虽然只是泥地泥屋, 但父母们醒觉了教育的重要性, 依然在微薄收入底下, 选择将孩子送来上学。学校环境不是重点, 重点是他们想下一代接受教育, 只要有受教育的下一代尼波尔才可以有更好的明天~~~
如果你在抱怨你学校厕所设施不好, 请看看尼波尔学校的厕所。1350名学生的竹栅学校只有
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
BAMBOO SCHOOLS BUILT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KARUNA-SHECHEN
Partnership with Samata Siksha Niketan
In 2008, Karuna-Shechen’s president Matthieu Ricard and Uttam Sanjef, the founder of Samata Siksha Niketan, formed a partnership to help him achieve his ambition to build a school in each of Nepal’s districts.
This partnership has been successful. Together with Karuna-Shechen, Samata Siksha Niketan has built eight
Bamboo Schools (Banepa, Kawasoti, Lumbini, Pokhara, Jhapa, Ilam, Itahari, and the Jorpati College) in different districts of Nepal.
As of mid-2012, the schools have a total of 11,718 students, with an average of 48% girls in each school.
In Nepal, the education of girls is generally considered to be of little importance. Even in the bamboo schools, a small percentage of girls attend school. In general girls are made to stay at home and help their mothers in domestic work. Most families send their sons to a private English medium school. Girls are generally only sent to governmentsponsored schools that are poorly funded and are often over-crowded.
One of the objectives of the Bamboo School Project is to make education available to these girls. The school’s staff has been doing outreach to families explaining how important education is for girls and how it will benefit their communities.
Samata Siksha Niketan manages the schools. The management committee is responsible for the formation, implementation, and monitoring of all policies and administration.
Energetic and experienced principals run the schools and their prime duty is to upgrade the quality of education through creative and constructive supervision. The principals are responsible for the day-to-day administration with the help of a Coordinator and Vice-Principal.
Frequent staff meetings are conducted to promote teachers’ interaction and cooperation in attending to the students needs. Several activities are organized for students including drawing competitions, essay competitions, and so on.
The teachers are qualified, honest, and dedicated to their job. More than fifty percent of teachers have obtained professional degrees and the rest are in training. There is a low changeover rate of teachers, as they are committed to the school and students. There are discussion groups in all classes and students receive regular homework assignments. Parents are encouraged to help their children in their homework.
Almost all schools are located outside of town and are not affected by noisy and crowed surroundings. Parents are enthusiastic about sending their children to a local bamboo school. Some even privately arrange for transportation to bring their children to school demonstrating a keen interest in their children’s future.
Assembly is held every day in the schools’ large courtyard for half an hour before classes begin. This is one of the most positive aspects of the bamboo schools’ education as the assembly emphasizes ethics, compassion, and moral behavior. This helps the students to become good citizens. It also influences the family members and thus, the nation. Students are regularly chosen to to speak on front of the assembly so
that they can express their views and increase their ability in public speaking.
Some bamboo schools offer special classes to the senior students. The classes are conducted in the morning or evening to assist students in difficult subjects like science and math.
Computer education has not yet been introduced in the schools and we hope that in the future we will be able to equip the students with new technology. There are also no real libraries in any of the schools. Funds are needed for books and essential texts.
Bamboo schools provide clean drinking water in the school compound. There are 8 to 10 toilets and sufficient water taps in each school. Health education and dental and medical camps are offered in some schools by the Shechen Clinic.
Source:
Progress Report On Bamboo Schools (Samata Siksha Niketan) 25 November 2011, Revised in 2012
Prepared By Birendra Singh (Program Officer for Education Program, Nepal) Karuna-Shechen
http://karuna-shechen.org/pdf/en/project_reports/Bamboo%20Schools%20Progress%20Report%202012.pdf
In 2008, Karuna-Shechen’s president Matthieu Ricard and Uttam Sanjef, the founder of Samata Siksha Niketan, formed a partnership to help him achieve his ambition to build a school in each of Nepal’s districts.
This partnership has been successful. Together with Karuna-Shechen, Samata Siksha Niketan has built eight
Bamboo Schools (Banepa, Kawasoti, Lumbini, Pokhara, Jhapa, Ilam, Itahari, and the Jorpati College) in different districts of Nepal.
Each circle shows 8 of the bamboo schools constructed by Karuna-Schechen.
In Nepal, the education of girls is generally considered to be of little importance. Even in the bamboo schools, a small percentage of girls attend school. In general girls are made to stay at home and help their mothers in domestic work. Most families send their sons to a private English medium school. Girls are generally only sent to governmentsponsored schools that are poorly funded and are often over-crowded.
