This document provides a final program report on ensuring resilience in the education system in Nepal through disseminating the Comprehensive School Safety Master Plan and implementing the minimum package. Key achievements include endorsement of the revised CSS Implementation Guideline and the CSS Communication and Dissemination Strategy by the Ministry of Education. Awareness was raised on CSS through orientations for stakeholders and training of champions across 14 earthquake-affected districts. Various communication materials were developed and disseminated, and CSS action plans were prepared in 28 schools. Challenges included delays in endorsement that impacted the implementation schedule. Overall the program helped advance school safety in Nepal.

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National Disaster Risk
Reduction Centre Nepal
April, 2019
FINAL PROGRAM REPORT
Ensuring Resilience in Education System
through Dissemination of the Comprehensive
School Safety Master Plan and Implementation
of the CSS Minimum Package

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Table of content
List of acronyms and abbreviation ............................................................................................... 1
1. Project information..................................................................................................................... 2
2. Summary.......................................................................................................................................... 2
3. Project background..................................................................................................................... 3
4. Progress status of program outputs.................................................................................... 3
4.1 Revised CSS Implementation Guideline endorsed by MOEST (both English
and Nepali, full and summary version) (Output 1)................................................................ 3
4.2 CSS Communication and Dissemination Strategy with detailed work plan
endorsed by MOEST (both in English and Nepali)(Output 2) ......................................... 4
4.3 Communication and dissemination materials developed, endorsed and
disseminated (Output 3) .................................................................................................................... 4
4.4 Increase knowledge of duty bearers from federal, 7 provinces and 131 local
bodies on key interventions of the CSS Minimum Package (Output 4)...................... 5
4.5 Increase knowledge of students, teachers, school management committees
and parents about the CSS Minimum Package (Output 5)............................................... 6
4.6 Effective and efficient program management (Output 6).......................................... 8
5. Supplementary activities.............................................................................................................. 8
6. Challenges and lessons learned................................................................................................. 9
7. Way forward...................................................................................................................................... 9
Annexes...................................................................................................................................................10
Annex 1: Program Progress Report (ANNEX K)...............................................................10
Annex 2: Types and Number of CSS Activities in Program Districts.......................18

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List of acronyms and abbreviation
CCDRR Child Centered Disaster Risk Reduction
CEHRD Centre for Education and Human Resource Development
CLPIU Central Level Project Implementation Unit
CSS Comprehensive School Safety
CSSIG Comprehensive School Safety Implementation Guideline
CSSMP Comprehensive School Safety Minimum Package
DRR Disaster Risk Reduction
EDCU Education Development Coordination Unit
EiE Education in Emergency
GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
HVCA Hazard, Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment
IEC Information, Education and Communication
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
LDCRP Local Disaster and Climate Resilience Plan
MoEST Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
NDRC National Disaster Risk Reduction Centre
NGO Non-Government Organization
PTA Parents Teachers Association
SFDRR Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
SIP School Improvement Plan
SMC School Management Committee
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SSDP School Sector Development Plan

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National Initiative on Comprehensive School Safety
A joint initiative of UNICEF and NDRC Nepal to provide technical
support to MoEST on School Safety
1. Project information
Name of
Project
Ensuring resilience in education system through dissemination of the
Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) Master Plan and implementation
of the CSS Minimum Package
Duration June, 2018 – March, 2019
Geographical
Coverage
National -Advocacy and dissemination,
Provinces - 7 Provinces
Districts - 14 most Earthquake-affected districts for dissemination
Beneficiaries Direct reach at different level: 745 professionals (Federal, Provincial
and 131 local government representatives)
Indirect reach: 7,000 schools, 800,000 students, 35,000 school
management committees (SMCs) parent teachers association (PTA)
member of 14 earthquake affected districts.
2. Summary
This report covers the narration of activities, outputs and outcomes of the project "Ensuring
resilience in education system through dissemination of the Comprehensive School Safety
(CSS) Master Plan and implementation of the CSS Minimum Package” from June 2018 to
March 2019. The program had five programmatic outputs and one management output. The
major achievement of the program was the endorsement of two CSS documents-
Implementation Guideline and CSS Communication and Dissemination Strategy under
outputs 1 and 2 respectively. Both the documents were endorsed on February 25, 2019.
