Alternative Learning Facilitation and its challenges during covid-19 in Nepal

The covid-19 has a severe impact on education along with other sectors in developing and developed countries across the world. Nepal, a developing country, cannot remain untouched from the pandemic of covid-19. The government of Nepal officially announced to close all educational institutions on March 19. Due to the pandemic of covid-19, roughly 8.2 million students are away from their classrooms. The academic session of the schools couldn't begin for long and the postponed national board exam is still under consideration. To overcome the educational loss in Nepalese schools and universities, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has developed alternative learning facilitation to facilitate the students through various means during this crisis. The Ministry has recommended four alternatives including online education, education through television, radio education, and education through learning centres. My speech will focus on the effectiveness of the alternatives learning facilitation framework to facilitate the learners through various means and the challenges to implementing these alternatives in Nepal. Similarly, I will highlight the effort of the government and non-government organisations to minimise the education loss due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Nepal.

I am planning to present my speaking in the following way:

1. A brief introduction to Nepalese education system (school education and university education)
2. Some statistics related to education in Nepal
3. Education policy in Nepal
4. Impact of covid-19 in education in Nepal
5. Alternative learning facilitations during covid-19 in Nepal
6. Challenges in implementing alternative learning facilitations 
7. Conclusion