One of the objectives of the Bamboo School Project is to make education available to these girls. The school’s staff has been doing outreach to families explaining how important education is for girls and how it will benefit their communities.
Samata Siksha Niketan manages the schools. The management committee is responsible for the formation, implementation, and monitoring of all policies and administration.
Energetic and experienced principals run the schools and their prime duty is to upgrade the quality of education through creative and constructive supervision. The principals are responsible for the day-to-day administration with the help of a Coordinator and Vice-Principal.
Frequent staff meetings are conducted to promote teachers’ interaction and cooperation in attending to the students needs. Several activities are organized for students including drawing competitions, essay competitions, and so on.
The teachers are qualified, honest, and dedicated to their job. More than fifty percent of teachers have obtained professional degrees and the rest are in training. There is a low changeover rate of teachers, as they are committed to the school and students. There are discussion groups in all classes and students receive regular homework assignments. Parents are encouraged to help their children in their homework.
Almost all schools are located outside of town and are not affected by noisy and crowed surroundings. Parents are enthusiastic about sending their children to a local bamboo school. Some even privately arrange for transportation to bring their children to school demonstrating a keen interest in their children’s future.
Assembly is held every day in the schools’ large courtyard for half an hour before classes begin. This is one of the most positive aspects of the bamboo schools’ education as the assembly emphasizes ethics, compassion, and moral behavior. This helps the students to become good citizens. It also influences the family members and thus, the nation. Students are regularly chosen to to speak on front of the assembly so
that they can express their views and increase their ability in public speaking.
Some bamboo schools offer special classes to the senior students. The classes are conducted in the morning or evening to assist students in difficult subjects like science and math.
Computer education has not yet been introduced in the schools and we hope that in the future we will be able to equip the students with new technology. There are also no real libraries in any of the schools. Funds are needed for books and essential texts.
Bamboo schools provide clean drinking water in the school compound. There are 8 to 10 toilets and sufficient water taps in each school. Health education and dental and medical camps are offered in some schools by the Shechen Clinic.
Source:
Progress Report On Bamboo Schools (Samata Siksha Niketan) 25 November 2011, Revised in 2012
Prepared By Birendra Singh (Program Officer for Education Program, Nepal) Karuna-Shechen
http://karuna-shechen.org/pdf/en/project_reports/Bamboo%20Schools%20Progress%20Report%202012.pdf
Structure of the Bamboo Schools
Bamboo schools provide education in the primary level of grade 1-5, lower secondary and secondary level of grade 6-8, and the higher grades 9-10 (grade 10 is just being introduced in some schools). They have also introduced pre-primary level classes in three sections: nursery, lower kindergarten, and upper kindergarten.
Students have to pass an entrance examination to be admitted into the school (primary level and onward). The national “School Leaving Certificate” (SLC) examination is conducted at the end of grade 10.
The academic standards in the bamboo schools are high and demanding. The schools currently offer physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, Nepali, social studies, and English language in the secondary level, using Cambridge books from nursery to grade 9.
The first batch of graduating students from the Samata Siksha Niketan (Jorpati Bamboo School) took the School Leaving Centificate (SLC) exam in 2008 and performed beyond expectation.
In 2011, the fourth batch of Samata Siksha Niketan (Jorpati and Bhaktapur Bamboo Schools) took the SLC examination. Out of a total of 74 students, 61 passed with distinction and the rest of the students passed in the first division.
Source:
Progress Report On Bamboo Schools (Samata Siksha Niketan) 25 November 2011, Revised in 2012
Prepared By Birendra Singh (Program Officer for Education Program, Nepal) Karuna-Shechen
http://karuna-shechen.org/pdf/en/project_reports/Bamboo%20Schools%20Progress%20Report%202012.pdf
Students have to pass an entrance examination to be admitted into the school (primary level and onward). The national “School Leaving Certificate” (SLC) examination is conducted at the end of grade 10.
The academic standards in the bamboo schools are high and demanding. The schools currently offer physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, Nepali, social studies, and English language in the secondary level, using Cambridge books from nursery to grade 9.
The first batch of graduating students from the Samata Siksha Niketan (Jorpati Bamboo School) took the School Leaving Centificate (SLC) exam in 2008 and performed beyond expectation.
In 2011, the fourth batch of Samata Siksha Niketan (Jorpati and Bhaktapur Bamboo Schools) took the SLC examination. Out of a total of 74 students, 61 passed with distinction and the rest of the students passed in the first division.
