The Nepalese government aims to eliminate illiteracy by the end of the current fiscal year. It has enrolled over 1.74 million adults aged 15-60 in more than 20,000 literacy classes across the country. The government has declared 2014-15 the Illiteracy Elimination Year and plans to recruit 20,000 teachers and mobilize students and volunteers with a budget of 1.05 billion rupees. Recent data shows Nepal's literacy rate has risen from 65.9% in 2011 to an estimated 84% currently, as over 3 million adults have been made literate in the past three years through government campaigns and classes.
2. About the government
Nepal Government, is the executive body and
the central government of Nepal. Prior to the
abolition of the monarchy, it was officially
known as His Majesty's Government.
The Head of state is the President. This role is
largely ceremonial as the functioning of the
government is managed entirely by the Prime
Minister who is appointed by the Parliament.
The heads of constitutional bodies are
appointed by the President on the
recommendation of Constitutional Council, with
the exception of the Attorney General, who is
appointed by the Prime Minister.
3. Extra info
In 1990, a pro-democracy movement forced
King Birendra to lift the ban on political
parties. The first free election in three
decades provided a victory for the liberal
Nepali Congress Party in 1991, although the
Communists made a strong showing. A small
but growing Maoist guerrilla movement,
seeking to overthrow the constitutional
monarchy and install a Communist
government, began operating in the
countryside in 1996.
4. Social entreprenuer: History
•Going by a government projection, the country will be “total
literate” by the end of the current fiscal year, having enrolled
some 1.74 million adult illiterates (15-60 years) in over 20,000
classes.
•The government has declared 2014-15 as the Illiteracy
Elimination Year. According to a report released by the NFEC on
Sunday, only 1,745,334 people above 15 years of age are
illiterate.
•The Centre has decided to recruit some 20,000 teachers and
mobilise students and volunteers. Rs 1.05 billion is set to be
spent.
•Poudel claimed that 1.46 million illiterate people are from 16
districts in Tarai and Nuwakot, the worst among the Hill
districts. The government has already declared Sindhupalchok,
Lalitpur, Palpa, Dhading and Mustang as “total literate” on the
basis of 95 percent literacy rate.
5. Social entrepreneur :Impact
The last official data, National Census 2011, puts Nepal’s
literacy rate at 65.9 percent. Baburam Poudel, executive
director of the Non-Formal Education Centre (NFEC), a
government body that conducts literacy classes across
the country, said over 3 million adults have been made
literate in three years since the Census, taking the literacy
rate to 84 percent.
A door-to-door survey showed there were 4,054,649
uneducated adults in the fiscal year 2012-13. Around
915,000 of them became literate through campaigns held
in the year while 1.34 million benefitted from classes in
the fiscal 2013-14. This still leaves 1.74 million illiterate.
6. Team members
Gabriel Wong
Arosha
Marcus Chan
Wei Loon
credits
http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/09/01/editors-pick/
fighting-illiteracy-incredible-nepal-total-literate-next-year/
394406.html
http://www.infoplease.com/country/nepal.html?pageno=2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Nepal
