This CV summarizes Roshan Chitrakar's educational and professional experience. He has a PhD in educational policy from the University of Alberta and over 20 years of experience working on educational projects around the world, including for UNESCO, UNICEF, and other international organizations. His areas of expertise include educational research, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and non-formal and community education programs.

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Curriculum Vitae of Roshan Chitrakar
1. NAME : CHITRAKAR, Roshan
2. FIELD OF EXPERTISE : Educational policy and programme analysis
• Educational project management
• Educational research (quantitative, qualitative, hermeneutic
interpretive)
• Popular, non-formal and literacy education (approach to
literacy both as an empowering process and fulfilling
practical needs, e.g. social institutional, community and
personal tasks)
• Participatory process and action research
• Results based and/or participatory monitoring and evaluation
• Educational management information system (EMIS)
3. DATE OF BIRTH : October 28, 1955
4. NATIONALITY : Nepali
5. PERSONAL ADDRESS : C2A Indreni Apartments, Bhatbhateni, Kathmandu, Nepal
MAILING ADDRESS : Recently obtained the US Green Card and temporarily residing
at 5915 Dewey Drive, Alexandria, VA 22310, C/O Ganga
Pradhan (703 967 3466)
TELEPHONE NO. : +9779841616001
E-MAIL ADDRESS : roshanchitrakar@gmail.com
6. EDUCATION : 1995, PhD (Secondary Education), Department of Secondary
Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1979, Master’s Degree (Statistics), Tribhuvan University,
Kathmandu, Nepal
1976, Diploma (Statistics), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu,
Nepal
7. EMPLOYMENT RECORD
7.1. FROM APR 2015 : To DATE
Community Self Reliance Centre
POSITION HELD AND Consultant
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Wrote a concept paper on a potential land rights and governance
related project entitled Social and Economic Rights for Dignified Life
of Marginalized Farmers to be submitted to a local consortium of
donors known as Governance Facility. After the concept paper was
approved, and in response to the successive request for proposal, I
wrote the detailed project proposal (complemented by the logical
framework and results based M&E framework) which was accepted
and approved for funding. The management then renewed my
contract to work with CSRC senior management in preparing the
project's first annual work plan and budget (January-December
2016), designing, planning, training staff, supervising and
completing the baseline study. I wrote the study report, established
the M&E mechanism and continued advising the management in
strategic planning of the intervention activities.
7.2. FROM JUL 2014 : DEC 2014
UNESCO Islamabad
POSITION HELD AND International Consultant
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Oversee the implementation of the Inception Phase of the Malala
Fund-in-Trust Programme, entitled "support to national capacity
building to realize girls' right to education in Pakistan". More
specifically, my responsibility was to supervise the work of the
national staff members to carry out the rapid situation analysis and
needs assessment ensuring that the process is consultative and
participatory and develop girls’ education projects focusing mostly
on Punjab province. The report of the rapid assessment
documented both qualitative and quantitative information leading to
the establishment of and targets for key indicators along with
issues/challenges and the development of the project for Punjab to
promote girls' right to education. The process of developing the
Punjab project provided a general model to follow suit in developing

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girls education projects for the rest of the 3 provinces (Sindh,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan) and 4 administrative areas
(Islamabad Capital Territory, Federally Administered Tribal Area,
Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan).
7.3. FROM APR 2013 : JUN 2014
UNESCO Islamabad
POSITION HELD AND Senior Project Officer (Project Appointment)
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Managed the provision of education services to meet the needs of
the communities and improve access to education under the Social
Cohesion and Peace Building Programme for Refugee Affected
Hosting Area. Represented UNESCO Islamabad as the Office-In-
Charge or the Deputy to the Country Director/Representative.
Worked as organizational representative in the One UN Programme
(OP) II development (2013-17) and member of OP II Programme
Management Committee. Liaised with the Government of Pakistan
and other development partners in identifying, planning,
implementing and monitoring education programmes including
support for research, and development of policies and strategies.
