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Multilingual Education Program

Report on teaching skill development workshop for two primary schoolsin Panchthar District, Nepal

10 - 16 April 2009

Objectives:

To motivate the teachers and School Management Committee members to use the studentsmother tongue, in addition to Nepali and English to provide quality education the students in primary school b.

Teach the teachers how to use mother tongue and Nepali language materials in ECD and gradeone classesc.

To secure a commitment from the participants to implement effective multilingual education intheir primary schools

Outcomes:

Participants are aware about the importance and effectiveness of multilingual education b.

Teachers have the basic skills necessary to introduce multilingual educationc.

School management committee chairpersons and teachers are committed to implementmultilingual education in coordination with parents, District Education Office, LiLDA andLDC-Nepal

Resource person:

Mr. Pushker Kadel, Program Manager, LDC-Nepal

Support Staff:

Mr. Dilendra Kumar Subba, LiLDA Project Director,

Mrs. Bhimahang Aangdambe, LiLDA Asst Education Coordinator

Mr. Bhawani Tawa, LiLDA Asst Business Manager

Date:

10 - 16 April 2009

Venue:

Phaktep, Panchami, Panchthar

No of Participants:

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8 F & 8 M)

See Annex 1 for details

Schedule

Opening program: Introduction and sharing by the participants of their experience in teaching2.

Discussion about multilingual education (MLE)3.

How to produce graded reading materials4.

Teaching methodologies: existing practices and how they can be improved5.

Use of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in the classroom6.

Teachers role in develop positive and effective learning environment in the classroom7.

Pre reading and writing activities: demonstration and practice8.

Teaching using the multi-strategy method9.

Training review10.

Closing program

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1. Opening program

Workshop opening Experience sharing

Mr. Dhruba Kumar Chemjong, Resource Person, District Education Office and Miss.BhadraKala Chemjong opened the workshop. Mr. Chemjong said. “

I support this program and will provide support from District Education Office.”

Each participant shared their experiences inteaching and their expectation about the workshop based on following questions:

Who am I

What I do I have to do to be a good teacher

Why I become a teacher.

What are the expectations of students, parents, communities, teachers, government and NGOs from the school

What are the characteristics of a good teacher

What enables a teacher to be an effective teacher 2. Discussion about Multilingual Education

Teachers are listening the article about teacher and making notes

The participants discussed the role of teachers and how they help shape the student’s attitude toschool and create a child centered learning environment. One important issue raised by theteachers was the importance of support from the educational ministries to enable them tocontinue to develop their understanding of pedagogy. In addition they stressed that the politicalstructure had a significant impact on schools (in many cases negatively) and that they are notkept up to date on the requirements or changes to national education policies. At the end of session the participants agreed to use what they are going to learn in the workshop in their classrooms and are committed to up-date their knowledge and skills through self-study.

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What is MLE? Why MLE and how MLE works

During this presentation, which was based upon the charts below the participant, came to theconclusion that for an effective MLE program in the school to succeed the local community andDEO have to give their full support.

Language situation in primary school Education and development process

They also asked.

“How will LDC-Nepal and LiLDA support the program? What kinds of support will possible from our side to their schools”.

It was difficult for us to give words tothem because we do not have funding for the program. However we said, we will use our allavailable resources and capacity to make success this program.3. Process of regular production of Graded MaterialsThe teachers agreed to work guided by the following graphics and notes as well as to follow thecurriculum.

Material Development process and Assumption as well suggestion to the teacher

4. Teaching methodology: existing practices and its improvement

Collecting existing practices andsuggested steps to teach