KATHMANDU, April 14: The Dailekh School Project, a collaboration between the Rato Bangala Foundation, the District Education Office, the Village Development Committee (VDC), the Department of Education and all partner schools, is a one of a kind project which has intervened in more than 500 governments funded schools of Dailekh District, improving the quality of education there.
Through teacher training programs, supply of materials and delegating field officers to monitor all ongoing programs in order to provide continuity, the Dailekh School Project is imparting the gift of education in this area.[break]
On April 5 to 7, Rato Bangala School in partnership with development partners like the Department of Education, UNICEF, the Norwegian Embassy, UNESCO, Rato Bangala Foundation and the Open Society Foundations organized an international conference entitled, ‘Quality in the Classroom’. More than 520 people from different countries like the United States, Australia, Bangladesh, Hongkong and Tanzania participated in this three-day conference which held a total of 12 presentations and 16 different workshops each day.
For the conference and especially the presentation of the Dailekh School Project, over 60 people from Dailekh were invited. The Dailekh School Project also had a display of important documents inculcated over the years.
The display showcased success case studies regarding life in Dailekh, mid-term reports, brochures, certificates, appreciation letters and agreements signed with different stake holders, at numerous levels. Art and craft work from primary graders in Dailekh were also displayed. Various project aspects like household surveys and school surveys were also demonstrated to give an insight into the working methods of the project.
A video documentary shot exclusively in Dailekh during February 2013 was also screened during the event. The video showed the lives and the challenges undertaken by families living in the area as well as the hurdles faced by them on a daily basis along with their success and failures. The video portrayed stories of students, families and the schools touched by the Dailekh School Project. Photographs taken at most partner schools in Dailekh, depicting life before and after the project were also shown.
The Dailekh School project has been doing commendable work at primary level schools of Dailekh. Till date, more than 2,000 teachers being trained through the training provided by DSP, as many as 45,000 household have been affected in one way or another while 70,000 primary graders have benefitted by the Dailekh School Project activities.
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