7.4. FROM AUG 2011 : TO MAR 2013
UNESCO, Islamabad
POSITION HELD AND Programme Specialist - Education (Temporary Appointment)
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Represented UNESCO Islamabad as the Office-In-Charge or the
Deputy to the Country Director/Representative. Worked as
organizational representative in the One UN Programme II
development (2013-17) and member of OP II Programme
Management Committee. Liaised with the Government of Pakistan
and other development partners in identifying, planning,
implementing and monitoring education programmes including
support for research, and development of policies and strategies.
7.5. FROM NOV 2009 : TO JUL 2011
Freelance Consultant
POSITION HELD AND Researcher and Advisor
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Worked for three projects: a team member/researcher in the
Assessment Study of the Service Delivery Mechanism of the
Ministry of Education and affiliated Departments in the light of the
School Sector Reform Plan 2009-2015; an advisor for the Citizen’s
Education Report Study of Action Aid Nepal; and a Consultant for
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to carry out
an evaluation of the regionalization process of International Land
Coalition with specific focus on Asia region.
7.6. FROM MAR 2008 : TO OCT 2009
Learning for Community Empowerment Programme-2,
United Nations Human Settlement Programme, Kabul,
Afghanistan
POSITION HELD AND Technical Advisor, Material Development and Training
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Supported national staff to develop integrated national literacy, life
and productive skills learning programme (curriculum, learning and
training materials) and organise training programmes for
government and programme staff at national, provincial, district and
village levels.
7.7. FROM FEB 2006 : TO FEB 2008
Teacher Education Project (Government of Nepal/ADB
cooperation), Implementation Consultancy Support Project,
Total Management Services
POSITION HELD AND M&E Specialist (part-time)
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : Coordinated the Monitoring and Evaluation Component of the
project to strengthen M&E system and research capacity of the
national and zone level teacher training centres.
7.8. FROM MAR 2007 : TO DEC 2007
UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia
POSITION HELD AND Consultant
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : Carried out a desk study on Barriers to Girls’ Education in South
Asian Countries. In 2009, a book has been published by UNICEF
ROSA based on this study.
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7.9. FROM Feb 2006 : TO MAR 2007
EMPLOYER : Tribhuvan University, Research Centre for Educational
Innovation and Development (CERID)
POSITION HELD AND Associate Professor

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DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : Coordinated the Longitudinal Study on System Indicators
component of the “Formative Research Project on Education
For All” to build capacity of 62 sampled schools from 16 of the
75 districts including training of teachers, local stakeholders,
research associates and assistants on educational data
collection/compilation, planning and implementation of research
activities, analysis of data, preparation of reports and
dissemination of the findings.
7.10. FROM SEP 2005 : To DEC 2005
EMPLOYER : UNICEF, East Timor
POSITION HELD AND International Consultant
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : Consultancy for assessing adolescents’ literacy and non formal
education needs, analysing the gaps in the existing literacy
resources, developing long and short-term strategy on
adolescents’ literacy and non formal education programme.
7.11. FROM OCT 2004 : TO JAN 2006
EMPLOYER : Tribhuvan University, Research Centre for Educational
Innovation and Development (CERID)
POSITION HELD AND Lecturer
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : Coordinated the Primary School Improvement Project, (a
UNICEF/SILT Consult/CERID project)
Coordinated the software part of the project involving
management and training of human resource, planning of
activities, social mobilization for development of ownership of
primary school, strengthening the capacity of School
Management Committee and Parent Teacher Association,
providing training to education managers. Technical assistance
to local partners (NGO) on identification of indicators and
monitoring of progress while the construction of school building
continues with community mobilization and participation.
7.12. FROM SEP 01, 2004 : TO SEP 10, 2004
EMPLOYER : A short course on Literacy and Livelihoods, Overseas
Development Group, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
POSITION HELD AND Co-tutor
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : This 10-day course was organised for international policy and
programme managers as well as practitioners of literacy and/or
non formal education programmes. I co-taught the course with
Dr. Bryan Maddox, the Lecturer in the School of Development
Studies of UEA and former Adviser of the Community Literacy
Project of which I was the Project Director.
