Kathmandu, January 9:

Conservation-related issues will be added in the government’s curricula for students from grade one to ten very soon with the issue of climate change to be included in the first phase.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) of the Ministry of Education and Sports to launch conservation education for children all over the country.

“Considering the need to expose students to conservation issues from early school level, the WWF Nepal and the CDC has agreed to work in partnership for producing well-informed young students on issues related to conservation starting with climate change,” said Anil Manandhar, the country representative of WWF Nepal today.

“It is the first time that the WWF Nepal is partnering with the CDC which is going to be fruitful. It’s a significant step towards in incorporating conservation issues in school curricula,” he said.

Hari Bol Khanal, Executive Director of the Curriculum Development Centre and Anil Manandhar, Country Representative of the WWF Nepal, today agreed to work jointly to incorporate conservation issues, with the issue of climate change in the beginning, in the curricula from grade one to ten.

Conservationists have been saying that Nepal, being one of the most vulnerable countries, needs urgent measures to adapt to negative impacts of climate change.

On the occasion, Khanal said the issues of animals, plants and wetlands conservation are important, but they have not been incorporated in the school curricula properly.

He added, “With this initiative, we will try to produce a new generation of well-informed students and future conservationists.”