on

“Understanding teaching , learning and assessment practices in Nepal in the context of Disasters”

Galli Galli is looking for an eligible and competent service provider to commission qualitative exploratory research on “Understanding teaching, learning and assessment practices in Nepal in the context of Disasters”.

Interested service providers are invited to submit their proposal at asernepal16@gmail.com or hardcopy (GPO Box 9434 Kathmandu) and should reach latest by 17:00, 3^rd September 2023 with subject “RFP Submission for research on Learning in the context of Disaster”.

For Terms of Reference (ToR) please click here.

For more details please call 01-5424815 [Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00].

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facilitating logistics and service to re-engage with Learning Assessment Alliance, to conduct consultation meetings with stakeholders and establishing an accountability apparatus in Surkhet and Dailekh Districts

Galli Galli is looking for an eligible and competent service provider firm/company to provide logistics service to re-engage with Learning Assessment Alliance, to conduct consultation meetings with stakeholders and establishing an accountability apparatus in Surkhet and Dailekh Districts.

Interested service providers are invited to submit their proposal at asernepal16@gmail.com or hardcopy (GPO Box 9434 Kathmandu) and should reach latest by 17:00, 3^rd September 2023 with subject “RFP Submission to provide logistics service for re-engagement with assessment alliance and consultation meetings”.

For Terms of Reference (ToR) click here.

For more details please call 01-5424815 [Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00].

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Consultancy service to conduct orientation to understand  “Voluntary National Review of Sustainable Development Goal 4 Quality Education in Nepal.

Galli Galli, Lalitpur based profit-not-distributing company, is looking for an eligible and competent service provider to conduct orientation to understand “Voluntary National Review of Sustainable Development Goal 4 Quality Education in Nepal.

Interested service providers are invited to submit their proposal at asernepal16@gmail.com or hardcopy (GPO Box 9434 Kathmandu) and should reach latest by 17:00, 7^th September 2023 with subject “RFP Submission for Consultancy to conduct orientation on “Voluntary National Review”.

For Terms of Reference (ToR) click here.

for a national seminar on

“Current Debates of Foundational Learning and Assessments”

Galli Galli is going to organize a one-day national seminar on “Current Debates of Foundational Learning and Assessments” on 24^th November 2023.

Interested authors are invited to submit their original articles at asernepal16@gmail.com and should reach latest by 17:00, 25^th October 2023 with subject “Article for National Seminar”. Only selected articles will be included in the seminar and the selected authors will be provided nominal honorarium as per organizational rule.

For Terms of Reference (ToR), Click here.

For details  call 01-5424815 [Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00].

मंगलबार रातको ९:३० घरको फोनमा घन्टी बज्यो | कोहि आफन्तको फोन थियो, फोन निकै महत्वपुर्ण विषयका लागि थियो र विषय थियो: पेट्रोल अनलोड भयो चाहिन्छ भने लिन आउनु ऐले नै | त्यो फोन मेरो लागी थिएन, मेरो मान्यजनको लागी थियो जसका सुभ-चिन्तकले अपनत्व बढाउन पेट्रोल संग सम्बन्ध साट्दै थिए | मेरो मान्यजनसंगै म पनि गए जबकी अघिल्लो दिन सोहि पम्प बाट मलाई चाहिने पेट्रोल लाइन बसेर हाली सकेको थिए | मलाई पेट्रोल भन्दा रोचक त्यो माहोल लाग्दै थियो | यस्तो माहोल जहाँ ५० जना भन्दा ज्यादा व्यक्तिहरु सम्बन्धको तादो झुण्डाएर पेट्रोल संग आफ्ना सम्बन्ध, भावना अनि मर्दा-पर्दा गर्ने सहयोगका वाचा साट्दै थिए | यति कुराले मात्र माहोलको वर्णन कहाँ सकिन्थ्यो र ? चोरको समुहले कसैको घर चोर्न जादा सायद त्यस्तै माहोल सिर्जना हुँदो हो जस्तो पम्पको एउटा कोप्चोमा देखिन्थ्यो | त्यहाँ न ठुलो स्वर थियो, न उज्यालोको थोप्लो छिर्ने वातावरण न त यो मान्छे को हो भनेर चिनिने वातावरण नै थियो | सबका मुखमा फेटा र मास्क थिए आँखा मात्र पेट्रोलको खुशीले चम्किएका देखिन्थे | कोहि आफ्ना सवारी साधन लिएर बसेका, कोहि जर्किन (जर्किन पनि १० देखि ४० लिटर सम्मका), कोहि भने केहि नपाएर पानि भर्ने जार संगै उपस्थित थिए | यस्तो दृश्य जीवनमा पहिलो पटक देख्दै थिए |