Progress Report On Bamboo Schools (Samata Siksha Niketan) 25 November 2011, Revised in 2012
Prepared By Birendra Singh (Program Officer for Education Program, Nepal) Karuna-Shechen
http://karuna-shechen.org/pdf/en/project_reports/Bamboo%20Schools%20Progress%20Report%202012.pdf
Contact Us
Samata Siksha Niketan
Bamboo School at Bhaktapur
Kamal Binayak - 4, Bhaktapur
School phone : 016618327
Cell : 9851113631
Email : shova_lama45@yahoo.com
Background and Objective of Samata Shiksha Niketan
Background of Samata Shiksha Niketan:
In Nepal, thousands of children have no opportunity for a quality education. As a result the adult illiteracy rate is around 58% (Unicef statistics, 2005-2009). Although the totally free government-sponsored education system, the quality of education in these schools is very low compared to private schools. The public schools do not provide a good environment of learning, stable conditions, nor are the teachers dedicated to their profession. There is no monitoring and supervision, and the education system is
deteriorating day by day in government-sponsored schools.
On the other hand, high fees for the better-ranking private schools are unaffordable for most of the families. Girls in Nepal are still often kept at home to help with household tasks and therefore they do not receive an education. If they can go to school, their families generally send them to the free government schools, and send their sons to private schools.
Objective of Samata Shiksha Niketan:
To provide a quality education for a low fee to underprivileged children in Nepal
Source:
Progress Report On Bamboo Schools (Samata Siksha Niketan) 25 November 2011, Revised in 2012
Prepared By Birendra Singh (Program Officer for Education Program, Nepal) Karuna-Shechen
http://karuna-shechen.org/pdf/en/project_reports/Bamboo%20Schools%20Progress%20Report%202012.pdf
In Nepal, thousands of children have no opportunity for a quality education. As a result the adult illiteracy rate is around 58% (Unicef statistics, 2005-2009). Although the totally free government-sponsored education system, the quality of education in these schools is very low compared to private schools. The public schools do not provide a good environment of learning, stable conditions, nor are the teachers dedicated to their profession. There is no monitoring and supervision, and the education system is
deteriorating day by day in government-sponsored schools.
On the other hand, high fees for the better-ranking private schools are unaffordable for most of the families. Girls in Nepal are still often kept at home to help with household tasks and therefore they do not receive an education. If they can go to school, their families generally send them to the free government schools, and send their sons to private schools.
Objective of Samata Shiksha Niketan:
To provide a quality education for a low fee to underprivileged children in Nepal
Source:
Progress Report On Bamboo Schools (Samata Siksha Niketan) 25 November 2011, Revised in 2012
Prepared By Birendra Singh (Program Officer for Education Program, Nepal) Karuna-Shechen
http://karuna-shechen.org/pdf/en/project_reports/Bamboo%20Schools%20Progress%20Report%202012.pdf
Samata Shiksha Niketan, Bamboo School Project
Introduction to the Bamboo Schools Project
The view of the Bamboo Schools Project is that all children should be given access to the fundamental right of education with no distinction made based on origin, caste, or religion.
The Bamboo School Project or Samata Shiksha Niketan (“Promote Equity through Education”) builds schools made with bamboo, a readily available, inexpensive, portable material and corrugated iron roofs.
Bamboo schools operate under the “private school” status and follow the national curriculum of Nepal. They are, for the most part, like an English medium school offering classes from nursery to grade 9. Tuition is a very affordable 100 NPR (1.25 USD) per month for all students.
The bamboo schools system is a middle way between the quality, but often unaffordable, private school system, and the inexpensive, but often deficient government school system.
Source:
Progress Report On Bamboo Schools (Samata Siksha Niketan) 25 November 2011, Revised in 2012
Prepared By Birendra Singh (Program Officer for Education Program, Nepal) Karuna-Shechen
http://karuna-shechen.org/pdf/en/project_reports/Bamboo%20Schools%20Progress%20Report%202012.pdf
The view of the Bamboo Schools Project is that all children should be given access to the fundamental right of education with no distinction made based on origin, caste, or religion.
The Bamboo School Project or Samata Shiksha Niketan (“Promote Equity through Education”) builds schools made with bamboo, a readily available, inexpensive, portable material and corrugated iron roofs.
Bamboo schools operate under the “private school” status and follow the national curriculum of Nepal. They are, for the most part, like an English medium school offering classes from nursery to grade 9. Tuition is a very affordable 100 NPR (1.25 USD) per month for all students.
The bamboo schools system is a middle way between the quality, but often unaffordable, private school system, and the inexpensive, but often deficient government school system.
Source:
Progress Report On Bamboo Schools (Samata Siksha Niketan) 25 November 2011, Revised in 2012
Prepared By Birendra Singh (Program Officer for Education Program, Nepal) Karuna-Shechen
http://karuna-shechen.org/pdf/en/project_reports/Bamboo%20Schools%20Progress%20Report%202012.pdf
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