Transforming lives in Bajura: Women lead the charge In the rural village of Dimmerpani, in Bajura district, far north-western Nepal, ‘climate change’ is not a buzzword or a far-off issue Opinion 23 Dec, 2024
CLCs in transforming local education Local communities can play an important role in strengthening the education system as the responsibility of running schools have now been devolved to the local authorities. Given the daunting needs, many municipalities are struggling to meet the... Travel 26 Aug, 2020
Community Learning Centres: An effective tool for development As CLCs are community-based, community participation is a must to make their activities successful. But there is poor participation of community members in the planning, implementation and management of CLC activities Community development is part and... 18 Feb, 2020
155 literacy classes to benefit 3,100 people INARUWA: As many as 155 literacy classes have come into operation in Sunsari from Thursday. The literacy classes have come into operation in Sunsari headquarters Inaruwa, six rural municipalities, four municipalities and two... Travel 26 Jan, 2018
Community learning centres: Empowering literacy Due to the lack of a permanent institute at the village level, Literacy and Non-Formal Education (NFE) program could not provide functional education based on needs and problems of villagers Nepal government has initiated tremendous efforts to... 03 Nov, 2017
Govt to launch literacy classes from Nov 17 Bhaktapur, October 26 Nepal government, Non Formal Education Centre is going to launch literacy classes as part of ‘Continuous Education’ from November 17 this year. Though the government had plans to eradicate illiteracy from the country by... Horoscopes 27 Oct, 2015
Bhaktapur set to be declared fully literate Bhaktapur, October 16 Bhaktapur is all set to be declared fully literate after all six municipalities in the district attained over 95 per cent literacy. Of the six municipalities in Bhaktapur, Changunarayan Municipality was declared fully... Horoscopes 17 Oct, 2015
EDITORIAL: Encouraging figures More women would be economically empowered with the skills and knowledge they would gain by attending the non-formal education classes The latest figures released by the Non-Formal Education Centre (NFEC) show that the number of literates has... 09 Sep, 2015
Women outnumber men in adult literacy Bhaktapur, September 7 Women outnumber men in adult literacy according to a data released by Non-Formal Education Centre (NFEC). A household survey conducted by NFEC in 2010 showed there were 5.17 million illiterates in the country and of them... Horoscopes 08 Sep, 2015
�Continuous Education� programme this year BHAKTAPURr, July 19 Non-formal Education Centre (NFEC) will be running ‘Continuous Education’ programme from this fiscal to teach Nepalis who are illiterate. Nepal government has allocated Rs 400 million to run this programme. NFEC had... Horoscopes 20 Jul, 2015
Enrollment affected, dropout rate to go up KATHMANDU: Severe disruption in educational services in the affected areas by the earthquakes is likely to impact enrollment and attendance, leading to an increase in the number of children out of school, according to the key findings of Post... Horoscopes 24 Jun, 2015
Budget 2007-08: Education Rs 28.39 billion Kathmandu: The government has allocated Rs 28.39 billion for the education sector for the fiscal year 2007-08 — Rs 5.28 billion more than last year. The government has tried to address the problem of short supply of teachers by... 13 Jul, 2007