नब्बे सालको भूकम्पको कथा सुनेर आत्तिने हाम्रा पुस्ताले ७२ सालको भूकम्प देखे, ४५ सालको नाकाबन्दीका बारेमा सुनेका हामी जस्ता अल्लारे युवाले नाकाबन्दी प्रतक्ष्य रुपमा देख्न मात्र हैन आफैले महसुस पनि गर्न सफल भए | भनिन्छ अनुभव पछि मात्र ज्ञान आउछ | नाकाबन्दीले चरम अभाव सिर्जना गरेको बेलामा अनुभव त थुप्रै कुराको भयो तर त्यो अनुभवले झन् प्रोत्शाहन दियो नाताबादलाई र कालो बजारलाई |

कालोबजार मौलाउनुको दोष पेट्रोल पम्पलाई नै लगाउने गरेको पाइएको छ जसमा सत्यता कतिको छ सम्बन्धित व्यक्तिनै जानुन | नाकाबन्दीको चरम बिन्दुमा कालोबजारी गरेकाले अदालतलेनै थुप्रै पेट्रोल पम्पलाई सिल गरेको खबर पनि नसुनिएका हैनन् | तर पनि समस्या जहाँको त्यहि छ र मान्छेका व्यवहार पनि जस्ताका तस्तै छन् | दिनको उज्यालोमा अफ्ठेरो हुने भएकाले पेट्रोल पम्प वालाहरु रातको सहारा लिन्छन् र प्राप्त पेट्रोल आधा आफैले तह लगाउछन् र आधा सर्वसाधारणलाई दिने गर्दछन | यहाँ चोरी रातमै हुन्छ, तस्करी र कालो बजारी रातमै हुन्छ र इन्धनको ओसार पसार पनि रातमै हुन्छ | ठिकै छ इन्धन जस्तो बहुमुल्य कुरो झल-मल्ल उज्यालोमा ल्याउन पनि त भएन |

यो अवस्था एकल पम्पको अवस्था होइन, समग्र सबै पम्पको हालत यस्तै नै हो | डिजेल होस् या पेट्रोल हरेक पम्पमा प्रसस्तै छन् र आइरहेका पनि छन् | तर नातावाद र कृपावादले जेलिएको नेपाली समाजमा दिनेले आफ्ना छानेर दिन्छन, लिनेले मै मात्र लिगौं- मेरै ढुकुटी भरौं भनेर लिन्छन् | अब यसमा गल्ति कसको ? मै लाउँ, मै खाउँ सुख सयल सबै मै गरु भन्ने प्रवित्ति भएका हामी सर्वसाधारणको ? नाताबाद र कृपाबादको जालो बाट फुत्किन नसकेको समाजको ? तागत र पहुँच भएका व्यक्तिहरुको ? या ५ लिटर पेट्रोल पाउने आशमा पाँचै घण्टा लाइनमा बसेर पेट्रोल नपाएर लुत्रुक्क परेर रित्तो हात फर्किने व्यक्तिको?

