The education systems in Nepal and the USA: Experiences as a teacher
Each of these education systems has its own strengths and weaknesses.
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KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 27: British Council Nepal organised the 7th Education Symposium with the theme of ‘Educational excellence through the professional development of teachers and teacher educators’, today in the capital. “Throughout the years, our annual symposiums have provided important platforms for discussions on critical issues affecting Nepal’s education landscape. From inclusive education to the integration […]
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In our last discussion in the “Education Matters” series, we explored the role of teachers in the educational landscape, highlighting the challenges faced by educators in Nepal and advocating for greater respect, robust teacher training, and societal recogn
If Nepal wants to improve teacher training, it should, first of all, revise the policy issues on key areas of teacher preparation courses. Quality control of universities' teacher preparation academic degrees should be strictly followed. Salary and working conditions of teachers should be revised.
In an example of a serious breach of child rights, a teacher in Damak of the Jhapa district in eastern Nepal has reportedly tortured a first-grade child after he failed to submit his homework.
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Police in the Chitwan district of southern Nepal have arrested a school teacher on the charge of sexually abusing a minor student.
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KATHMANDU, November 19: Indian yoga teacher Ramdev is scheduled to conduct an event for yoga training in Chandragiri hill on Saturday morning. He will also perform yoga and meditation there.
According to Chandragiri Hills Limited, Ramdev would meditate and teach yoga to the participants present there from 5 to 6 am on Saturday. Chandragiri hill is one of the best tourist destinations near the Kathmandu Valley carrying religious, historical and archeological importance.
Currently, Ramdev is in Kathmandu to participate in the events to be organised by Patanjali Yogpeeth. Ramdev is scheduled to visit Chandragiri hill this evening and would stay there tonight.
He would also perform Pooja in Bhaleshwor Mandir in Chandragiri during his stay there. After his arrival in Kathmandu on Thursday evening, Ramdev said that Nepal is the world's best spiritual country while adding that he has a very close relation with Nepal for three decades. On Saturday, Ramdev is scheduled to inaugurate a TV station run by Patanjali Yogpeeth.
''If you want to be a boring teacher follow these nine ideas,'' said Gunaraj Nepal to the hall-packed participants quoting Prodromou,
''Assume students know nothing, sit still, be predictable, speak in a monotone, let students do nothing, teach the textbook, be right all the time, lose your students and keep talking.''
Nepal, also the chair of Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA) Morang district chapter, was presenting on the theme titled 'At the Heart of Teaching: Ecology, Engagement and Innovation'' Saturday afternoon at the auditorium hall of Meeryland College Biratnagar. His half-hour-long presentation talked about best ways of teaching in an interactive and innovate ways.
Nepal was one of the three presenters presenting in the one-day-long seminar and workshop, titled 'On becoming a teacher: Early Career, Sustainability and Growth'. Other two presenters were associate professor Motikala Subba Dewan and Indra Chauhan.
Dewan presented on 'Reading Comprehension in ESL Teaching' and Indra Chauhan's presentation was titled 'Becoming a Resourceful Teacher: What Does That Mean for the ELT Classroom?'
Facilitators on the 'spark session' were Babita Parajuli, Dipak Puri, Shiv Kumar Tajpuria, Pratiksha Khatiwada, Hemantaraj Dahal. Professor Emeritus and poet Vishnu Rai delivered keynote speech at the seminar and workshop. He cautioned to what he called 'rising and shining stars' in English language teaching fraternity, ''We need to go beyond English. We must not be like English. We must stay Nepali.''
NELTA Morang said the privately run and funded function was hosted to boost teaching prowess of English language teachers. Teachers from Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa and Ilam were among the attendees of the function.
After concluding the function, NELTA Morang chair Nepal remarked, ''The blending of centre and locals was real and productive for some good reasons. We were so happy to learn that youths are more, a lot more promising. I am now very optimistic: Teachers can make a difference. Innovation is real.''
Umesh Bhandari, an attendee from Itahari also echoed Nepal. He added, 'For government-funded community schools' teachers, there are some sorts of trainings. However, for private schools' teachers, there are not much training to boost their English language command and teaching prowess. NELTA has come to plug in this void to an extent.''