The Nepali versions of the documents are now available for download in the MoEST’s
website. Under output 3, all five types of communication products were developed viz.
Poster, flyer, brochure and two types of booklets. The products were prepared following a
pre-test in program districts. Three types of training manuals for local, provincial and federal
stakeholders were also prepared. Under output 4, national level sharing workshop, and
orientations to federal, province and local government level stakeholders and journalists
were carried out. Five days training was provided to CSS champions by selecting 2
champions from each of the 14 districts. Similarly, pre-and post Knowledge, Attitude and
Practice (KAP) surveys were also done. District and program activities were delayed
because of late endorsement of policy documents resulting in the delay of end line KAP
survey as well. Since schools were engaged in the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) at
the time of the survey, only 2 of the 3 target districts could be covered. All 3 districts were
covered in the end line KAP test. Under output 5, CSS campaign was held successfully in 14
earthquake affected districts. As part of the media campaign, six types of radio jingles/PSAs,
12 episodes of radio talk program and 2 episodes of TV talk show could be produced. All
broadcasting activities could not be completed within March due to time constraints. All 5
types of IEC materials were for printing by UNICEF. The printed copies have been obtained
and stored at NDRC office as distribution of these materials is not covered in the PCA.
Wall paintings were completed in 27 schools (one was exempt due to lack of space) of 14
districts. CSS Action plans were prepared in all 28 schools. Furthermore, as part of the CSS
campaign, activities such as inter-school speech and drawing competition, orientation, drills,
hoarding board installation, rally and Lok-Dohari were organized in the 14 districts. In order

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to document campaign effectiveness and good practices and lessons learned, a video and a
report have been prepared by hiring a third party. As a way forward, a supplementary plan
for distribution of materials and broadcasting of radio and TV programs is being considered
in discussion with UNICEF.
3. Project background
The CSS Master Plan aims to ensure the child’s right to access quality education in safe
learning environment. CSS is a key component of the long-term strategic plan aiming to
increase resilience of the education system, as an extension of the School Sector
Development Plan (SSDP; FY2016/17–FY2022/23), developed by the Government of Nepal
(GoN). In order to contribute to achieve SSDP goal, UNICEF Nepal and National Disaster
Risk Reduction Centre Nepal (NDRC Nepal) signed partnership cooperation agreement on
30th May, 2018 aiming to provide technical assistance to Ministry of Education, Science and
Technology (MoEST) for the following three specific objectives:
i) Revision of the CSS Implementation Guideline to fully align with the approved
documents – the CSS Minimum Package and the CSS Master Plan;
ii) Development of a CSS Communication and Dissemination Strategy;
iii) Implementation of CSS Campaign based on the strategy in Output 2, in 7 provinces and
14 earthquake-affected districts.
4. Progress status of program outputs
The partnership cooperation agreement between UNICEF and NDRC Nepal outlines six
outputs- five program outputs and one management output. This program report is
developed by consolidating weekly program updates submitted to UNICEF. The following
sections give output wise progress status.
4.1 Revised CSS Implementation Guideline endorsed by MOEST (both English
and Nepali, full and summary version) (Output 1)
The major progress of the program was the endorsement of the CSS Implementation
Guidelines on Feb 27, 2019. Older version of the guideline was reviewed first. New version
was prepared from scratch after numerous consultations meetings/write shops. An informal
sharing workshop with the MoEST officials was held on July 13, 2018. Later, a formal sharing
workshop with national level stakeholders was held to finalize the document on August 3,
2018. Professional editors were hired to ensure the quality of both English and Nepali
versions based on recommendations from UNICEF and CSS Technical Working Group. The
endorsement was only possible through continuous planning, re-planning as per changed
context and a series of formal and informal meetings with officials at department and
ministry level. In the first week of January, a revised translated version of the guideline was
prepared incorporating the inputs from the MoEST. Hard copies of the revised document
were also sent and inputs collected from the MoEST several times, each time with different
corrections. The meeting at the MoEST on 31st
January was crucial in laying out the path for
endorsement of the documents. An expert team from the MoEST was engaged in the
review process to align the documents as per the Master Plan and harmonize the language
as per government accepted style. Finally, the document was endorsed in a Minister level
meeting.
