Development of Community Learning Center in Nepal and Role of NRC-NFE

One of the serious weakness of Literacy and Non -Formal Education in Nepal is that it is adhoc and one shot affair. Usually literacy class is conducted for six or nine months and then they disappear. Similar is the case with out of school education classes. Due to the lack of a permanent institute at the village level, Literacy and Non-Formal Education (NFE) program could not provide functional education based on needs and problems of villagers. It was universally agreed that the Literacy and NFE program should be need based of the people and it should help the villagers to identify their real problems and help them to solve the problems through learning new knowledge and skills related to health, cleanliness, nutrition, family planning, environment etc. Similarly the functional literacy program should help the villagers to learn new skills and technology to improve their profession and their earning capacities. Therefore, the concept of a Community Learning Center (CLC) came about exactly to solve those problems. Actually CLC is a multipurpose institute of the people, by the people, and for the people to promote learning new knowledge, skills and behaviors to improve people's quality of life and living standard. At present many countries in Asia have set up such Community Learning Centers (CLCs). In Nepal a few CLCs have been set up. Some of them are showing good example what could be achieved through CLCs. So different national and international agencies are paying more attention in the promotion of the CLCs.

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Activities Undertaken by CLCs