• The Art of Learning — सिकाइको कला

    Discovering the best way to understand any concept.

    Enhancing teaching and learning in rural secondary schools through digital tools — a partnership between the University of Technology Sydney, Resources Himalaya and three community schools of Manthali Municipality, Ramechhap.

    A village school in the hills of Nepal
    Photo: Nirajan Pant, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    3
    Partner schools
    42
    Teachers in training
    4
    Cross-school subject groups
    8+
    Weekly workshops held
    97%
    Teachers with internet at school

    Shree Setidevi Secondary School

    श्री सेतीदेवी माध्यमिक विद्यालय

    Principal: Mr Ganesh Shrestha · 19 teachers in the program

    Shree Siddheshwor Secondary School

    श्री सिद्धेश्वर माध्यमिक विद्यालय

    Principal: Mr Rudra Thapa Magar · 12 teachers in the program

    Shree Nagkanya Secondary School

    श्री नागकन्या माध्यमिक विद्यालय

    Principal: Ms Sumitra Khadka · 11 teachers in the program

    How confident are teachers with digital tools?Self-rated confidence, 1-5 · baseline survey Feb 2026, n=35 · आत्मविश्वास स्तर1 · Not confident: 8 teachers81 · Not confident2: 6 teachers623: 13 teachers1334: 6 teachers645 · Very confident: 2 teachers25 · Very confident
    How often is digital technology used in class?Baseline survey Feb 2026, n=35 (one response uncategorised)Never: 3 teachers3NeverMonthly: 13 teachers13MonthlyWeekly: 14 teachers14WeeklyDaily: 4 teachers4Daily

    Our journey — हाम्रो यात्रा

    • Jan 2024 School visits and an Open Forum at Manthali Municipality — 27 school representatives discuss the challenges of digital technology in schools
    • Feb 2026 Baseline survey of 35 teachers; weekly Digital Education workshops begin across the three schools
    • Feb–Mar 2026 Teachers-for-Growth subject groups formed — English, Nepali, Social Studies, Science & Mathematics — working across school boundaries
    • Apr–May 2026 Five-week self-paced digital literacy program with competency self-assessment, classroom objectives, online-safety activities and reflection milestones
    • Next WiFi expansion, more devices in classrooms, classroom-observation cycles and measuring impact on student learning

    Project team

    • Dr Sojen Pradhan — University of Technology Sydney
    • Max Hendriks — University of Technology Sydney
    • Sanjay Lama — PhD Candidate, UTS
    • Prof Dinesh Bhuju — Resources Himalaya
    Teacher login — शिक्षक लगइन

Available courses

A complete Grade 10 Compulsory English course based on the CDC (Curriculum Development Centre, Government of Nepal) curriculum. 18 units covering Reading, Speaking, Listening, Grammar and Writing, each with study material, official CDC listening audio, a practice quiz and writing/project assignments. Designed for SEE preparation — useful for both teachers and students.

नेपाल सरकार, पाठ्यक्रम विकास केन्द्र (CDC) को कक्षा १० अनिवार्य गणित पाठ्यक्रममा आधारित पूर्ण नेपाली माध्यमको कोर्स। १५ पाठ, प्रत्येक पाठमा पाठ सामग्री, अभ्यास प्रश्नोत्तरी र परियोजना कार्य समावेश छ। SEE तयारीका लागि विद्यार्थी र शिक्षक दुवैलाई उपयोगी।