LFE (Live in Field Experience) of IUB

Sheikh Mohammad Mustafa- 1020056
Syeda Nafisa Noor- 1020629

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Independent university, Bangladesh
Acknowledgement
First of all we would like to thank three of our LFE coordinator Mr. Mohammed Abdul Baten
(SESM), Mr. Abul Khair Jyote (SB) and Ms. Kazi Sanzida Lisa (SESM) for guiding us and
supporting us in every way to make this report. Thanks all four monitors for helping us on field
and off the field and co-operate with us.
Lastly I thank my fellow group mate for taking beautiful snaps and working on this report as my
partner.

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Pre Structured
On 2 January 2013 a group of 70 boys and girls under Section 1 were sent to Joypurhat from
IUB to accomplish the course Life Field Experience (LFE) which is part of their undergraduate
curriculum. Unlike all the courses of IUB taught in the class room LFE is taught on the field of
the different areas of Bangladesh.
The main motto of the course is to give IUB students idea about the rural settings of Bangladesh
also give the students a scope mix with them and understand them more closely. Mainly students
are asked to do a survey entitled as “IUB Health and Socio Economic Survey” to find out the
health and socio economic condition of the rural area.
Later on students have to submit a report on a specific topic that they have experienced on field.
The following part of the report is the pictographic representation of our experience.

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No. Table of Content Page No
1. Study Area(Geographic location) 05
2. Information about Study area 06
3. Weather 07
4. Geographical features 08
5. Demography 09
6. Economy 10
7. Agriculture 11
8. Chain 12
9. Culture 13
10. Life-in-Action 14-26
11. Conclusion 27

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Study Area
Geographic location
Joypurhat District (rajshahi division) with an area of 965.44 sq km, is bounded bydinajpur
district on the north, naogaon districts on the south, bogra and gaibandha districts on the east,
Bogra and Naogaon districts and Indian province of west bengal on the west. Main rivers are
little jamuna, Tulsi Ganga and Haramati. . Joypurhat Sadar is located at 25.8417°N 89.0417°E.
Map: Joypurhat has 5 subdivisions (upazillas):
Akkelpur, Joypurhat, Kalai, Khetlal, Panchbibi.
FIG: Joypurhat District FIG: Location of TMSS in Joypurhat Sadar

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We were assigned to a village name Karimnagar falls under Puranpoil union.
FIG: Study area of Joypurhat
(Karim Nagar Village with a village girl who helped us a lot through our survey)
Information’s About the Study Area
Puranapoil Union
 Area of 7428 Decimals
 Cultivable Land: 7598.02 Decimals
 Village: 20
 Household: 4236
 Total Population: Male-10841 Female-10259, Total-21199
 High School: 3
 Primary School: 7 (Gvt.)
 Madrasa: 3
 Mosque: 54
 Temple: 10
 Hat & Bazar: 3
 Bank: 2

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 Railway: 4.10 km
 River: 3.50 km
FIG: Visiting Puranpoil Union Parishad
Weather
Annual average temperature maximum 34.6 degree, minimum 11.9 degree Celsius, annual
rainfall is 1610 mm. As we were present there during the winter we have witnessed the cold
weather of the area. The following picture represents a foggy evening of Joypurhat.
FIG: A cold evening

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Geographical Features
Joypurhat sugar mills limited is the largest autonomous sugar mill of country. ‘Pagla Dewan
boddhovumi’ is a country's important monument. In the Belamla village there are historical
"barashibalaya temple" and "akshibalaya temple". Both are famous historical place. ‘Shahid
doctor Abul Kasem Maidan’ is the main point of this upazilla. The central shahid minar of
Joypurahat district is situated here.
FIG: Baroshibaloy Temple
FIG: Sugar mill