नेपाली समाज आदानप्रदानको आधारमा टिकेको समाज भन्दा फरक नपर्ला | सजिला होस् या अफ्ठेरा परिस्थिति, लिनु र दिनु नेपाली समाजको पहिचान हो र रहिरहनेछ | सरसर्ती हेर्दा आदानप्रदानले भाइचाराको भावनालाई निरन्तरता दिइरहेको छ जुन आफैमा निकै राम्रो कुरा हो | तर संग-संगै भाइचाराले सबैलाई समेट्नुको सट्टा आफ्नालाई मात्र समेटेर विभेद सिर्जना गरेको छ | सम्बन्ध दोहोरो मात्र टिक्छ र त्यहि दोहोरो सम्बन्ध स्थापनाका लागी मान्छे स्वार्थी बनेको छ | त्यहि स्वार्थले बाधिएर एउटा दिन चाहने व्यक्तिले अर्को दिनसक्ने व्यक्ति संग मात्र सम्बन्ध राख्न चाहने मान्छेको स्वभावलाई नाकाबन्दीले प्रष्ट संग देखाएको छ |

By Samjhana Balami, Operations Manager-Galli Galli

Hello, I am Samjhana Balami from Nepal, currently a management student and a freelancer. I am an introvert in nature but always ready to learn if get a chance. In the process of learning, some months ago​, I got a chance to assist ‘Young Changemakers CTS Kenya-Nepal Phase 2 program’ project.

Being an undergraduate student the project theme was vague for me to understand and was beyond my course curriculum and work area. My role was centered on photography, videography and filmmaking. Being a fresher at first I was nervous as I met experienced, talented people involved in this project. I also had a feeling that I do not belong to this project but the first meeting with the team gave me confidence to carry on with the work. Everyone was so humble, down to earth and fun too. With such great team members I got a great opportunity to learn and improve myself.

Although my role was on film making, I was equally given a chance to interact with the audience. I wasn’t bound to my role only. The field work in urban and rural schools created a kind of nostalgia for me. When I was a student in school, I was supposed to focus more on my textbooks. The case was not only of mine but of the whole education system. We, the students were guided as per the syllabus of the textbooks only. Extra curricular activities (were considered) a learning platform but only textbooks were a source for academic teaching. Being the part of Changing the Story (CTS) I found that teaching could be done with various means and resources. I have never thought art could also be a medium for teaching. I was astonished to see how the students were learning about the civic values through the medium of art. Both the technology and art used in teaching during the CTS program could set a reference to our education system.

During all the sessions, I found excitement and interest in every student to learn something different. Everyone was active and giving their best in each tasks. I have seen the joy and amazement in them when the technology and arts were used in teaching and learning. The Ipad introduction and its use in reflection recording, community understanding reflection through graffiti art/dramas/poems/songs, several creative games etc gave them a platform to share their thoughts, talents and also advertise their knowledge. Though the session was for a day I could sense the learning will benefit them throughout life because at such small age they are given ideas and knowledge on civic values which is very rare in our country context.

The activities were fun as well as an effective learning platform for both the students and us. It was a great experience being a part of such an amazing project with amazing, enthusiastic people. This project gave me the knowledge of ‘Learning by Doing’. It became a great opportunity to learn the scenarios about which I was unaware. It changed my perception towards teaching and learning. It made me realize how the technology and arts could be a medium in academic activities. I got an opportunity to personally experience the situation of education system of two different sectors; Urban & Rural. It added an experience to my career and helped to improve my skills. I believe, the things that I have learned should also be the learning of others. As it has changed my way of thinking regarding education, it could also bring changes in others as well the system.

During this ASER, 11 Master trainers from Dungeshwor, Shivalaya, Sanni Triveni, Simta, and Siddha Kumakh Rural Municipalities were trained. Those 11 master trainers later trained a total of 76 local volunteers to conduct the full-scale assessments in 5 different Rural Municipalities.  In total 1248 households were surveyed and 2111 children were assessed.