Disciplining with Dignity

Professional development and teacher training programme

The second initiative supported by CLCR is based upon the continuation of a teacher training programme. Formerly sponsored by UNICEF the programme aims to increase the level of teaching quality and give teachers a greater range of skills to manage disciplinary issues within and outside the classroom.

There has been a long history of both corporal punishment and humiliation used within Nepali schools as a means to handling discipline issues in the classroom. As a result there is a large number of student drop-outs from all levels of schooling which has only continued to perpetuate the cycle of poverty within the country and cause a lack of motivation from the youth in regards to school and education.

It is offered as a professional development outreach programme that travels to schools to conduct teacher training. The programme not only focuses upon developing quality teaching methods but also on implementing the use of conflict resolution within all situations/ interactions in an effort to solve conflicts peacefully without the use of violence, and find resolutions that suit all parties within schools.

Thus far the programme has been implemented in over 50 Nepali schools over the last 3 years and has positively influenced over 200 hundred teachers and 15000 students.

The school will also act as an out-of-schools hours community centre offering the communities of Nepal an opportunity to participate in a range of educational and life-style based programmes, such as conflict resolution and language development.

Currently implementing this teacher training program in our Heartland (HCA) school project is one of our major priorities - we are always looking for support to further these workshops within HCA. In fact, training Nepali teachers to make a positive difference in the class room is one of our main operational goals.

Here are few photos of our most recent teacher training session in mid-2011.

Creating Opportunity through Education in Nepal