Meanwhile, designing and layout was also in process. Final layout design of CSS IG (English
version) was readied first, after several rounds of inputs from NDRC team. Since, the
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Nepali version was readied by hiring a different service provider for quick result. Fully
designed English and Nepali versions are available now. The Nepali version can be
downloaded from MoEST’s official website.
Table 1: Activity-wise progress status under output 1
SN Sub Activity Progress status
Competed Ongoing Yet to
start
1.1
Desk review CSS Nepal: (SSDP, CSS-MP, CSS Min Package
etc)
1.2 National level consultation workshop
1.3 Finalize Revised CSS Implementation Guideline
1.4
Translate final CSS Implementation Guideline: summary
version and detail report
4.2 CSS Communication and Dissemination Strategy with detailed work plan
endorsed by MOEST (both in English and Nepali)(Output 2)
The major progress under this output was the endorsement of the CSS Communication and
Dissemination Strategy on Feb 27, 2019. The process of preparation and endorsement was
similar to output 1. It was only possible through continuous writing, re-writing, planning and
re-planning as per changed context based on a series of formal and informal meetings with
the MoEST officials. Sharing workshop was held to finalize the document on August 15,
2018. An expert team from the MoEST was engaged in the review process to align the
documents as per the Master Plan and harmonize the language. Finally, the document was
endorsed in a Minister level meeting. The Nepali version can be downloaded from MoEST’s
official website.
Table 2: Activity-wise progress status under output 2
SN Sub Activity Progress status
Competed Ongoing Yet to
Start
2.1
Carry out desk review of existing communication and
dissemination mechanism/products
2.2
Develop conceptual framework of communication and
dissemination strategy
2.3 Draft communication and dissemination strategy
2.4
National level consultation workshop to share “draft
communication and dissemination strategy"
2.5 Finalize the communication and dissemination strategy
2.6
Translate the final communication and dissemination
strategy (full and summary version)
2.7 Develop detail "CSS Campaign Plan"
4.3 Communication and dissemination materials developed, endorsed and
disseminated (Output 3)
Under the output 3, all five types of communication products: two types of booklets,
brochure, flyer and poster were prepared. The products were prepared based on through
review and consultation and shared with various stakeholders. Pre-test of the products
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other tests in 3 program districts during the KAP survey. Design and layout was finalized
after several rounds of revisions. Products were shared with the MoEST and UNICEF and
feedback received and incorporated through several rounds of meetings. Finalization of the
print ready copy took longer because of several issues. First, the contents of the booklets
could not be finalized before the content of the Guidelines was approved by the MoEST as
the booklets were based on the very document. Second, the MoEST agreed to check and
approve the content only after the endorsement of the Guidelines and Strategy. Third, they
advised to put the logo of the Nepal Government only on the communication products.
Therefore, more time was required to get approval from UNICEF and USAID for the
management of logos. Materials were finalized after a series of formal and informal meetings
with all stakeholders.
As with communication products, the preparation of training manuals also hinged on the
endorsement of the documents.The manuals are based on the learning of CSS training
conducted at different levels and over different time periods. Therefore, it required some
time to consolidate the experience and feedback received in the final products. Since, all
human resources were engaged in other activities tied with the guidelines; training manuals
took longer. However, all manuals have been prepared through intensive table work.
Table 3: Activity-wise progress status under output 3
SN Sub Activity Progress status
Competed Ongoing Yet to Start
3.1
Develop communication products viz. IEC and
BCC-orientation manual, training manual, poster,
pamphlets, flyers, etc.
3.2
Develop training manual to conduct 1-day
orientation to federal level stakeholders.
3.3
Develop training manual to conduct 1-day
orientation to provincial level stakeholders.