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Demography
To know more about more about the demography of Joypurhat we went to Puranpoil Union.
From there we find out the following information-
Population
 Total Population- 844818
 Male 51.03%
 Female 48.97%
Religion
 Muslim 88.18%
 Hindu 9.57%
 Tribes and others 2.25%
Ethnic nationals: Santal, Orao, Munda, Mahali, Koch, Pahan, Buna, Ho, Mahato, Rajbangshi
and Koch are noted tribe.
Social Structure
Average literacy 19.8%; Male 27.4% and female 11.8%.
Main occupations of this district are, Agriculture 53.33%, agricultural laborer 24.85%, wage
laborer 1.66%, commerce 9.95%, service 4.39%, transport 1.38%, others 7.44%. Among the
peasants 11% are landless, 53.5% small, 21.8% intermediate and 13.7 rich; cultivable land per
head 0.09 hectares.
Cultural Organizations
 Library-7
 Club-224
 Cinema hall-15
 Women’s organization-75
 Theatre group-5
 Literary society-8
 Co-operative society-36

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Economy
Products
Joypurhat’s economy depends on agriculture. The goods sold on the market are mainly agro
goods. The main transaction of those agricultural goods occurs on Haat days. The farmers takes
there commodity there during the Haat days the wholesalers, dealers and suppliers form the
nearby district as well as the different part of the country gathers there to buy the goods. The
main products Joypurhat produce are Paddy, Potato, Sugarcane, Banana, Jute, Turmeric, Mustard
seed and vegetables.
FIG: Paddy FIG: Sugarcane
Main occupation is Agriculture 53.33%, agricultural laborer 24.85%, wage laborer 1.66%,
commerce 9.95%, service 4.39%, transport 1.38% others 7.44%.
Haat Bazar
In Joypurhat there are about 92 Haat and Bazars.
Consumers
There are two types of Consumers of Hats and Bazars, Local
Consumers and Wholesalers. The wholesalers buy the
products from the local market and sell the products in
farther markets.
FIG: Consumer

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Agriculture
Main crops Paddy, potato, sugarcane, banana, jute, turmeric, mustard seed and vegetables.
As large part of total population of Jaipurhat depends on agricultural activity, and the district has
favorable condition in cultivating various crops, Jaipurhat normally doesn’t import any crops
mainly. It imports few crops such as carrots, tomatoes, betel leaf, etc. in a very small quantity.
Most of the crops in the district is harvested locally here in Jaipurhat.
Jaipurhat mainly exports sugar and jute.
FIG: Potato in the local market FIG: Commonly produced vegetable (Brinjal)
Inputs:
FIG: Cultivating paddy

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Chain
FIG: Flow Chart of Agricultural products
FIG: Mustered Crop

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Culture
Family
Majority of the families in Joypurhat are nuclear families
where husband and wife live with their children (every
household head for his/her family). This kind of situation
regarding family is mostly experienced in the district.
Joint family in true sense is hardly found here.
FIG: One village family
Food
People of this district have the opportunity of eating fresh
foods; they can directly get rice, onion, potato and other
vegetables from the agricultural land.
FIG: Food
Marriage
Monogamy is major marital scene in Joypurhat. Hardly
any type of polygamous family is found here.
FIG: A village marriage ceremony

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LFE IN ACTION
Day-1: (02/01/20013)
We total 70 students from different schools and desciplines grouped together in the section 5
under the guidance of three respective teachers namely Mr. Mohammad Abdul Baten (SESM),
Mr.Abul Khair Jyote (SB) and Ms. Kazi Sanzida Lisa (SESM) with four monitors.Teachers,
Monitors and students altogether 76 peoples have started the journey with two buses at exactly 9:30 am.
Destination: Joypurhat TMSS.
FIG: Departing time at University and in bus
We arrived Joypurhat at 5:30 pm and after that we had our orientation session.

