Education (NFE) is an important form of education. Collected data analyzed by simple arithmetical men. To develop a theoretical understanding and to collect secondary data upazila statistical report, relevant research report, other literature, newspaper and inter-net were used. Beside this some helps were taken from NGO’s. Through informal interview and open group discussion primary data were collected. Where structured and open ended questionnaire many asking related to respondent’s socio-economic condition, NFE, and poverty etc. Mainly social survey method was used for collecting data. How ever, through this term paper which is specially prepared as a compulsory part of foundation training course, future researcher could be encouraged. This study covers very small sample, which might not represent the over-all situation of Non-formal education and poverty reduction. fighting ignorance through NFE, national economy, functional literacy, self-employment etc. This study includes information about NFE Programme of Bangladesh, nature of poverty in Bangladesh.
Mainly this study is based on the context of Bangladesh but in a very few occasion example of other countries are taken. This term paper studies about the role of Non-formal education in poverty reduction. Iii) To determine the role of Non-formal education in poverty reduction of Bangladesh. Ii) To study the need of Non-formal education. I) To know the overall situation of Non-formal education system in Bangladesh. It is the best way to bring lasting social change economic and self development. So that we can determine the extent of it’s success and weakness at any stage of poverty reduction.
In this circumstance as the alternative of formal-education (FE) it is very much necessary to evaluate the Non-formal education. NFE is basically life and need based education which can convert on unskill unexperienced unilliterate vast population into human resource the formal education system, because of its rigid chronologically graded structure and inflexible nature excludes the poor from it’s advantages. we also need to identify that how to make NFE more effective in poverty reduction. So the time has come for us to find out the role of Non-formal education in poverty reduction of Bangladesh. So it has been proved that economic implications of NFE are many, particularly for a country which has a vast population of adult illiterates. Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippiens have got a lot of economic benefit through Non-Formal Education (NFE). If the education through the non-formal approach enhances self-employment and economic productivity of people then the war on poverty can be fought and won in a constructive way.
Non-formal education means learning to change one’s behaviour to enhance the quality of life through work and values, without formal schooling. Thought total eradication of poverty from Bangladesh is a distant dream, yet the non formal education can play a vital role to improve their quality of life and to help them to participate to productivity in the national development. All the efforts that have been made to eradicate poverty. A direct outcome of poverty or quite likely still do not know how to read and write, steeped in ignorance they are plagued by superstition, poor health and malnutrition and live in sub-human conditions in dark and dingy hovels. A very large percentage of our population remains miserably poor even today. Poverty is a probably the worst misfortunate afflicting in our country. A developing country like ours NFE is must to economic uplift and the poverty alleviation. Education is the most powerful weapon for fighting against poverty.