Forum for Wildlife and Environment Preserve (FOWEP)

1. Forum for Wildlife and Environment Preserve (FOWEP) Established on2051/9/26 . Date of Registration and number with SWC or relevant:

2. …….continued • Main areas of specialization: FOWEP works from local level to district level for environmental conservation, human rights, women rights, child rights, water supply and sanitation, education and Good governance through community mobilization. Its projects extend to Kavre in Mid-Hills, Okhaldhunga in Eastern and Bajura in Far-Western Region. • ongoing (all) projects • FUNDBOARD/ World Bank (Rural water Supply & sanitation Project – Gravity water Supply, Okhaldhunga) • FUNDBOARD/ World Bank (Rural water Supply & sanitation Project – Rain Water Harvesting, Kavre) • CBWSSP Department, Tangal :Community based Water supply & sanitation Project Bajura • CWISH, Kathmandu/ INTERPEDIA- Finland: Promoting Child Rights through Educational Settings, two VDCs of Kavre • DDC Kavre Local Government and Community Development Program (LGCDP) Kavre • MoLD/ LGAF: Community Based Monitoring of Local Government/ Goods and Services, Kavre. • CWISH, Kathmandu/ Every Child, UK/ Comic Relief Fund UK: Reintegrating Nepalese Child Domestic Workers with their Families, Kavre.

3. Ongoing (all) projects • FUNDBOARD/ World Bank (Rural water Supply & sanitation Project – Gravity water Supply, Okhaldhunga) • FUNDBOARD/ World Bank (Rural water Supply & sanitation Project – Rain Water Harvesting, Kavre) • CBWSSP Department, Tangal: Community based Water supply & sanitation Project Bajura • CWISH, Kathmandu/ INTERPEDIA- Finland: Promoting Child Rights through Educational Settings, two VDCs of Kavre • DDC Kavre Local Government and Community Development Program (LGCDP) Kavre • MoLD/ LGAF: Community Based Monitoring of Local Government/ Goods and Services, Kavre. • CWISH, Kathmandu/ Every Child, UK/ Comic Relief Fund UK: Reintegrating Nepalese Child Domestic Workers with their Families, Kavre.

4. Project Title Remedial Support and Dialogue among stakeholders to Increase student's graduation Rate

5. Remedial Support • Remedial Support class is a class which is focused on weak students to help the on uplifting their educational status. • It helps to treat the grass root level problem of every individual student and initiate them equally.

6. Kedar Bhakta Mathema and Min Bahadur Bista Problems of students: • Most of the students have problems with subjects like English, Mathematics and Science. • Students failure / under performance remains ad inherent feature. • Due to different problems girls students, are lacking behind. • Lack of remedial teaching and sufficient remediation for struggling students. • Inadequate study habits of students and a host of other factors.

7. Recommendations • Introduce a suitable home-work policy. • Ensure sufficient remediation for struggling students. • Ensure the public schools are adequately monitored and supervised. • Improving status of girl’s education.

8. Introduction of Remedial Support Program • This project is an action research starting from 2009. We have been working with ASD/OSI. • We have been supporting four community schools to conduct remedial support class for grade eight in 2009 • In the second year (2010), we supported launch remedial support class in grade four and continued support to grade nine in the same schools. • This year as a continuation we are supporting students from grade five and ten.

9. OBJECTIVES • To introduce effective remedial support class in four community schools in grade five and ten with the aim to increase student pass out rate by15%-20%. • To enhance the capacity of teachers, school management committee, parents teachers association to internalize the remedial classes in their own capacity. • To share the achievements of remedial support class among stakeholders of different levels. • To prepare and disseminate copies of recorded methodologies applied in remedial support class of different subjects in four schools. • To prepare budget analysis (Internal income, government funding, and expenditure detail) of four community schools and to estimate the cost of running remedial support classes. • To conduct a national level dialogue in coordination with ASD for discussion of collected views & opinions from local level regarding importance of remedial support in community school.

10. BramayaniSecondary School, GairibisaunaDeupur

11. Parbati Higher Secondary School, Dhungkharka

12. Shanti NiketanHigher Secondary school, Rayale

13. SapaneshowerHigher Secondary School, TukuchaNala

14. Findings • The average % of failed students is higher in lower secondary level. So, the lower secondary level is the most vulnerable stage of students in their schooling period. • Most of the students are weak in subjects like Mathematics, English and Science. • Girls’ are found to be weak in studies in comparison to boys. • While studying 1 student performance from Grade 1-10 we have found that the student is having problem in same subject from the very beginning.

15. Expected Outputs • Increments in students pass out rate by 15%. • Teachers will be capacitated through Critical thinking in education training. • Gap between trainings and its application in the class would be reduced. • Student centered learning system will be established effectively. • Policy makers and concern stake holders will take initiation to include remedial support class. • Budget to start a remedial class will be estimated and resources for that budget is sought.

16. Impacts • Teachers started teaching being based on learning ability of student rather than learning oriented. • Remedial support classes has helped to increase the total number of students attending school regularly. • It has created a positive attitude towards learning in students. • Weak students are uplifting their educational status. • Decrement of Drop out rate in class.

17. Continued………….. • The importance of remedial support classes have been realized and to internalize this program as school’s program is emphasized. • Some neighboring community schools are also planning to initiated remedial support class on their own effort and resources and some are demanding it. • Raised interest of students to study at home after remedial support class.

18. Challenges • There is some difficulties for the students and teachers to manage the time for remedial classes. • There is not any provision of snacks/lunch to students during study period. • Teachers expectation regarding the program is a bit high for getting incentives. • No. of holidays in school are also affecting in students studies. • There is a gap between training and its application in class room activities.

19. ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR ONE REMEDIAL CLASS 1st year

20. ….. Continued

21. Importances of Remedial Support class • It is successful in reducing the communication gap between teacher, students & parents. • Peer teaching as a part of remedial course enhances interaction among every individual student in class. • Revision of subject matter and every small concept in remedial support class through individual approach which are not understood in regular class teaching in a mass. • Friend's support and contextual materials in remedial support classes are helpful in learning attitude.

22. PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IN MAJOR SUBJECTS

23. Recommendation • Remedial support program must be internalize within public education system. • Narrow down the gap between training and its application in class room activities. • Training on Critical Thinking in Education must be organized for Teachers. • Remedial support class for weaker students should be incorporated in other schools. • Capacity of school management committee for managing the remedial support program in all classes must be enhanced.