Nepal’s Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology has hammered out an action plan for reopening educational institutes amid the pandemic.

In accordance with the ‘Smart-Lockdown Procedure, 2078’ issued by the Nepali Government in August, the Education Ministry has drafted the action plan for the operation of schools and colleges as they plan to reopen physical classes.

The Education Ministry has categorized schools into four sections, red zone, dark yellow zone, yellow zone, and green zone. Depending on these zones schools will either be closed or opened.

According to Deepak Sharma, Education Ministry Spokesperson, schools that fall in the red zone and dark yellow zone will be closed, either located in the local levels or districts.

Likewise, the schools and colleges in the yellow zone can resume physical classes with minimum presence of students. One-third of students can be allowed for the physical classes on a daily basis.

The local level schools in green zone can fully resume physical classes. However, the schools must adhere to the health protocols issued by the ‘School Operation Framework 2077’.

-Via: https://www.nepalisansar.com/education/nepal-education-ministry-dolls-out-action-plan-for-reopening-schools/

The never-to-expect crisis is back again bringing chaos in the educational sector among others, and we never know how long this situation will continue in the future. It puts a lot of pressure on educational institutions and other educational stakeholders to plan once again to manage education during this difficult circumstance. Physical teaching and learning are halted at this time. But, the silver lining is that Nepal already has some policy documents at the national level such as the Student Learning Facilitation Guidelines, 2020, and the Framework for School Operation, 2020, to facilitate education in general, and equally there are some local institutional guidelines as well to guide teaching and learning during the crisis. On top of that, our recent past practices of handling education during the crisis have taught us amply.

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Kathmandu, September 8

International Literacy Day is being celebrated today in the country through virtual and other means.

The theme of International Literacy Day this year is “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide.” The Centre for Education and Human Resource Development has planned a tree plantation programme in Bhaktapur to mark the occasion.

According to the centre, 54 districts of the country have been declared attaining full literacy while 23 districts and 218 local units remain to be declared so.

The literacy rate of the 15+ age group is currently 67.9 per cent. The literacy rate of the boys and men belonging to this age group is 78.6 per cent and that of women and girls is 59.7 per cent.

There are 35,674 schools in operation in the country at present. Out of these, 27,818 are community schools, 6,732 institutional (private) schools and 1,130 religious schools, the centre states.

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