1. Ministry of Education and Sports
Country Presentation - Nepal
Government of Nepal
Ministry of Education and Sports
19 June, 2008

3. Area 1: Participation and learning of the under-represented
Policy 1:
Government promote and implement free and compulsory basic education by 2012
Strategies:
Empowering (and enhancing capacity) and entrusting the Local Government/community with responsibility for implementing free and compulsory basic education
Raising the level of funding commitments at national and local levels through a shared funding framework for EFA resourcing
Multiple and flexible modes/avenues of operation with alternative ways and means of addressing diversity needs 3

4. Area 1: Participation and learning of the under-represented (Contd.)
Policy 1:
Government promote and implement free and compulsory basic education by 2012 (contd.)
Strategies (Contd.):
Incentivised support schemes for the under-represented
Ensuring the basics for enabling learning environment for all
Setting up local level monitoring mechanism at VDC/Municipality levels
Introducing self-monitoring and evaluation system at the school level
Developing legal framework for ensuring compulsory basic education, with an accountability framework 4

5. Area 2: Quality Education
Policy 1:
Improving Quality Education with special focus on relevance, inclusion and life skills
Strategies:
Setting standards and norms for the basics and quality to secure children’s learning:
Teachers
Strengthening comprehensive Teacher Education Policy
Setting norms and standards for all aspects of Teacher Education
Enhancing minimum educational qualifications for teachers 5

6. Area 2: Quality Education (Contd.)
Policy 1:
Improving Quality Education with special focus on relevance, inclusion and life skills (Contd.)
Strategies (Contd.):
Teachers (Contd.)
Improving inclusive teacher management, including recruitment
Developing teacher motivation schemes – inclusiveness, career path development, working environment, research and development
Curriculum
Improving Curricular Framework with basics and with quality standards 6

7. Area 2: Quality Education (Contd.)
Policy 1:
Improving Quality Education with special focus on relevance, inclusion and life skills (Contd.)
Strategies (Contd.):
Strengthening continuous assessment system to ensure students learning, without holding them back in the same grade in Basic Education up to grade 8
Introducing competency based learning system with flexibility for the use of textbook materials prepared locally
Orientations to skills based education at early grades and vocational education from grade 9
Schemes of incentive block grants for non-salary recurrent costs for quality enhancement 7

8. Area 3: MLE (Multi-lingual Education)
Policy 1:
Promoting multilingual education policy in schools
Strategies:
Orientation to teachers and service providers for MLE based pedagogy in education, with additive approach to languages
Adaptation of curricula, textbooks and Involvement of indigenous knowledge holders in the development of MLE materials
Empowerment of teaches and PTA for the promotion of local language(s) as a medium of instruction 8

9. Area 3: MLE (Contd.) Strategies (Contd.):
Mother tongue medium education in ECD and upto class three,
Transition to Nepali and/or English from grades 4 and 5
Provision of learning mother tongue as a subject at a higher grades in order to preserve/enhance language 9

10. Area 4: Financing Policy 1:
Improving financial aspects of education with special focus on accountability, efficiency and effectiveness, decentralized governance for equitable allocation of resources for under-served populations/groups
Strategies:
Inter-sectoral harmonization
Shared modality for funding at centre and local levels
Debt-free relief support
Conditional financial incentives to the households based on mapping of poverty pockets as well as un-reached and under-served populations 10

11. Area 4: Financing (Contd.)
Policy 1:
Improving financial aspects of education with special focus on accountability, efficiency and effectiveness, decentralized governance for equitable allocation of resources for under-served groups (Contd.)
Strategies (Contd.):
Introducing education taxes at centre and local levels
Simplified/flexible financial procedures
Improved social and financial audit at local levels
Increase financial commitments to education and allocate at least 10% of the EFA budget to out-of-school and drop-out populations 11

12. Area 4: Financing (Contd.)
Policy 1:
Improving financial aspects of education with special focus on accountability, efficiency and effectiveness, decentralized governance for equitable allocation of resources for under-served groups (Contd.)
Strategies (Contd.):
Increase financial commitments to ECCE, NFE and literacy
Raise the share of gender budgeting 12

13. Area 5: Harmonization and Collaboration
Need for increased share of development partners in EFA from 30% to 40%
Pool funding and budget support through sector-wide approach (SWAp)
Harmonized TA for capacity building at centre and local levels
UNESCO support needs to be continued in EMIS
Minimizing the level of direct fund facility to meet emerging needs and initiate innovative activities
Resources at the disposal of the Government and aligned with the regular programmes 13

14. Thank you 14