Teach for Nepal is a movement of outstanding university graduates and young professionals who
are committed to end education inequity in Nepal starting with two years of fellowship
teaching in public schools.
Teach For Nepal fellowship is a two year long,
full-time paid employment opportunity. During the two years, Fellows teach in public schools
and bring about academic achievement and transformative impact in their students. At the
same time, they harness their leadership skills through the teaching experience and
intensive development training and support.
One day, all children in Nepal will receive an excellent education and become leaders of our Democracy, our Economy, and our Nation towards Justice, Peace and Sustainability.
Public schools, we believe, are where future leaders, entrepreneurs, academics, innovators, and thinkers should be nurtured. 75% of our students attend public schools; however, the majority of them are not getting the kind of education that puts them on a path of prosperity or prepares them as leaders.
Teach For Nepal Fellowship is not just about Fellows creating immediate impact in the classroom and improving the student learning outcomes but also about exercising their agency in ways where they can also cultivate students as leaders who are informed and have the agency to participate and act on several opportunities and challenges that we face as a human society.
Thus, in 2015, Teach For Nepal engaged in a series of community exercises that raised the question on the purpose of education and our vision for our children. We asked different community members – after completing education, what kind of a person do we want our children to ultimately become? What is the kind of knowledge, skills and attitudes that they will have? What kind of role will they be playing in the family, community, and nation at large? What values will they be guided by?
The outcome of the yearlong exercise is what we call Student Vision which also directs us to teach and engage with our students in ways that expand the scope of our work from mere academics to cultivating students as leaders in their community and as global citizens. Over several years of continued discussion in communities, this has now evolved to include: Education and Lifelong learning; digital literacy, technology; entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy and Employability Skills; Health happiness and wellbeing, Climate Action; Social Justice, Democracy and Human rights; and Leadership skills to drive positive impact in communities.
We consider integrity a virtue. We commit to uphold highest standards of ethical expectations in our action.
We believe the issue of quality of education is an urgent one. We take each and every action with full realization that our work now means that children in under-privileged context could have significantly better life opportunities than what is possible today.
We believe in the possibility of transformational change in Nepal. We have faith that each child can excel, grow and become what s/he wants. Each individual has a capacity to transform oneself and others.
We strive to excel in each of our action. Excellent actions will bring excellent results.
We commit to learn from each other, our partners, and our stakeholders. Through constant learning, we strive to create excellence in outcomes.
We stand up when others give up. We dream and take actions to achieve our dreams. We lead and inspire others to follow. We make impossible happen.
Our thoughts and actions will be guided by deep respect and responsibility to each other. We are aware by the challenges that is in us and around us. We serve to liberate others and ourselves from the challenges that exist in us and among us.