3.4
Develop 2-daytraining manual to local level
stakeholders
3.5
Carry out pre-test of communication products in
any of the school of concerned municipality
3.6
Translate all types of training manual and
communication products in Nepali
4.4 Increase knowledge of duty bearers from federal, 7 provinces and 131 local
bodies on key interventions of the CSS Minimum Package (Output 4)
As many as 1024 stakeholders (initially, only 745 were targeted) could be reached directly
through orientation/training workshops (for local, provincial and federal stakeholders and
journalists) and KAP survey. National sharing workshop was held on March 27, 2019
involving 69 national level stakeholders. KAP survey was conducted involving 147 people in
three selected districts – Gorkha, Sindhuli and Dolakha. Since end line knowledge attitude
and practice (KAP) survey was delayed due to late implementation of program activities,
field work overlapped with the school’s preparation period for the national level Secondary
Education Examination (SEE). Therefore, only two of the three target districts could be
completed. 60 federal level stakeholders participated in 1- day orientation on CSS
(September 21, 2018). Seven province level orientations were held in 7 province capitals of
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orientation programs were carried out in the lead role of the MoEST and province level
Ministry of Social Development and Education Development Directorate. 170 people
participated in the 2- day local government training (October 28- November 4, 2018). The
participants included bureaucrats and locally elected representatives. 50 people participated
in CSS Champion training (September 24-29, 2019). Two champions were selected from
each of the 14 earthquake affected districts and members of the SMC Federation in
Kathmandu were trained in the program. 96 people participated in the 1 day journalist
orientation (October 28- November 4, 2018). Journalists working in both digital and print
media participated in the program. CSS issues were covered in various media reports after
the training. The activities were carried out in continuous coordination and collaboration
with the MoEST, local governments, and journalists, Community SMC Federation, CSS
Champions and UNICEF.
Table 4: Activity-wise progress status under output 4
SN Sub Activity Progress status
Competed Ongoing Yet to
Start
4.1
Rollout National Workshop at Federal level (Education,
DRR stakeholders and media)
4.2
Carry out “rapid assessment” in few schools to assess the
KAP to inform campaign designs.
4.3
Rollout training manual by conducting 1-day orientation to
federal level stakeholders.
4.4
Rollout training manual by conducting 1-day orientation to
provincial level stakeholders.
4.5 Orientation (2-days) to local government level stakeholders
4.6
Training (5 days) to develop CSS champions by involving
resource persons, school supervisors, head teachers, DRR
focal teachers, etc
4.7
Train local journalist on CSSF and encourage them to
develop feature news/articles (1 event each 14 districts)
4.5 Increase knowledge of students, teachers, school management committees
and parents about the CSS Minimum Package (Output 5)
Under this output, all 5 types of IEC materials were developed and sent for printing. The
number of copies printed per material is given below:
Items Received Qty Issued Qty Stock Qty
Flyer 25,000 17 24,983
Poster 25,000 45 24,955
Pamphlets 25,000 100 24,900
Booklets for SMC Targets 50,000 100 49,900
Booklets for LG Targets 15,000 100 14,900
Total 140,000 362 139,638
The received copies have been stored at NDRC office. Some of the IEC materials have been
distributed during the sharing program and some have been provided as samples to MOEST,
UNICEF and SMC federation in Kathmandu. NDRC has maintained a detailed inventory of
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6 types of radio jingles/PSAs were produced as targeted. Media outreach programs (radio
and TV programs) were put on hold for long as NDRC waited for the MOEST to upload the
two major documents in its website, which took long even after the endorsement. Two
episodes of TV talk shows were produced under the banner “Dialogue on Disaster”, hosted
by Mr. Jagadish Kharel of Image TV. One show is already available online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1UP5-ehx5Y&t=133s
Prime time for broadcasting was booked in Image Channel with the aim of airing 5 episodes.
Similarly, 12 episodes of radio programs were produced. Three episodes were broadcasted
from March 15, 2019 following the “go-ahead” signal from the MOEST’s representatives. But
they were asked to hold the airing after March 31 considering the expiry of PCA. The Super
Prime Time slots had been booked in 23 FM radio stations (22 local FM stations of the 11
districts and one national FM of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts).Since the
broadcasting of media programs was part of the contract while hiring the service provider
for media outreach and important slots (Prime Time and Super Prime Time) have been
booked in the media channels, it seems prudent to prepare a supplementary plan to
complete the broadcasting.
Wall paintings were done in 27 out of 28 target schools (Shree Janasewa Secondary School
of Kirtipur was exempt because no suitable space for wall painting was available) in the lead
role of CSS Champions. Similarly, a School Disaster Management Plan (renamed as CSS
Action Plan- based on the Implementation Guidelines) was prepared in each of the 28 target
schools. Since the Action Planning of such type was being done for the first time in Nepal,
the program team designed the tools and the table of content. Resource persons were
hired to finalize the tools and formats. Following an orientation program, CSS champions,
SMC federation and resource persons were deployed in the field to carry out the action
planning as per pre-agreed schedule. During action planning in each school, the SMC took
the lead role while facilitation was done by a trained resource person and the district’s CSS
champions. Representatives from SMC federation, NDRC’s field partner were also sent for
monitoring.
