Sense International

Strengthening Inclusive Education Systems and Services in Nepal” promotes equitable access to quality education and demonstrate learning achievements in basic level grades for Girls and boys with disabilities including those with complex disabilities and other children with learning support needs. The project will be implemented in Kalika Municipality and Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Chitwan district, Bagmati Province.

The overall objective of the project is to improve well-being of young people with disabilities by increasing their equitable access to and uptake of quality and inclusive Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services and livelihood opportunities. This proposed innovation phase of the project aims to design a prototype that can drive sustainable improvements in the target group's equitable access to inclusive SRHR services and livelihood opportunities. It will be implemented in 2 municipalities in Western Nepal and comprise 4 stages: (i) Develop deeper understanding (4 months); (ii) Discover and define prototype (4 months); (iii) Prototyping (18 months); (iv) Evaluation and design of scale-up phase (4 months).

This initiative aims to improve systems for the expansion of access to quality Inclusive Education (IE) for 3 to 13 years old children with disabilities in Kalika Municipality, Chitwan, an area identified as one of the most disadvantaged in Nepal. It will target children with disabilities of school age who are in and out of school, placing emphasis on (1) children who are currently enrolled in education; (2) children who have dropped out of school; (3) and children who have never been enrolled in a school or educational institution due to an inaccessible and unsupportive educational environment. By working through five Stages (5A), the project will carry out different activities tailored to the needs and constraints of the identified target groups. This stage will design and pilot accessible and replicable Inclusive Education (IE) Model in preparation for Scale up