Workshop on Strengthening Environment Education in Nepal

WCN, Nepal Prakriti Pathsala organized a workshop on ' Strengthening Environment Education in Nepal' from 9-13 October at Hotel Shankar, Lazimpat in collaboration with Danish Forestry Extension with the objective of providing quality materials on Environment Education that will help teachers to make their classroom lectures more fun and impart knowledge on environment. 

The workshop featured different resource persons, experienced environment educators, facilitators and nature interpreters of Nepal and Denmark. The target groups were environment science teachers of Kathmandu valley, volunteers, NGOs and organization outside formal education.

160 teachers from various schools of the valley, nature interpreters from WCN, volunteers, graduate students and representatives from various non governmental organizations participated in the training session where two different manuals were introduced with five activities in each which dealt with tress and water respectively. The participants were divided into various groups and were actively involved in all different activities of the manual. Each group made a presentation after the completion of the activities.

The four day long workshop ended in a grand closing ceremony where 5 best presentation made during the workshop were on display. The closing ceremony was chaired by Mr. Prakash Raj Pandey, Acting Director General, Department of Education, Nepal.

Glimpse of the workshop