7.13. FROM AUG 2003 : To SEP 2003
EMPLOYER : Women's Literacy Project of UNICEF, East Timor
POSITION HELD AND International Consultant
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : The project was implemented in several communities of East
Timor for the past one year. The purpose of my consultancy
was to: carry out its assessment by specifically reviewing its
concept, strategy, method and the implementation process;
draw lessons and propose recommendations for improvement.
The assignment also involved discussions with government,
non-government and field level stakeholders and design a
proposal on social literacy project for East Timor. The
assessment involved identification of issues related to setting up
of indicators, and monitoring and evaluation of the project.
7.14. FROM SEP 2000 : TO SEP 2004
EMPLOYER : Community Literacy Project Nepal - DFID funded
POSITION HELD AND Project Director
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : The project was a livelihoods-based literacy initiative that
focused on social uses and learning of literacy, communicative
practices, and access of people to useful information.
Communication and literacy audit, development of tailor-made
literacy learning curriculum and other resource materials,
literacy mediation and social inclusion were some salient
aspects of the project. My responsibilities involved overall
project management and provide leadership to the entire project
team, oversee and monitor project progress and ensure quality
and achievement of the project purpose, write quarterly reports,
liaison with DFID, Nepal government and other UK
stakeholders, call project steering committee meetings, take

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initiative to disseminate project experiences both at national and
international levels. The responsibility included developing the
project log frame, setting up of the monitoring system and
overseeing of the progress based on the logical framework. 139
NGO partners (implementers) in 10 mid and far western
districts. Over 70 thousand beneficiaries. Massive training
programs for national resource persons, and NGOs. Direct
involvement (monitoring and also as a trainer) in training
programs. Participatory monitoring and evaluation—tools
development, training and on-going TA. Local capacity building
(communities) on PM&E.
7.15. FROM Apr 1998 : TO SEP 2000
EMPLOYER : Community Literacy Project Nepal, a World Education
Nepal/CfBT Education Services (UK) Education for
Development (UK) project
POSITION HELD AND Project Coordinator
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : Overall co-ordination, providing leadership to carry out research,
analyse and report research findings, developing appropriate
support programmes, monitoring project progress as per the
logical framework indicators and targets, writing periodical
reports and disseminating project experiences both at national
and international levels.
7.16. FROM AUG 1997 : TO APR 1998
EMPLOYER : Tribhuvan University, Research Centre for Educational
Innovation and Development (CERID).
POSITION HELD AND Lecturer
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : a) Coordinated the project entitled Effects of Shishu Kaksha
Program on Primary School Students' Performance (a
CERID/UNICEF project) Dec 1997-Apr 1998.
This study assessed the impact of the Basic and Primary
Education Project's (BPEP) Shishu Kaksha Program on
children as they proceed through the primary cycle. Along
with the overall co-ordination, I was involved in the
development of various research tools, carrying out the
analysis of primary and secondary data. As well, I wrote a
major portion of the final report of this project.
b) Co-researcher of the country case study entitled Trends,
Issues, and Policies of Education (a UNESCO/ADB/CERID
project) Aug to Dec 1997.
This project was one of the ten country case studies
sponsored by ADB to carry out the analysis of primary and
secondary data as well as various documents prepared by
the government and research organizations on current
trends, issues, and policies of education in Nepal. I was
involved in researching and writing a major portion of the
final report of this study.
7.17. FROM MAR 1997 : TO JUL 1997
EMPLOYER : Improving Access of Children, Women and Men of Poorest
Communities to Primary Education for All, a
UNDP/UNESCO project
POSITION HELD AND International Consultant
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : This project was one of ten continuing projects in Union of
Myanmar under UNDP’s Human Development Initiatives
Extension Programme. I was involved in the project primarily in
analysing the data of the Socio-economic cum School Mapping
Survey carried out in the eleven project townships. I also
assisted the project in finalising the methodology of the
evaluation study of the Community Learning Centres operating
in seven villages with the support of the project.
