Education Department, Room to Read train master trainers in life skills education
Summary
The Department of Education and Room to Read Nepal have completed a five-day training programme for 14 master trainers to improve life skills education in schools across all seven provinces. The curriculum focuses on self-awareness, decision-making, problem-solving and other competencies meant to strengthen students' resilience and collaboration.
Key Points
- The Department of Education, with technical support from Room to Read Nepal, completed a five-day training programme to strengthen life skills education in schools across all seven provinces.
- The training brought together 14 master trainers from Provincial Education Training Centres and 12 participants from Room to Read's working districts of Kapilvastu, Tanahun, Nuwakot and Gorkha.
- The programme aims to help educators and local governments integrate the Life Skills Education Curriculum into students' learning experiences.
- Department of Education Director General Ana Prasad Neupane and Room to Read Nepal country director Pushkar Lal Shrestha said the curriculum is designed to build resilience, critical thinking, collaboration and decision-making skills.
