Open AccessIdentification of Needs of Community Schools of Kavre, Nepal for Educational Improvement
Author(s) -
Roshani Rajbanshi,
Parbati Dhungana,
Bal Chandra Luitel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4975
Subject(s) - focus group , needs assessment , psychological intervention , curriculum , identification (biology) , medical education , special needs , quality (philosophy) , toilet , intervention (counseling) , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , medicine , social science , philosophy , botany , epistemology , pathology , psychiatry , anthropology , biology
Needs assessment is a method to find out the current needs of the school that can be considered for providing quality education to the students. This paper presents the needs of five community schools intending to bring changes in the school community. Thus, this paper aims to identify the needs of the five community schools of Kavre, Nepal, and recommend possible interventions. In-depth interviews, observations, and focus group discussions with different stakeholders provided rich data for this study. School-specific needs were identified from the data based on which recommendations are made for intervention, which are: Teacher professional development, contextualized curriculum, use of technology, and development of school gardening and urine diverting toilet, which would ultimately help to improve education fulfilling the fourth goal of sustainable development.