COVID-Pandemic in Nepal: An Opportunity to Institutionalise Local Governance in School Education

IF 1.2 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Research in Education Pub Date : 2023-03-12 DOI:10.1177/00345237231160079

D. Adhikari, Chandra Sharma Poudyal, Dr Rajan Binayek Pasa

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Abstract

The 2015 constitution of Nepal declared Nepal to be a Federal, Democratic, and Republic nation. The constitution has provided local governments the right to manage school education, and the 2017 Local Government Operation Act of Nepal has outlined the roles and responsibilities of local governments in taking guardianship of school education. Since 2017, Nepal has been in the process of institutionalising decentralised governance practices, but this is proceeding at a slow pace. Unprecedently, from early 2020, the COVID-pandemic hit hard the lives of Nepali people, and Nepali education suffered greatly. The pandemic has brought several opportunities for the government to devolve the management system of school education to local levels. This article is based upon the analysis of the six newly introduced plans, regulations, and guidelines in Nepali education, that aim to continue school education amid the COVID-pandemic. These newly introduced polices have significantly acknowledged and mobilised the local strengths in educational management. This research supports a new academic discussion on governance ideas of the Nepalese education system, induced by the COVID- 19 pandemic.

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尼泊尔的covid - 19大流行:将学校教育的地方治理制度化的机会

2015年尼泊尔宪法宣布尼泊尔是一个联邦、民主和共和国家。尼泊尔宪法赋予地方政府管理学校教育的权利，2017年《尼泊尔地方政府运作法》明确了地方政府在学校教育监护中的作用和责任。自2017年以来，尼泊尔一直在将分散的治理实践制度化，但进展缓慢。从2020年初开始，新冠肺炎疫情前所未有地严重打击了尼泊尔人民的生活，尼泊尔的教育受到严重影响。大流行给政府带来了几次机会，将学校教育管理制度下放到地方。本文基于对尼泊尔教育新出台的六项计划、法规和指导方针的分析，这些计划、法规和指导方针旨在在新冠疫情期间继续开展学校教育。这些新推行的政策大大肯定和调动了本地在教育管理方面的力量。这项研究支持了由COVID- 19大流行引发的关于尼泊尔教育系统治理理念的新学术讨论。

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Research in Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： Research in Education has an established focus on the sociology and psychology of education and gives increased emphasis to current practical issues of direct interest to those in the teaching profession.