Government Driven Evaluation to Improve Student Learning in Nepal’s Secondary Schools – Baseline Survey

2017

Government of Nepal has initiated an effort to improve school quality by revising teacher training curricula, mandating more in-service training for teachers and strengthening teachers’ accountability for applying new methods in their classrooms. This study was designed to establish baseline indicators of the impacts on teacher knowledge, attendance and pedagogical practices and student learning of the new teacher training initiative and theory to change. The study focuses on Mathematics, Science, English, and Nepali language learning outcomes of student in grades 9 and 10 in schools.