International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) was celebrated through 22 events
including rally, orientation, street drama and interaction programs. Originally only 15 rallies
were planned. Special events such as Tihar, Lhosar and IDDR were used to spread the
message of CSS as part of the CSS campaign. Activities such as inter-school speech and
drawing competition, friendly football tournament, orientation, drills, hoarding board
installation, rally and Lok-Dohari were organized in the 14 districts. CSS champions were
given the opportunity to steer these activities to enhance their capacity to work as CSS
ambassadors in their respective schools and districts. It also helped ensure the sustainability
of the project endeavors. For effective implementation of CSS campaign plan, partnership
with SMC Federation was revised and a new campaign coordinator was hired in January.
For video documentation of the campaign as well capturing of best practices and lessons
learned, a service provider was selected. A video and a report have been prepared. Video
outline was finalized after numerous discussions. Campaign plan was shared with the service
provider. Travel plan was prepared and field level links established. The service provider was
deployed for remaining video capturing and follow-up activities. Supplementary video on
CSS was prepared to be shown during the province level programs. Good practices and
stories were captured during the field work which was useful in preparing a review-and-
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Table 5: Activity-wise progress status under output 5
SN Sub Activity Competed Ongoing Yet to Start
5.1 Develop radio jingle (3 types)
5.2
Print communication products targeted to federal,
province, local and school level (5 types)
5.3
Broadcast radio jingle through FM radios (14
districts) for 3 months period
5.4
Organize talk show program through FM radios (14
districts) 3 months
5.5
Carry out wall painting (more pictorial and less text
– 10’ x 10’) (2 schools of each district)
5.6 Develop School Disaster Management Plan
5.7
Run CSS-related rallies by involving child/eco/youth
clubs (1 event each 14 districts) 13 Oct, IDDR
5.8 Organize TV talk show
5.9
Implement the CSS Campaign 14 earthquake-
affected districts and at national level (14 district
plus 1 federal (Tihar, Teej, Losar) (Jan 15, 2019)
5.10
Support to documentation of campaign effectiveness
assessment, and final documentation (print and
visual) of the campaign, good practices, lesson learnt
and reflections
5.11 Final Reporting
4.6 Effective and efficient program management (Output 6)
Output 6 is a generic standard output for managing the program effectively and efficiently.
Management activities under the heading are carried out as per PCA.
5. Supplementary activities
The following supplementary activities were carried out in the given reporting period:
• NDRC Nepal CSS program team was invited in the consultation meeting organized by
safe school thematic group under “High Level National Education Commission” under
the Ministry of Education Science and Technology. On 9th
October, NDRC prepared and
submitted a brief strategic note to the committee.
• NDRC Nepal Executive Director, Mr Shyam Sundar Jnavaly spoke on the issues of CSS
in a radio program produced by MoEST/CEHRD on the occasion of IDDR Day 13th
October.
• Prepared presentation and other materials on CSS program to be displayed/ shared in
the learning sharing workshop organized by MoEST and CCDRR consortium on
comprehensive school safety scheduled on 14th
January, 2019.
• Prepared a well designed proto-type for wall painting based on CSS theme so that it may
be shared and reproduced elsewhere.
• Prepared a short introductory video on CSS.
• Reached the public by creating and updating the Facebook page: “National Initiatives on
Comprehensive School Safety Nepal.”
• Initiated media campaign through the Facebook group, "School Safety: Towards Safer
School in Nepal” which is used by over 1000 active members including Safe School
practitioners and CSS Champions for wider exchange of knowledge and information.

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6. Challenges and lessons learned
• NDRC and UNICEF did not adequately strategize on engagement and consultation with
government counterparts, taking longer to get the governments buy-in and ownership of
the process and CSS documents.
• Prior discussion was not done to ensure government’s approval of communication
products. Government’s approval of the content at the time when the key documents
were still not endorsed on the issue regarding inclusion and omission of several
organizations’ logos also delayed the finalization of the products; which in turn affected
district campaigns.
