Project Database
EFAIDS Programme
| Country: | Nepal |
| Start Date: | 2008-01-01 |
| Deadline: | 2010-12-31 |
| Host organisations: |
Nepal National Teachers’ Association
(NNTA)
Nepal Teachers’ Association (NTA) |
| Co-operating organisations: |
Education International (EI)
World Health Organisation (WHO) Education Development Center (EDC) |
| Related Links: |
EFAIDS Programme launched in Nepal Interview with General Secretaries of Nepalese unions |
| Grouping: | EI Education For All-HIV/AIDS Prevention (EFAIDS) Programme |
Project Summary:
In 2008, the Nepal National Teachers' Association (NNTA) and the Nepal Teachers' Association (NTA) joined the EFAIDS Programme. Both unions have committed to working together to tackle some of the numerous challenges faced by the education sector in Nepal.
With the end of monarchy, in May 2008, and the ensuing review of constitution, the country is developing programmes, setting new directions and goals for national unity and development. For NTA and NNTA, it is an opportune moment for teacher organisations to strengthen advocacy work for desired changes. The unions are eager to ensure that schools become ‘Zones of Peace’, where students can develop and learn in an atmosphere of non-violence.
Activities in 2008
In 2008, NNTA and NTA worked to regularise the situation of temporary teachers so that they are adequately trained to provide quality teaching and have job security increasing the likelihood that they will remain in the profession. The unions also engaged in advocacy to improve the working conditions and reduce the sector migration of non-teaching personnel so that teachers can dedicate their time to teaching and not to administration. NTA and NNTA remain committed to reversing the decentralisation of education to local bodies, as such decentralisation might undermine the goal of achieving uniform education quality.
In order to raise awareness of teachers and to enable them to talk about HIV and AIDS with more confidence, NTA and NNTA organised training on basic HIV knowledge and the role of public education in preventing new infections and fighting stigma and discrimination. More than 320 teachers in different districts of the country benefited from said training. This way, the two unions have worked to break the taboo of HIV and AIDS and to improve the quality of public education.
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