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Implemented PMT activities in all 75 districts and covered all secondary and higher secondary schools Partnership with largest financial institution of Nepal Rastriya Banijya Bank Started partnership with UNICEF Country Office in Nepal Both Education and Health related activities conducted
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Major Findings Crisis affected children through the coping mechanisms taken by households like sending children for paid work
Rastriya Banijya Bank Ltd. (RBB) administered student financial assistance program on behalf of Student Financial Assistance Fund Administration Board. The program was implemented in all 75 districts in partnership Devtec Nepal and immense support from DOE, HSEB and DEOs. Objectives Identify beneficiary students through Proxy Means Testing (PMT) to select beneficiaries, Support in providing financial assistance (scholarship and loan) to selected students Monitor the performance of such benefiting students and facilitate work-study initiatives. Duration: November, 2009 November, 2011 Key Individuals: Binod Kumar Guragain, Pankaj Raj Joshi, Navin Badal, Sushma Bhatta, Sriram Tripathi Key Activities Developed awareness material and disseminated throughout the country Supported RBB in preparing Award Confirmation Form and disbursing scholarship to student account. Supported in application form distribution and collection from secondary and higher secondary schools Developed PMT scoring software and prepared result Verified SLC and HSEB results in the process of finalizing student list Supported in conducting field verification of 1800 students selected for the program Achievements Conducted awareness activities in all 75 districts in coordination with Department of Education, HSEB and District Education Offices Selected 1800 (1000 for higher secondary and 800) beneficiary students through PMT process Supported RBB in providing grants to 404 students for the first year Activity 3: Country Case Study on Effectiveness of Local service delivery for MDGs in Asia: Education Sector in Nepal With support from UNESCO Bangkok under UN initiative for MDGs, RIDA in partnership with FHD conducted a study on education service delivery focusing primary and secondary sub-sectors.
and increasing work load for parents. Crisis has affected student attendance and learning through child labour and reduced educational expenses. Quite a few students also dropped out. Around 15% of the households made their children irregular to school to cope with the crisis. Absence of 21% of the students in 3rd quarter was due to their inability to bring along notebook, pencil etc. Dalit households, households in Karnali region, households experiencing food price increase, large households, poverty-stricken households, and households using kerosene as a source for light are more likely to take education-related coping.
Reasons behind absences
No stationery 21% Others 1% Unknown 7% Illness 15% Illness in family 9%
Hunger 13%
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barrier 11%
Paid work 6%
Key Activities: Literature review, FGD with teachers and community, information collection from school, field level consultation school and district level stakeholders, central level consultations with think tank, and wider sharing of the study findings. Key individuals involved from RIDA: Dr. Shiva Raj Lohani, Dr. Rajendra Suwal, Uttam Prasad Upadhyay, Hem Raj Lekhak, Binod Guragain, Jeevan Raj Lohani, Pankaj Raj Joshi Major Findings Government has demonstrated commitment to ensure free basic education as fundamental right for each and every child. There is a gap between the declaration of free primary education and its implementation in actual practice. The resources mobilized to education subsector are not adequate and needs special attention. Nepal has made a few remarkable efforts to decentralize education management. SMCs have been provided with meaningful roles. Though enough evidences are yet to be collected, available evidences indicate that schools with management responsibilities transferred to the communities are performing better.
Coverage: 28 schools from 7 districts (Humla, Banke, Sunsari, Nawalparasi, Kaski, Dhanusha, Achham) Key individuals involved: Dr. Yagya Raj Pant, Uddhab Karki, Uttam Upadhyay, Binod Guragain, Hem Raj Lekhak, Ram Pyari Shrestha, Resham Thapa, Jeevan Raj Lohani
Objectives Document and analyze the extent to which free health service policies have addressed health issues of poor and marginalized people Assess policy, capacity and delivery gaps