Education and Life Skill opportunities for Out of School Adolecents

Project Overview: 

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a Human Development Index (HDI) value of 0.587, keeping Sudurpashchim province 5th in rank with a 0.547 HDI value. The Purchaudi Municipality has a very low HDI value 0.39. By the result of poverty, the children are compelled to either drop out the school or be pushed into the labour market, not enrolling in schools. The evidence shows that 20.4% of grade 9 to 12 students are out of school from the poorest community, whereas 6.8% of the same cohort are from the richest quartile. Rights to education and employment are the provisions warranted by the Constitution of Nepal 2007. However, a large number of adolescents are out of school. The situation is alarming at the secondary level as 10.4% adolescents aged 13-16 in Sudurpashchim are out of school. The data shows that still 54.1% children aged 13-16 are out of school in Purchaudi Municipality of Baitadi.

Another reason to be out of school or drop out is child marriage and teenage pregnancy. About 17% of the women aged 15-19 begin childbearing, 13% have a live birth, and 4% are pregnant with their first child. Similarly, seasonal migration, school environment, education of parents, and disability are other major challenges. The project aimed at enrolling all the Adolescents within Purchaudi municipality in the school and providing life skills to support them earn a living to out for education.

Project Objectives:

•  To improve lifestyle of the adolescents of Purchaudi Municipality promoting enrolment, life skills and vocational
  skill opportunities.
• Through non-formal education Classes, 260 adolescents of Purchaudi municipality are re-enroll to the school

Key Project Outcome:

80% of the 260 adolescents within the Purchudi Municipality enrolled in formal education and the rest were enrolled in life skills.