Unit VI: Critical Review of Participatory Planning Process

6.1     School Improvement Plan (SIP)

            A plan that aims at improving the pros and cons of a school is regarded as School Improvement Plan (SIP). In the context of Nepal, a plan that is carried out from improving primary schools is known as SIP. It has been launched by Basic or Primary Education Board under Education Department.

            Basic and Primary Education Project has launched its program to improve physical and educational phenomena from the very beginning. SIP attempts to improve the managerial side of schools. The plan aims to enhancing the local capacity of a school. Managerial sector of the school is a focal point of this plan. Education Department has launched SIP to make the local people contribute in their concerned schools. This plan aims at transferring the responsibility of the school to local people from the government. So, Basic and Primary Education Board provides at least six-day training for developing managerial as well as planning skills to school management committee. SIP wants to school equip with the following characteristics:

a.       Clear view

b.      Clear aim

c.       Strategy

d.      Participation of the concerned

e.       Active learning

f.       Stratification

g.      Source mobilization

6.1.1        Steps of SIP

            SIP aims at improving all aspects of school in real sense. One aspect of the school may affect other aspects. That is why SIP must be carried out as follows:

1.      Analysis of the present condition of school or finding out the problem

2.      Finding to the cause of problems and identifying the solutions

3.      Prioritizing the problems

4.      Finding out the resources for solving the problems

5.      Determining the long term and short term targets of the school

6.      Determining the program and its utility

7.      Formatting the educational Index and determining phase-wise target

8.      Determining the factual investment and managing the resources

9.      Evaluating of the planning

10.  Implementing the program

11.  Monitoring

12.  Feedback

6.2     Village Education Plan (VEP)

Village Education Plan (VEP) aims at improving the schools in according with the need of concerned village. It is village education committee (VEC) that prepares village education plan (VEP) as per the SIP prepared by the school inside a village development committee. Seventh amendment to education law 2059 BS has managed a provision of a Village Education Committee under the presidency of chairperson of concerned village development committee. It is village development committee that plays a vital role on preparing and implementing VEP in effective way.

Formation of Village Education Plan (VEP)

The committee of a Village Education Plan will be formulated as follows:

Ø  Chairpersons of School Management Committee                                   - member

Ø  Three social workers and educational leader including one woman as members

Ø  School supervisor from that area

Ø  Member of district development committee of that area

Ø  The senior head teacher of the VDC is nominated as general secretary

Responsibilities of Village Educational Plan

1.      To ake responsibility of developing schools of the Village Development Committee (VDC).

2.      To encourage children to enroll in primary level.

3.      To hold household survey in the VDC for collecting the date regarding literacy rate, population of primary school age children, number of children inside and outside school, total households and population of the VDC.

4.      To coordinate among schools of the VDC in a bid to find out necessary resources and identify alternative educational programmes.

5.      To prepare the details of the VDC.

6.      To prepare Village Education Plan with clear aims, goals and financial resources.

7.      To support the school management committee for identifying resources materials and implementing them.

8.      To conduct different awareness program, training, seminar and workshop for ensuring quality education.

To update the record of educated manpower in the VDC.