7.18. FROM MAY 1995 : To MAR 1997
EMPLOYER : Tribhuvan University, Research Centre for Educational
Innovation and Development (CERID).
POSITION HELD AND Assistant Lecturer
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : a) Coordinated the project entitled An Evaluation Study of
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Education Project (a CERID/UNICEF project) Nov 1996-Mar
1997
Took the overall responsibilities of the project. My technical
involvement included writing proposal, developing research
tools, training the researchers, analysing/interpreting data,
writing the final report.
b). Worked as a researcher in Gender and Secondary
Education project awarded to CERID by Cambridge
Educational Consultant of Secondary Education
Development Project Sep 1996 to Mar 1997
I have been involved in the development of the project
proposal and the review of the research tools. I took the
responsibility of writing a major chapter of the report by
reviewing the government policies and analysing the field
based data. The work involved identification of social and
educational indicators that are critical from the point of view
of gender equality and inclusion.
c) Coordinated the project on Disabled People of Nepal: An
Analysis of Survey Data of People Needing Special
Education (Phase II) (a Special Education Unit, BPEP,
MOEC/SW, CERID Project) Mar-Sep 1996
The project was awarded to CERID by the Special
Education Unit (SEU) of Basic and Primary Education
Project, Ministry of Education. The SEU has been
conducting national survey of the disabled people, the
analysis activities of which of the survey of some districts
was contracted to CERID. The survey and analysis
activities are being conducted at various phases and
accordingly the SEU is developing educational Programs
for disabled people. My job was to supervise the cleaning,
coding, and processing the information contained in about
268 thousand household survey forms as well as analyzing
the data and writing a report on the project
d) Worked as a Project Researcher of Community Based Pre-
primary Education (a CERID/International Development
Research Center project) Nov 1994-Dec 1996.
CERID’s field-testing activities in the nine Pre-school
Centers concluded in December 1994. I became
specifically concerned about the sustenance of the
Program. My activities in the month of December 1995
involved visiting the communities of all the Centres and
discussing with the local people on issues pertaining to
sustenance of the Pre-school Programs and taking
qualitative notes of the discussions. I was also involved in
supervising the organization, and coding of data collected
under the project. My responsibilities included processing
the data with the help of the SPSS package for Windows
and writing a major portion of the final report as well as
reviewing and compiling the whole report.
e) Coordinated the project on Promotion of Girls Education
through Training and Recruitment of Female Teachers: A
Country Case Study of Nepal (Phase I and II), (a CERID,
UNESCO/Paris, UNICEF/Kathmandu project) NOV
1995-AUG 1996
The first phase of the study was the review and the
compilation of a critical analysis of different Programmes
including female teacher training programmes and current
situation of girls’ education. My work involved writing the
project proposal and some major chapters of the review
report. In the second phase (January-August 1996) I was
involved in conducting a case study and writing and
organising the final report of the project. The research
findings and recommendations pointed to addressing some
critical issues related to monitoring and evaluation
pertaining to the promotion of girls’ education.
f). Worked as one of the researchers of the project on An
Examination Study for Secondary Education Development
Project (a CERID/SEDP project) Sep 1995-Mar 1996

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This was a study awarded to CERID to inquire into the
ways students, employers, and parents used information of
School Leaving Certificate Examination for employment
purpose. It derived recommendations for improving the
certification practice and examination contents at the
secondary school level. My work included preparation of
the project proposal, interview related respondents, carry-
out the case study at Ilam district, analyse data and write
major portion of the study report
g) Worked as a researcher in the project Socio-economic Profile
of the Students Applying for Admission at the Institute of
Engineering, an Institute of Engineering Project Dec 1995-
Apr 1996
This project was carried out through the questionnaire
survey among the students seeking admission at the
Institute of Engineering for the academic year 1995/96. I
was involved in the project in developing the proposal,
research tools, analysing the data, and writing report
h) Worked as a researcher in the project Mobilizing Teachers,
Educators, and Their Organizations in Combating Child
Labour in Nepal, a -CERID, ILO/IPEC project Sep-Dec
1995
This project was one of 13-country case studies sponsored
by ILO/IPEC. My work involved carrying out a case study
on the Compulsory Primary Education Project conducted by
Banepa Municipality, Nepal
i) Coordinated the project entitled Disabled People of Nepal: An
Analysis of Survey Data of People Needing Special
Education (Phase I), a Special Education Unit, BPEP,
MOEC/SW, CERID Project May-Sep 1995
The project was awarded to CERID by the Special Education
Unit (SEU) of Basic and Primary Education Project,
MOEC/SW. My job was to supervise the cleaning, coding,
and processing the information contained in about 325
thousand survey forms as well as analysing the data and
writing a report on the project.
