make a list of efforts made by the committee to increase literacy in nepal
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The National Literacy Campaign (NLC)
The NLC is an extensive and integrated non-formal educational programme which primarily targets illiterate and semi-literate people (aged between 15 and 60 years) from socio-economically disadvantaged and marginalised communities. The programme is currently being implemented across the entire nation within the context of the Education For All National Plan of Action (EFANPA, 2001-2015). The fundamental goal of the NLC is to provide basic literacy and life skills training to about three million out-of-school youth and adults per year in order to empower them to be self-reliant. To this end, the NLC provides participants or learners with contextually appropriate life skills training in a range of subjects including:
Literacy (basic and functional literacy);
Livelihood or Income Generating skills training (in, for example, organic farming techniques, handicraft production, tailoring, animal husbandry and cash crop production);
Health Awareness (in, for example, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, infant mortality, family planning, personal hygiene, sanitation, reproductive health and family nutrition);
Civic education or life skills (leadership training, human rights awareness, inter-cultural studies, democratic governance; conflict management and resolution; gender education including domestic violence)
Environmental management / conservation and
Community forestry management practices.
The adoption of such an integrated curriculum is primarily intended to boost attendance and minimise participant dropouts from the programme. This also allows the campaign to cater for the diverse needs of learners, a majority of whom are more interested in acquiring practical life skills that would enable them to improve their living standards.