Rato Bangala Foundation

Rato Bangala Foundation is rated 3 out of 5 in the category program development. Read and write reviews about Rato Bangala Foundation. Rato Bangala Foundation seeks to ensure the right of all Nepali children to a good-quality education. More specifically, the goal of RBF is to transform public schools into child-centered, gender-sensitive, community-owned schools which provide quality education to children. In the first few decades after Nepal’s entry into the modern era, the government focused on the construction of education infrastructure and increasing access to schools. Today, access to primary education is almost universal, for both boys and girls. The quality of education students receive is an entirely different matter, however, as is highlighted by the huge dropout rate at the secondary level. To increase the ability of schools to retain students by offering them a meaningful education in a child-friendly environment, RBF focuses on improving classroom practices, particularly in government schools, where there is profound need for such improvement. Since its inception in 2002, RBF as worked as a training institute which provides various types of training to primary and secondary school teachers. Employing a ‘whole-school’ approach, RBF works with parents, teachers, and administrators as well as students so that all feel empowered and all develop a sense of ownership of their local schools and the quality of education they offer. In the last 12 years, RBF has successfully introduced its uniquely communal approach in over 700 schools in 22 districts of Nepal. It has trained more than 3,585 teachers and oriented thousands of members of parent-teacher associations, school management committees and community leaders.