7.19. FROM JUN 1995 : TO SEP 1995
EMPLOYER : A Study on the Physical Teaching/Learning Conditions of
the BPEP Schools, a project awarded to Valley Research
Group by the BPEP, MOEC/SW
POSITION HELD AND Project Consultant
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : Writing the proposal to bid for the project, developing data
collection tools, analysing data and writing major portion of the
study report, the analysis also incorporated review of existing
physical conditions of primary schools from the point of view of
pedagogical engineering.
7.20. FROM APR 1995 : TO JUL 1995
EMPLOYER : Population and Education in Nepal, a project awarded to
DETA Consult by the Population Division, National
Planning Commission
POSITION HELD AND Consultant
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES : Projecting and analysing the enrolment data and wrote major
portion of the report. The project was conducted to: study and
analyse the structure of school age population; the way it has
changed over the past several years; project the future structure
of school age children; analyse the relationships between
population and education variables; and study the resource
implications due to changes in the population structure
7.21. FROM 1989 : TO 1994 (On study leave)
DESCRIPTION : Studied at the University of Alberta as a full-time graduate
student of the Department of Secondary Education. Completed
Master’s level courses by August 1990. Transferred to the PhD.
Programme in September 1990. Completed the studies in
November 8, 1994 and returned to Nepal. The scholarship for

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the study was granted (a post-project award) by the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa
7.22. FROM 1980 : TO JUN 1989
EMPLOYER : Tribhuvan University, Research Centre for Educational
Innovation and Development (CERID).
POSITION HELD AND Assistant Lecturer
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES a) Coordinated Instructional Improvement in Primary School
(Second Phase) (a CERID/International Development
Research Centre Project) 1987-1989
My task involved organizing and coordinating the baseline
survey of the households and communities of rural pre-
school children and preparing the baseline report that
included identification of key indicators of child
development and children’s achievement in primary school;
developing language learning package for use by primary
teachers for primary children whose mother tongue was not
Nepali; and organizing workshops and language
enrichment training programs for primary school teachers.
b) Coordinated the project entitled Evaluation of Radio
Education Teacher Training Programme (II), a
CERID/MOEC (Ministry of Education and Culture)/USAID
(United States Agency for International Development)
1985-1987
My work involved conducting baseline survey of untrained
under-SLC primary teachers; identifying monitoring
indicators; conducting summative and formative
evaluations; visiting and interviewing rural teachers for the
evaluations; producing baseline and evaluation reports; and
providing feedback to the concerned institution of the
Program; studying the effectiveness of distance education
teacher training; reviewing the distance education system
in teacher training, DE/OL materials and equipments.
c) Coordinated the project Instructional Improvement in Primary
Schools (a CERID/IDRC Project) 1983-1985.
My work included coordinating the organization and
planning of parental/community component of the project;
developing prototype instructional materials and the
teachers’ guide for mathematics instruction in primary
grades; coordinating teacher workshops at the project sites
and at the Center; working as a Mathematics Specialist in
teacher training and teachers’ workshops; producing
materials for parents and co-ordinating and conducting
parents’ workshops; and writing reports. (Achievement test
tools developed, pre-post achievement comparisons)
d) Produced a full-length video feature film for rural parents
entitled SHIBU—a CERID production for the Instructional
Improvement in Primary Schools Research Project. 1984 (3
month)
I worked for the production as a Techincal advisor, video
camera operator and editor.
e) Produced a 30-minute video documentary on Universal
Primary Education in Nepal: Problems and Prospect (a
CERID/UNESCO project). 1984 (3 month)
My task involved recording the entire clips and overseeing
the process of the production and quality assurance.
f) Coordinated the project on Standardized Achievement Tests
Construction 1984-1985.