• Finalization of communication products took longer than expected as languages and
Nepali spellings had to be aligned with the government standard and revisions had to be
done in several rounds in close coordination with the government officials as well as
service providers responsible for designing and layout.
• During the program design, the time required for the endorsement of documents by the
government was grossly underestimated, and that it could not be foreseen that its delay
would influence the implementation of all other program activities.
7. Way forward
A supplementary plan would be useful to complement the program activities including the
following:
• Broadcasting of TV and radio programs to disseminate the CSS plans and mandates to
larger population of Nepal.
• Distribution of IEC materials coupled with orientations to the receivers.
• Orientation on CSS to district and local governments level stakeholders and members of
Education and DRR cluster at the National level.
• Short term capacity building support (as refresher) to CSS champions and SMC
federation for sustainability of program initiatives.

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Annexes
Annex 1: Program Progress Report (ANNEX K)
Section 1. Program and CSO overview
1.1 Program
reference
UNICEF Office
Nepal
Program Title
Ensuring resilience in education system through
dissemination of the Comprehensive School Safety
(CSS) Master Plan and implementation of the CSS
Minimum Package
PRC Ref. #1
1.2 Organization
information
Organization / Acronym
National Disaster Risk Reduction Center Nepal
(NDRC Nepal)
Name of Organization
Head
Tara Bhandari
Title of Head Chairperson
Email of Head Ndrcnepal2007@gmail.com
Phone of Head 9860925379
Name of Program Focal
Point
ShyamSundarJnavaly
Title Executive Director
Email Shyam.jnavaly@gmail.com
Telephone 9851049221
1.3 Program
information
Program Duration June, 2018 – March 2019
Start date June, 2018
Reporting period January, 2019 – March 2019
1.4 Budget
information
Program budget NRS 39,539,000.00
UNICEF contribution NRS 34,459,000.00
Funds received to date NRS 35,209,000.00 100 % of total
1.5 Partner
Contribution
made to date
NRS 1,171,485.00
1.6 Signature of
Authorized
Official
Date
1
Partnership Review Committee Reference number (refer to Section 4.4 of the signed Program document).

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2. Reporting on results achieved
The table below provides an overview of results achieved during the reporting period and cumulatively since the onset of the program.
Program
Outputs*
Performance
indicator*
Targets*
Achievement in the last
reporting period**
Cumulative progress to
date**
Overall Status2
(select)
Narrative assessment/ summary of
progress**
Program
Output 1
Revised CSS
Implementati
on Guideline
endorsed by
MOEST (both
English and
Nepali, full
and summary
version)
The CSS
Minimum
Package/CSS
Implementatio
n guideline
endorsed
The CSS
Minimum
Package/
CSS
Impleme
ntation
guideline
endorsed
All documents prepared,
design and layout of both
versions finalized, Nepali
version endorsed and
uploaded in the MoEST’s
website:
• Old version reviewed
• New version prepared
after numerous
consultation
meetings/write shops
• Sharing workshop held
to finalize the document
on August 3, 2018
• Further feedback
received from MoEST’s
team to fully align the
documents with the
approved CSS documents
— the Minimum Package
and the Master Plan as
per the government
policy language and
feedback incorporated
• Documents given for
design and layout and
Met The output was delayed because of
the following reasons:
1. Delay while collecting feedback from
different levels of stakeholders
(government and others)
2. Need for frequent changes in
document structures owing to varied
opinions from varied stakeholders
3. Delay in finalizing the names and roles
of government structures in the
documents as the all government
structures (including the Ministries) were
in the process of being restructured
4. Delay in bringing required government
officials on board as they were busy in
the government restructuring process and
could not prioritize documents
formulation
5. Delay in editing as the work had be
done twice by two different editors to
ensure quality
Documents were endorsed on
2
Cell can be color coded as follows:
On track
Constrained
No
progress
Met

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finalized after several
rounds of revision
• Documents submitted
for endorsement after
several rounds of
preparatory meetings
• Continued follow-up
for endorsement and
documents upload in the
official website.
February 25, 2019 (Falgun 13, 2075)
and uploaded in the official website on
March 27, 2019 (Chaitra 13, 2075).
