All the training courses and consultation packages that ECEC provides to the pre-school teachers and other interested trainees are price tagged: there has to be enough money to cover the running costs and the salaries of the teacher trainers. Although the prices of our training packages are very reasonable, there are schools and individuals who are unable to pay for it.

Fortunately, ECEC has been able to make contracts with some donors who help to provide those poor schools the opportunity to get training and consultation as well. Such projects consist of complete package:  Training for teachers, follow up and monitoring with evaluation visits, educating (counseling???) the School Management Committee and the parents, help with the purchasing of teaching aids, and where applicable, support in furnishing the early childhood departments’ classrooms.

The major projects ECEC is doing presently are:

Norwegian Himal Asia Mission
(Himal Partner)

Name of project: Teacher’s Competence Building

The project “Teachers Competence Building” has two parts.

• Training of Trainers (TOT): This program is in partnership with Department of Education, Government of Nepal. Government officials from District Education Office (DEO) from different districts are provided with a complete TOT package, who in turn train the facilitators ( who directly work with the children in government Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centers, and are the local residents) in their respective districts.

• 1 year Accredited Model Course for preschool teachers: This program is in partnership with and Kathmandu University (KU) and Norwegian Teacher Training Collage (NLA). After the completion of this course, students can obtain a Bachelors’ degree in ECD after taking an additional term at Kathmandu University.

The title of the project with Impulsis - Natherlands “Train the Teachers”

It is a project for capacity building of poor preschools/ Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres and communities through training of teachers/facilitators and/or volunteers.

ECEC in partnership with TARA – Holland is working with orphanages in Kathmandu valley. It works in educating orphanage personnel, in order to improve the quality of life of children living in different orphanages of Kathmandu.  Also the project has been working in the building and strengthening the network of orphanages in Kathmandu.

Name of the project:
Capacity building of poor preschools/ECD centers and communities in the field of early childhood education in Jumla and Tikapur

Capacity building of poor preschools/ECD centers and communities in the field of early childhood education is done through training of teachers/facilitators and/or volunteers, upgrading their standard of educational materials and parent awareness programs. It is also making a special focus and encouraging on developing low cost educational materials for children with special needs as per the locality.  

In addition to these major projects, ECEC is also involved with many smaller short term projects with schools, local NGOs and some interested individuals from Kathmandu as well as other parts of Nepal.