My work involved constructing grade nine and ten
mathematics test items, pilot testing them among the
students of sampled schools, and standardising the items
by analysing their reliability, validity, and difficulty levels
g) Worked as a Team Leader in the project entitled
Determinants of Educational Participation in Rural Nepal (a
CERID/World Education Inc. project) 1980-1983
I have worked in designing sampling strategy for national
survey; developing appropriate tools for data gathering;

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pilot-testing the tools; leading research teams to two of the
seven sampled districts for the actual survey; supervising
the process of coding the data and preparing electronic
data base for multivariate analyses; identifying variables for
the analyses; organising and interpreting the overall
research results
8. OTHER TRAINING/
WORKSHOPS/ SEMINARS : 2010 Italy. Participated in the workshop for the Preparation of the
Strategic Framework and the 2010 Annual Assembly of the
International Land Coalition (ILC) organized from June 14-18 in
Rome. Community Self Reliance Center, of which I hold the
position of the Chair, is a Council Member of the ILC.
2010 Bangladesh. As the Chair of the Community Self Reliance
Centre, Nepal, I participated and gave presentations in the Civil
Society Organization Forum on “Access to Land, Agrarian Reform
and Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security” organised on
23 January 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Agrarian and Land
Reform and Development (ALRD), Land Watch Asia, International
Land Coalition (ILC) and Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian
Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)
2009 Nepal, Participated and facilitated sessions in the 4th
International Land Coalition Global Assembly
2007 Uganda. Represented the Community Self Reliance Centre
(as the Chair of the organisation) to participate in the Global
Assembly of Members of the International Land Coalition, 24th-
27th April 2007, Entebbe, Uganda
2000 to 2003 (national and international). Participated and gave
talks on experiences of Community Literacy Project (at Lancaster
University; University of East Anglia, Norwich; Conference on
Measuring Literacy, Uppingham, England; International Literacy
Conference, Cape Town; Seminar on Literacy and Livelihoods,
DFID, Kathmandu; Conference on Voices of Change, Cambridge)
Co-taught and participated in a short course with Dr. Bryan
Maddox (Lecturer, School of Development Studies, UEA, UK) on
Literacy and Livelihoods at the University of East Anglia, Norwich,
UK from September 1 to 10, 2004. The course was organised by
the Overseas Development Group of the School of Development
Studies, UEA, UK.
2002 the Netherlands. Participated in a training programme on
Project Management at MDF Training and Consultancy.
1997 Myanmar. Presented the analysis report of the Socio-
economic Cum Educational Needs Mapping Survey of eleven
townships of Union of Myanmar to international development
partners working in different sectors of the UNDP project on
Human Development Initiatives.
1996 Nepal. Gave a talk to the group of lower secondary science
teachers on Curriculum Objectives in a training programme.
1996 India. Participated in the International Seminar on School
Effectiveness and Classroom Processes, National Council for
Educational Research and Training.
1996 Nepal. Co-taught the two-day class on Instructional
Technology for Classroom Teaching and facilitated the
participants in developing appropriate instructional materials in
the workshop on Instructional Improvement of Secondary
Education through Educational Technology.
1995 Nepal. Presented the report of the Case Study on the
Compulsory Primary Education Programme of Banepa
Municipality to a group of university professors, UNICEF and ILO
representatives, and government officials.

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1995 Nepal. Gave a talk on Educating Teachers at a Distance to
a group of scholars and professors from Tribhuvan University,
University of Manila, Ministry of Education, Culture and Social
Welfare of Nepal, at a local research and development agency).
1995 Nepal. Gave a talk on Cassette Technology and Integrated
Approach to Developing Curriculum for Distance Learning to
curriculum writers of the Distance Education Centre and
Tribhuvan University.
