Education in Emergencies-EiE
Temporary
Learning Centers
A help For Schools Children hit by Earthquake
Background Situation:
Two earthquakes struck Nepal on 25 April and 12 May killing over
8000 people and injuring 18 000. Measuring 7.8 and 7.3 on the Richter scale,
the earthquakes affected 35 of the country’s 75 districts in the Western and
Central Regions, including Kathmandu Valley districts. This includes mountain
and hilly areas, in areas where rural populations are dispersed, as well as
some very densely populated districts and Nepal’s two largest cities – greater
Kathmandu and Pokhara.
The worst affected districts include Sindulpalchowk, Kabhrepalanchowk, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Dolakha,
Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Dhading, Kaski, Gorkha, Lamjung, Ramechhap,
Sindhuli, Makawanpur, Manang, Chitawan and Nawalparsi. Most of these districts
are located in Central region and Western region.
Education Dashboard:
24,974
classrooms destroyed, Department of Education (DoE) reports estimated 20,071
public and additional 4,903 private
school classrooms destroyed, while 9,986 classrooms have reported minor damages
but still unsafe for students to carry out their studies inside these
classrooms. 870,000 children are out of school, due to destroyed/majorly
damaged classrooms 1.6 million enrolled pre-crisis in 14 most affected
districts. Hundreds of thousands are affected in other districts by interrupted
schooling, damaged classrooms and psychosocial impact (figures from Nepal
Education Cluster)
Sindhupalchowk
district is one of worst affected districts in recent earthquakes. As per
district education officer 95% school buildings in Sindhupalchowk district have
suffered damage due to the devastating earthquake occurred on April 25 and May
12 and hundreds of students are unable to restore their schooling as soon
schools re-open.
Educational activities are still suspended due to earthquake and
government announced to reopen the schools from 30th May, 2015. As
per figures shared by district education officer and field visits of schools, describing the crisis as a "children’s
emergency," HANDS and its Nepalese partner ECCA have taken steps to
provide these children with a safe and supportive environment. To that end,
temporary learning and recreational centers are being set up in schools
affected by the earthquake.
HANDS
model for Education in Emergencies (EiE).
HANDS has
taken Education in Emergencies (EiE) as a great challenge and developed
education Strategy for establishment of TLCs to ensure education in emergencies.
HANDS vast experience in Education in Emergencies:
HANDS has been actively part of relief, recovery and rehabilitation process of Pakistan earthquake 2005, super flood 2010 and flood in 2011 and 2012 by establishing 100 Temporary Learning Centers in disaster hit areas. HANDS also constructed 25 TLCs aftermath of earthquake in Awaran District BalochistanPakistan. We also rehabilitated 1100 schools and mobilized 120,000 children in these schools through UKAID Funding.
HANDS has been actively part of relief, recovery and rehabilitation process of Pakistan earthquake 2005, super flood 2010 and flood in 2011 and 2012 by establishing 100 Temporary Learning Centers in disaster hit areas. HANDS also constructed 25 TLCs aftermath of earthquake in Awaran District BalochistanPakistan. We also rehabilitated 1100 schools and mobilized 120,000 children in these schools through UKAID Funding.
Temporary Learning centers TLCs
At the temporary learning centers, children have the
opportunity to learn in a protected environment. Caregivers not only teach the
basic primary-school subjects through semi-structured learning but also
encourage artistic expression and recreation, which help the children deal with
the stress they are under.
During the
earthquake, If schools building
have been damaged and are at risk for children, a temporary learning center
TLCs by using tents, poles and plastic sheeting will utilized to provide
temporary learning center and create a safe spaceto conduct educational activities. This model
will accommodate and help to start education activities for 40-45 children age
4-12 years until a new school building is constructed.
This
initial emergency response emphasizes non-formal approaches, permitting a more flexible
deployment of space, time and materials, which takes into consideration the
unstable situation at the onset of an emergency.
MoU
with Education Department, District Sindhupalchowk.
HANDS
in partnership with ECCA signed a MOU with District Education Department Sindulpalchowk
to establish 15 TLCs in four schools to help 600 earthquake affected students
for their education by providing opportunity
to learn in a protected environment and continue their education and
recreational activities.
HANDS
will establish 15 TLCs in ward 1 & 2 of Sindulpalchowk district where
schools building are fully damaged and students have no place to continue their
educational and recreational activities.
HANDS
& ECCA will establish TLCs in following schools in ward 1& 2 in
District Sindulpalchowk.
1.
Siddiqkamaldevi secondary school
2.
Dalshinjali lower secondary school
3.
Begosheri lower secondary school
4.
Sita primary school
Standard specification for
TLCs
As per Bill
of Quantity (BOQ) and drawings provided by Nepal Education department.
Cost of each model:
Total
cost for one TLC model is 1500 US $
The Following
activities are planned to carry out while implementing the project.
·
Signing
MOU with education department
·
Technical
need assessment
·
Establish
Temporary Learning Centre, especially for girls protection
·
Re-enroll
student/children (Girls and Boys)
·
Ensure
girls attendance and session will be conducted with parents
·
Ensure
teachers presence with support of district education department
·
Conduct
training of teachers regarding EIE & joyful learning environment
·
Provide
learning material
·
Provide
white board and mate for seating
·
Meeting
with DEO for coordination and support from education department provide
textbooks for children
·
Provision
of indoors and out door games material ( Gender-specific separately for girls
and boys)
·
Conduct
health & hygiene session with children & parents
·
Each TLC
maintains a record of learners’ – by sex and age - enrolment, drop-out
·
Conduct
monitoring visits
·
Share
monthly reports with Education officials & Education Cluster
Partnership
of HANDS International & ECCA (Nepalese Partner)
HANDS, considering its huge technical
capacity and experience will support ECCA to implement the TLCs project in earthquake
hit areas. HANDS will provide all training module and TLC related technical
skills to ECCA to smoothly achieve the objectives of TLC model. ECCA’s role
will be to implement, facilitate and monitor overall project.
For this project to be successful, we need your support and generous Donations.