The seven-day training was organized by the Rural Education and Environmental Development Center (RED) Nepal with financial support from the Himalayan Trust UK and in coordination with the rural municipality.
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Teachers from all schools in Wards 1, 2 and 3 of Faktanglung Rural Municipality have closed their schools and participated in the training. 154 teachers from basic and secondary levels have been gathered at Ward No. 3, Sinba Secondary School for training on making educational materials to be used in the classroom.
The training was organized by the Rural Education and Environmental Development Center (RED) Nepal with financial support from the Himalayan Trust UK and in coordination with the rural municipality. ‘The training provided by gathering one or two teachers from a school was not very effective,’ said Rajendra Pant, manager of RED Nepal. ‘The training provided by gathering all the teachers from the entire municipality, that is, the ward, at one place and giving it at once was found to reach the classrooms directly through all the teachers.’
Rural Municipality Chairman Rajan Limbu says that efforts have been made to gather everyone since the knowledge learned by one person was not found to be circular to others. RED Nepal has said that it has brought skilled manpower from the capital Kathmandu and other places for the training.
Teachers are mainly taught to make and use educational materials used in the classroom. The training, which began on Thursday, will conclude on Poush 30. Pant said that the training will provide methods for preparing educational materials so that children should not be scared but enthusiastic when entering the classroom, and that children should enjoy themselves in the classroom even on days when there is no teacher. The training, which was inaugurated by all the teachers of the three wards, was attended by the rural municipality chairperson Limbu, vice-chairperson Bikash Samra, and the ward chairpersons of the respective wards.
Om Prakash Gautam, principal of Siwa Secondary School, said that since it is the first training that includes all the teachers of his and neighboring wards, all the participants are curious about what it will be like. ‘This is the first training that has started with everyone from elementary school teachers to secondary school principals,’ he said, ‘Parents and students are all curious about what kind of training the rural municipality is giving to the teachers by giving the students leave.’
An organization established in the name of British citizen George Bend, the first climber of the world’s third highest mountain, Kanchenjunga, has supported educational reform in this area. With the help of the same organization, food and accommodation arrangements have been made for the teachers. Reed Nepal has stated that the training classes will be conducted from morning to evening.
Reed Nepal has provided the raw materials for the production of educational materials. ‘Currently, the classrooms of all the schools taught by the participating teachers are empty,’ said Panta, ‘When the training is over, all the classrooms will be full, and within a month of returning from the training, the classrooms of every school will be filled with educational materials.’ Reed Nepal Field Officer Ank Budha said that the students themselves will also participate in the production of the materials.
