Funded By- AFLATOUN International & Reach Out to Asia (ROTA)

The world’s increasing connectivity through media and communication technology has introduced new opportunities and challenges, particularly for youth. Global Citizenship Education (GCED) plays a crucial role in addressing these challenges by promoting values like creativity, human rights, and sustainable development. GCED equips young people with the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to a just and inclusive world.

In Nepal, youth face significant learning and inclusion challenges, worsened by political instability and structural inequalities like discrimination and gender bias. This project, focused on life skills and financial literacy, provides an inclusive learning environment to help youth transition into adulthood with dignity in collaboration with Aflatoun International. The project targets marginalized groups, including girls and young females facing early marriage.

SN will collaborate with government institutions locally and centrally to integrate GCED into national curricula. Activities include advocacy, curriculum development, and capacity building of education officials, teachers, and students

Objectives of the program: 

The primary objective of the proposed project, "Gender-sensitive Global Citizenship and Life Skills Education for Youth," is to socially and economically empower 12,000 youth aged 14 to 19 in Nepal by providing them with essential gender-sensitive global citizenship skills and behaviors. These include financial literacy, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, cooperation, negotiation, decision-making, financial management, resilience, communication, respect for diversity, and empathy—skills vital for thriving at the individual, community, and civic levels. 

The specific objectives of the project include:

• To improve the knowledge and capacity of CSOs/ CLCs in partnership with the local governments to design and deliver gender sensitive life skills and global citizenship education to youth in formal and non-formal education settings
• To provide gender sensitive and global citizenship education to youth in formal and non-formal education settings through needs assessment and contextualization of the Aflateen+ curriculum
• To increase awareness of national and local authorities to support the implementation of the activities through integration in national curricula.

Expected outcomes of the program:

Through the trainings, orientation and intervention in the schools the project expects following outcomes;

• 76 focal teachers and head teachers will understand about methodology & importance of the content & curriculum,
• 180 lead students will be capacitated on content and delivery process to operate the sessions in their respective classes,
• 76 classes will be operated to deliver 42 sessions to reached out 6500 beneficiaries,
• 6 activities will be carried out to celebrate Global Money Week in local level,
• 1 Curriculum, 1 Teachers Guide & 1 Teachers Reference material will be developed for customized training for secondary level teachers on GCED content,
• 25 master trainers will be trained on customized training package
• 38 financial enterprises will be operated in school level,

Target group: 

The project beneficiaries are youth of age 14-19 studying in grade 9 & 11 from 38 government schools selected under the project. Beside that Social teachers and head teachers of the selected schools, Roaster trainer and trainer of PETC are the direct beneficiaries of the project. Whereas the child clubs and students studying in other grades, parents and community are indirect beneficiaries of the project.

1. Improved knowledge and capacity of CSOs to design and deliver gender-sensitive life skills and global citizenship education to youth in formal and non-formal education settings.
2. Improved gender-sensitive life skills and citizenship behaviors to effectively and responsibly make informed decisions that contribute to individual wellbeing and a more inclusive and sustainable space for youth (14 – 19 years old) for 12,000 youths.
3. Increased awareness of national authorities on the importance of including gender-sensitive life skills and citizenship education in national curricula to support youth in effectively contributing to a more inclusive and sustainable space (local/national).

Target 

Schools: 100

District: Surkhet, Dailekh, Mahottari, Dhanusha

Age group: 14-18

Grade: 9 to 12

Students: 12,000

Local partner: 4

Lead Students: 400

Teacher: 100

Palika: 7