Program
Output 2
Communicati
on and
dissemination
strategy with
detailed work
plan
endorsed by
MOEST (both
in English and
Nepali)
The
communicatio
n and
dissemination
strategy
endorsed
The
communi
cation
and
dissemina
tion
strategy
endorsed
All documents prepared,
design and layout of both
versions finalized, Nepali
version endorsed and
uploaded in the MoEST’s
website www.moe.gov.np.
Click here to download
• Literature reviewed
• Strategy prepared
after numerous
consultation
meetings/write shops
• Sharing workshop held
to finalize the document
on August 15, 2018
• Further feedback
received from MoEST’s
team to fully align the
documents with the
approved CSS documents
— the Minimum Package
and the Master Plan as
per the government
policy language and
feedback incorporated
• Documents given for
design and layout and
finalized after several
rounds of revision
Met The output was delayed due to the
same reasons as output 1. Editing took
more time than expected as latest
feedback from UNICEF was also
incorporated.
Documents were endorsed on
February 25, 2019 (Falgun 13, 2075)
and uploaded in the official website on
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• Documents submitted
for endorsement after
several rounds of
preparatory meetings
• Continued follow-up
for endorsement and
documents upload in the
official website.
Program
Output 3
Communicati
on and
dissemination
materials
developed,
endorsed and
disseminated
Number of
communicatio
n products on
CSS Minimum
Package
developed and
endorsed
5 Hard copies of all 5
products – poster, booklet
-2, brochures and flyers
have been developed and
approved by the MoEST.
Distribution plan has also
been made.
• All 5 products were
prepared after a round of
meetings by the NDRC
program team
• The products were
shared with various
stakeholders
• Pre-test of the
products were also done.
Preliminary test for
design was done in
Shankharapur
municipality and other
tests in 3 program
districts during the KAP
survey
• Design and layout was
finalized after several
rounds of revisions
• Products were shared
with the MoEST and
UNICEF and feedback
received and
incorporated through
Met Obtaining feedback from stakeholders
and building common consensus took
more time than expected. There was
a slight delay because all the
communication products need to be
approved by the government through
a formal process in the lead role of
UNICEF.
Targeted number of communication
products on CSS Minimum Package
have been developed and endorsed.
Photocopies of the documents have
been disseminated in a number of
national, province level and district
level programs. However, further
planning of distribution of the printed
copies would help in wider
dissemination (see output 5 activity –
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several rounds of
meetings
• Products were sent
for printing
• Obtained prints have
been stored for future
distribution
Program
Output 4
Increase
knowledge of
duty bearers
from federal,
7 provinces
and 131 local
bodies on key
interventions
of the CSS
Minimum
Package
Number of
participants
who can state
the key
interventions
of the CSS
Minimum
Package
745 Increased knowledge of
501 people through
participation in various
training and orientation
programs since the last
reporting period
Increased knowledge of
1024 people
participation in various
training and orientation
programs:
• 69 people engaged in
National Workshop
(March 27, 2019)
• 147 people engaged in
KAP survey (September
5-11, 2018, and March
final week, 2019)
• 60 federal level
stakeholders participated
in 1- day orientation on
CSS (September 21,
2018).
• 432 participated in the
Province level orientation
programs in seven
provinces (March 13-23,
2019).
• 170 people
participated in the 2- day
local government training
(October 28- November
Met All the activities have been carried out
in continuous coordination and
collaboration with MoEST, local
governments, and journalists,
Community SMC Federation, CSS
Champions and UNICEF.
End line KAP survey was completed
by decreasing sample size (Gorkha
district was omitted). As the
documents were endorsed much later
than expected, it delayed all other
activities dependent on the
endorsement, including province level
orientations. At the time of the end
line KAP survey, schools were
engaged in Secondary Education
Examination (SEE).Surveys of Sindhuli
and Dolakha were completed without
covering Gorkha.

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4, 2018)
• 50 people participated
in CSS Champion training
(September 24-29, 2018).
• 96 people participated
in the 1 day journalist
orientation (October 28-
November 4, 2018)
Program
Output 5
Increase
knowledge of
students,
teachers,
school
management
committees
and parents
about the
CSS Minimum
Package
Number of
participants
who can state
the key
interventions
of the CSS
Minimum
Package
50%
increased
Knowledge of students,
teachers, school
management committees
and parents about the CSS
Minimum Package was
increased through various
activities.
3 out of 3 radio jingles/ and
3 PSAs produced (target 28
episodes achieved).