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Day-2(03/01/2013)
We, all the students were divided into three major groups named as Padma, Meghna and Jamuna
to collect data and conduct Health and Socio economic survey. We were the member of Meghna
1. And we all were assigned in specific village to collect sample.
We went to Karim Nagar village for listing purpose. At the very first day we met with a little
village girl named ‘Nuri’ who became our friend within a short time.
FIG: With a village girl Nuri

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Day-3 (04/01/2013)
It was Friday.There were no field work that day. We went for a Study trip to Bogra. We visited 5
places there. These are- “Spices Research Center”, “Protnotattik Museum”, “Bogra TMSS”,
“Behula Lokkhindr’s Bashor Ghor” and “Nandail Dighi”
At Spices Research Centre:
FIG: Front gate of the center FIG: A Field while watering
FIG: Two types of threes for research

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At Protnotattik Jadughor , Mohasthangarh:
FIG: Front gate of the Museum FIG: An ancient sculpture
At Behula’r Bashorghor:
FIG: The centre point of “the Bashor Ghor” FIG: Nandail Dighi

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Day-4(05/01/2013)
We went for Data Collection again and from today we started our household survey. About 20
household’s information we collected in the beginning. The survey was so challenging as we did
not have this kind of opportunity before. But, through the survey we experienced different
aspects of people’s life.
FIG: We noticed village people use tractors for their various purposes.

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Day-5(06/01/20013)
We got a day off today due to Hartal. But as our faculty
decided to visit the nearest village, we started by
walking to that village named ‘Shempur’. We walked
almost 4-5 kilometers. We enjoyed a lot there and
played as we loved to play. Boys choose to play cricket
and girls played ‘Mangsho Chor.
FIG: Made ‘IUB’ out of the students
FIG: Girls and Boys were playing
FIG: Took Van as transport for returning TMSS

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Pitha Utshob:
The same day we observed ‘Pitha Utshob’ from the evening to till midnight.
FIG: Pitha Uthsob
FIG: Making Vapa Pitha till midnight

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Day-6 (07/01/2013)
Went for Data Collection for three households.
FIG: Livestock
Day-7 (08/01/2013)
Went for Data Collection again for three more households.
FIG: Met two senior village people

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Day-8 (09/01/2013)
 We visited the rural market.
FIG: Two typical women selling their products
 DEVELOPED A “RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN” AND BEING PRESENTED
FIG: Rural Development Plan

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Day-9 (10/01/2013)
Cross Visit for Data Collection
Cross checking is a process of checking the map drawn by the villager, whether they drew the
correct map or not. Thus to verify whether there is any mistake or not, the PRA team has to go
and take a walk around the village to find out whether the map drawn is accurate or has a
problem. After the completion of the village map, we took a walk around the village for
crosschecking whether the information provided by the villagers in the village map is correct or
not.
Approved the Social Map
FIG: The Social Map of “Karim Nagar”

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Day-10 (11/01/2013)
Second study trip: Visited “Paharpur” and “Shisu Uddan”
FIG: Two random pic of Paharpur
FIG: Front gate of Shisu Uddan

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Day-11 (12/01/2013)
 Time for shopping at Hili
 Gandhi River on the way of Hili
 Gala Night
FIG: Gandhi River FIG: One performance at Gala Night
FIG: Kobita abbriti “NARI” by Our Sir

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Day-12 (13/01/2013)
We ended up our gala night at 6 am with lots of happiness, somewhere there was a feeling in all
of us that we were going to detached from our LFE family. At 9.30 am we started our journey to
come back home and reached in Dhaka at 8 pm.
FIG: On our way to Dhaka at bus. Was so tired but there
were so many memories we were bringing with us.

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Conclusion
Thus we enjoyed the most memorable moments, experiences and learning knowledge throughout
the journey o LFE. The practical knowledge that we get from this course is really helpful for us
and for our future as well. We are truly thankful to our honorable coordinators, our monitors and
friends to make this course the best one.
And a very special thanks to our ‘Joypurhat TMSS Group’
From
Sheikh Mohammad Mustafa- 1020056
Syeda Nafisa Noor- 1020629

LFE (Live in Field Experience) of IUB

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