EDUCATION IN NEPAL

My friend Blanca travelled to Nepal on 2014. I asked her some questions about education, schools, teachers… I’d like to share with you some related information about this Topic.

There are many people that work intensively in a specific geographic area for a period of several years, and in mid-2014 they began working in a new area. They have identified and begun working collaboratively with the personnel at 31 public schools, all of which will receive various types of support in the years to come.

The good news is that 17 of those 31 schools already have pre-primary classes. This indicates a certain important level of existing community commitment to early education. However, the teachers and administrators at these schools are eager to benefit from children´s help and support, to improve the physical classroom environment and the overall quality of education. All classes had some basic classroom materials (wooden puzzles, alphabet and number blocks, and crayons/colored pencils/paper). There is no furniture; and in general the room appears uninspiring and uncomfortable at best.

She told me that early education teachers at rural schools are often young and inexperienced women who have only the minimum of training. While they may technically be qualified to teach, in reality most have never had the opportunity to learn important best practices for working with young children. 

The main mission is to work with women and children in Nepal to improve health, welfare, and self-sufficiency by building skills that families can pass down to later generations. Through our children’s education, women’s empowerment, and sustainable agriculture programs, they provide training and resources to help thousands of marginalized and impoverished people make better lives for themselves.

Toni