Broadcast started from 15
March, 2019
Print ready copies of all 5
types of IEC materials were
produced. The printed
copies have been obtained
and stored at NDRC office
for future distribution.
12 episodes of radio
programs produced (5
episodes broadcasted in all
14 districts out of the
target 28 episodes)
Wall paintings carried out
in 28 program schools
School Disaster
Management Plan (CSS
• Service providers (for
media outreach as well as
communication products
printing and campaign
effectiveness
documentation) selected
after fulfilling required
procurement process
• Concepts of Radio
jingles/PSAs and talk
programs as well as TV
talk show finalized
through a round of
meetings with the service
providers, Community
SMC Federation, NDRC
program team, UNICEF
and the MoEST
• Draft products
finalized after
consultation with
stakeholders
• For wall painting,
prototype developed
Constrained Some of the activities were
delayed/constrained because of the
following reasons:
1. Delay in broadcasting of radio
programs, jingles and TV shows as per
the government’s request to do so
only after the endorsement of the two
major documents.
2. Delay in other field level activities
which were initially envisioned to be
tied with the distribution of
communication products which was
yet to be approved by the
government.
Since the TV and radio programs,
which are considered crucial for CSS
campaign, could not be broadcasted
even after being produced due to time
limitation, a supplementary plan for
broadcasting is being considered in
discussion with UNICEF.
Final prints of all IEC products have
already been obtained and stored at
NDRC office by maintain an inventory.
A supplementary plan to distribute the
printed products in the program
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Action plan) of remaining
27 schools completed
2 TV talk show produced
(out of targeted 5)
CSS Campaign
implemented in 14 program
districts through activities
such as inter-school
speech/drawing
competition, hoarding
board installation, rally,
orientation and drill.
Final documentation (of the
campaign, good practices
and lessons learned) has
been completed and a
report and a video have
been developed.
upon consultation with
UNICEF and through
mobilization of designers.
SMC federation and CSS
Champions mobilized to
implement and monitor
school wall paintings
• For CSS action plan,
the program team
designed the tools and
table of content.
Resource persons were
hired to finalize the tools
and formats. Following an
orientation program, CSS
champions, SMC
federation and resource
persons were deployed
in the field to carry out
the action planning as per
pre-agreed schedule.
• CSS campaign plan
was prepared by the
program team with
support from specialists
and based on initial plans
proposed by CSS
champions. The plan was
finalized in coordination
with the SMC federation
and CSS champions and
implemented in the lead
roles of champions.
discussion with UNICEF.

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• For documentation of
campaign effectiveness
and final documentation,
the service provider was
selected. Video outline
was finalized after
numerous discussions.
Campaign plan was
shared with the service
provider. Travel plan was
prepared field level links
established. The service
provider was deployed
for remaining video
capturing and follow-up
activities. Supplementary
video on CSS was
prepared to be shown
during the province level
programs.
Challenges /
bottlenecks
faced in the
reporting
period
Developing mutual ownership among government, non-government, development partners on CSS implementation guideline, CSS communication
dissemination strategy was not an easy task. It took more time than expected in consultation, obtaining inputs and feedbacks.
Although it was a technical assistance to the MoEST on CSS, the restructuring of the MoEST and changes in staff constrained coordination,
accountability, ownership and timely response.
Delay in finalising the documents caused delay in other orientation, district campaign and training activities.
Proposed
way forward
Continue to work in close coordination with the MoEST, SMC Federation and champions to ensure wider dissemination of the communication
products and broadcasting of radio and TV programs in the target districts. Continue program documentation (campaign effectiveness and
documentation of good practices, lessons learned) and distribution of IEC materials through proper orientation.
* Information directly extracted from Section 2.4 of the signed Program document.
** Information to be updated upon submission of the report.

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Annex 2: Types and Number of CSS Activities in Program Districts
S.N Activity Type Number
1 CSS Action Planning 28
2 Wall Painting 27
3 Inter-school drawing competition 8
4 Inter-school speech competition 4
5 Hoarding Board Installation 7
6 Rally 19
7 Orientation 5
8 Football tournament 1
9 Drill 3
10 Lok Dohari 1
11 Street Drama 3
12 Interaction Program 10
13 Deusi-Bhailo (CSS message through song and dance) 13