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Nepal Education Project - Nepal

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This programme aims to improve Nepal's primary education by establishing an effective and sustainable teacher education system for primary education.

Direct targets of the project are primary school teachers, who receive training to improve their skills, and candidates, who receive fellowships for pre-service training, thereby providing them with employment opportunities. The programme's ultimate target population is children (specifically, students from disadvantaged groups) enrolled in primary schools, who hopefully enjoy improved learning opportunities provided by their teachers.
Communication Strategies
The project will:
  • Build the institutional capacity of the National Center for Education Development, primary teacher training centers, and Distance Education Center to train primary school teachers by developing skills and improving facilities;
  • Enhance teaching skills by training trainers and teachers and developing curriculum and materials;
  • Encourage recruitment of more female teachers and those from disadvantaged groups, and educate teachers to better serve the needs of girls and other disadvantaged groups; and
  • Train teachers and educational administrators and managers. Under the project, 32,000 primary school teachers - or the nearly 40 percent of those who have received no training - will undergo basic training. Another 41,000 teachers will receive additional training through distance learning. Thirty-four thousand teachers will receive the interactive package that focuses on classroom teaching.
Development Issues
Education, Gender.
Key Points
This project is based on the premise that poor classroom teaching is a key reason for poor quality of basic education in Nepal. This poor teaching stems from a lack of teacher training, unsuitable teacher training courses, and weak supervision at school level.The Project is a follow-up to the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) first Primary Education Development Project. The total project cost is estimated at US$25.9 million.
Partners

The Ministry of Education and Sports of Nepal, the National Center for Educational Development, the Nepal government, ADB.

Sources

Letter sent from Sukhdeep Brar to the Communication Initiative on November 28, 2001; and Asian Development Bank site.