Nepal moves to reshape school curriculum for life, jobs
Summary
Nepal is overhauling its school curriculum to make education more practical, employment-oriented and aligned with technology, life skills and the labor market. The revised framework is also expected to include AI, digital literacy, moral education and disaster preparedness.
Key Points
- The Ministry of Education and Sports has begun revising the National Curriculum Framework 2076 BS to make school education more contemporary, practical and student-centered.
- Students and education stakeholders want stronger links between schooling and employment, with more emphasis on IT, entrepreneurship, vocational training and financial literacy.
- Experts have called for AI, cybersecurity, digital literacy and responsible technology use to be built into the curriculum from the early grades.
- The revision also aims to add disaster and climate change education, including floods, landslides, first aid and preparedness drills.
