Federalisation and education in Nepal: contemporary reflections on working through change

Daly, Angela; Parker, Sara; Sherpa, Samden; Regmi, Umesh

doi:10.1080/03004279.2019.1599408

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“…economic and social development of the country, Nepal still needs to work more on improving the educational inclusion for achieving the sustainable development goal four named quality education. 33,34 The literacy rate of Nepal was 69% in 2019. 35 A longitudinal study done in Nepal found gender discrimination in education with parents focusing more on male education.…”

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Use of personal protective equipment among waste workers of Sisdol landfill site of Nepal

Khanal

Sondhi

Giri

2021

Int J Occup Saf Health

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Introduction: Solid waste management is a major issue in Nepal with Kathmandu valley generating the highest amount of solid waste. After recovery, the solid waste generated in Kathmandu valley is transferred to the Sisdol landfill site. There are waste workers in Sisdol landfill site who sustain their livelihood by collecting recyclables from those wastes. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is necessary to protect the frontline waste workers against infection. In addition, the waste workers need to know the proper usage of PPE in order to protect themselves from contamination. This study aimed to assess the awareness and proper usage of PPE along with the challenges faced by the waste workers at Sisdol landfill site. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to collect data from landfill waste workers of Sisdol located at Kakani Rural Municipality in Nuwakot district of Nepal. A convenience sampling method was used based on the availability of landfill waste workers on that day and their willingness to participate. The data was collected using the structured questionnaire and personal interview of available waste workers. Results: The study comprised of 65% female and 35% male waste workers. The highest percentage of waste workers belong to 27-37 age group occupying 43% of total respondents. Around 92% waste workers had participated in any orientation/training or session related to PPE and its usage. About 60% landfill waste workers were found only using mask and gloves. Conclusion: There is small number of waste workers who wish to wear full set of PPE. Most of them only like to wear mask and gloves. The gender, age group and the education level of waste workers had no association with the usage of PPE during the work.

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Use of personal protective equipment among waste workers of Sisdol landfill site of Nepal

Khanal

Sondhi

Giri

2021

Int J Occup Saf Health

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“…Interviews with education stakeholders in 2018 identified a lot of uncertainty around public administration processes (Daly et al, 2020). Respondents were optimistic about opportunities for improvement in education quality within the new structure.…”

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Transition to Federal Health and Education Governance

Bolton¹

2021

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This report looks at transition from central to federal responsibilities for health and education in Nepal and Indonesia. Federalism is a complex process and it was outside of the scope of this review to investigate the extent to which it has been developed in these countries and the nature of its functioning. Challenges identified in the literature on transition to federalism and decentralisation include ensuring equitable distribution of finances and resources across states, slow transfer of power and lack of coordination between government levels, lack of capacity at local levels and incoherence in capacity building, ensuring continuity of medical supplies and continuity of health services during transition, and training local level health personnel in procurement. This report also notes some recommendation from experience on transition to decentralisation, including the need to put a clear legislative framework, to make a slowly phased transition is needed to allow for changes and adjustments, to consider conditional grants to ensure that health is not de-prioritised in a federal system.

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“…However, low quality education provision leads marginalised groups to perceive education as unimportant. Parental trust in the education system is diminished due to lack of educational outcomes for their children and limited long‐term contribution to the family's economic security (Daly, Parker, Sherpa, & Regmi, 2019; Sharma & Dangal, 2019).…”

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Bricks in the wall: A review of the issues that affect children of in‐country seasonal migrant workers in the brick kilns of Nepal

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This paper explores experiences of Nepalese children of seasonal migrant workers in brick kilns and the particular vulnerabilities they face, as child labourers, as unpaid workers engaging informally in brick production or household work to the support family economy, or as children left behind in poor communities with varying support. The review provides a thematic analysis from child labour and migration literature from Nepal and South Asia from 2010–2020 to explore issues that affect children of families who internally migrate within Nepal to work in brick kilns. Two key themes and eight subthemes consistently emerged across the papers: Seasonal in‐country migration to brick kilns and impacts on children (reasons for children to enter into migrant work; left‐behind children; remittances; the role of gender on work and education) and the situation of children working in Nepalese brick kilns (living conditions; working conditions and occupational ill‐health; psychosocial distress; child protection). The review found that literature on Nepalese children from brick kiln working families is subsumed into wider studies on migration with impacts on children's lives often reported as outcomes of findings rather than a main focus of studies. Furthermore, there is minimal recent empirical research with such families and children. This may be due to ethical dilemmas of doing research with children and difficulties in maintaining contact with families that move frequently.

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Federalisation and education in Nepal: contemporary reflections on working through change

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Cited by 16 publications

References 11 publications

Use of personal protective equipment among waste workers of Sisdol landfill site of Nepal

Use of personal protective equipment among waste workers of Sisdol landfill site of Nepal

Transition to Federal Health and Education Governance

Bricks in the wall: A review of the issues that affect children of in‐country seasonal migrant workers in the brick kilns of Nepal

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