1994 Australia. Attended professional meetings (on issues of
Distance Education) with the scholars of Deakin University,
Geelong, Victoria, Australia (November 28-December 3).
1993 Canada. Participated and presented a paper entitled
Understanding the Meaning of Participation in a Teacher
Education Programme at a Distance, in the 1993 Graduate
Seminar on Research Experiences, Department of Secondary
Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
1992 Canada. Participated and presented a paper on Graduate
Seminar on Research Experiences, Faculty of Education,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
1991 Canada. Spoke to a graduate class of the Department of
Educational Foundations, University of Alberta on Problems of
Education in Nepal.
1991 Canada. Gave a talk on Adult Education in Nepal to a
graduate class at the Department of Elementary Education,
University of Alberta.
1991 Canada. Spoke on Education in Nepal to a graduate
student forum organised by the Communication Committee of the
Department of Educational Administration, University of Alberta.
1990 Canada. Gave a talk on Adult Education in Nepal at the
Department of Elementary Education, University of Alberta.
1987 Nepal. Participated in the National Seminar on
Development of Educational Materials for Teacher Educators,
Mahendra Ratna Campus Tribhuvan University in collaboration
with UNESCO, Bangkok (October 26-31).
1985 London. Attended the Advanced Course in Curriculum
Planning organised by and conducted at the Institute of
Education, University of London, UK (April 23-July 17).
1982 Nepal. Participated in the Seminar on Social Science
Research Methodology, organised by Centre for
EconomicDevelopment and Research, Kathmandu, (June 27-July
12).
1981 India. Participated in the Computer Programming and
Techniques of Regression Analysis at National Council of
Educational Research and Training (April 13-May 16).
9. LANGUAGES AND DEGREE
OF PROFICIENCY : Language Speaking Understanding
English Excellent Excellent
Nepali Excellent Excellent
Newari Excellent Excellent
Urdu/Hindi Fair Good
10. COMPUTER SKILL : MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point); iWork (Pages, Number,
Key Note), and SPSS
11. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES : 2008 to date Nepal, Member and former Chair of the Forum for
Popular Education, Education Network Nepal, a membership
based none profit organisation working to promote popular
education through regular interactions, seminar, training,

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workshops and publication of journals and monographs on
current educational issues
2000 to date Nepal. Member and current Chair of Community
Self Reliance Centre (a Nepali national land right promoting
organisation with coverage in 40 of the 75 districts of Nepal).
2000-2004 Nepal. Founder Executive Secretary, Bal Pahila
(Child First), a Nepali NGO involved in child sponsorship
program in collaborate with Children International, USA.
1996 to date Nepal. Founder Member of Executive Committee of
Nepal Education Foundation that has undertaken the
management responsibility of three private higher secondary
schools.
1995 to 2010 Nepal. Founder executive member of Sarswati
Teachers' Training, Research and Resource Centre, a non-profit
making non governmental organisation committed to providing
resource and training support to teachers of Nepal.
1991-1994 Canada. Secretary of the Nepali Student Association
of University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
1977-78, National Development Service Volunteer in Dhading
district of Nepal. Taught Mathematics, Science, and English at
Shree Machhendra Secondary School.
12. COUNTRIES OF
WORK EXPERIENCE : Nepal, East Timor, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Pakistan
13. PUBLICATIONS : Author, Overcoming barriers to girls’ education in South Asia:
Deepening the analysis Kathmandu: UNICEF/ROSA, (2009)
Author, Education for social transformation: A shift from
feudalistic-elitist to popular education. In B. Phnuyal and R.
Chitrakar (Eds.) Society and Education, 1(1), pp. 9-27.
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Department of International Culture
Nagoya Gakuin University, Shiratori Campus
Nagoya Japan
http://www.ngu.jp/faculty/university/international/index.html
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Email: kozuekayabenagata@outlook.com
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Education Planning & Monitoring Specialist
Phone: +923455352898
Email: drnasirjalil@yahoo.com
3. Dr. Bryan Maddox
Senior Lecturer
School of Development Studies
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Phone: +01953 602347
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