Nepal award AID-367-378 · 1974 · New Educational Reform Associates

NEPAL FACES PROBLEMS IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH CARE AND NUTRITION, PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, POPULATION GROWTH, AND RISING HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS. EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS DEPEND UPON NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL APPROACHES TO PROVIDING INFORMATION, SKILLS, AND ATTITUDES. THESE EFFORTS ARE NECESSARY AS SUPPLEMENTS TO THE FORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM IN NEPAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SURVEY DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT WAS TO COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN NEPAL, AND TO IDENTIFY EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS FOR WHICH NON-FORMAL SOLUTIONS SHOW PROMISE OF BEING APPROPRIATE. THE REPORT PRESENTS A DESCRIPTIVE INVENTORY OF NEPALESE TRAINING ACTIVITIES, MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, EXTENSION AGENCIES AND THEIR PROGRAMS, MEDIA ACTIVITIES, AND COORDINATION OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS. AMONG THE AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMEDATIONS: A GREAT DEAL OF WORTHWHILE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IS UNDER WAY IN NEPAL. NEW INPUTS IN THIS FIELD SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING THESE EXISTING ACTIVITIES, RATHER THAN GENERATING NEW PROGRAMS. SOME NEW TECHNIQUES OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION SHOULD BE TESTED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF EXISTING PROGRAMS, AND STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TOWARD ACHI

Source: DEC abstract, PN-AAC-671 (1974). The source's own text.