The educational workshops on “Pedagogical Innovation”, held on the
15 to 26 of August, for 78 educators in Nepal included directors, principals
and teachers of various schools in Kathmandu valley and Dhading district. The Embassy
of Israel and METC – MASHAV Educational Training Center Israel together with
School Support Group, organized the workshop in Kathmandu valley from 15 to 22 of
August. Similarly, Nalang Model Academy collaborated with the Embassy of Israel
in Nepal and METC to conduct the workshop in Nalang, Dhading from 23 to 26 of
August. Both workshops aimed to provide new tools and knowledge on the
implementation and development of Innovation in educational organizations,
according to the principles of innovation.
During the Closing Ceremony at Nalang, the Honorable Salikram
Jamkattel, Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning, Bagmati Province said, “Education
plays a pivotal role in this modern world. Without development in education,
there is not a possibility of development in other sectors. I thank the Embassy
of Israel for the cooperation in educational sector in the remote area of Nepal.”
Ms. Sunita Dangol, Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu said, “The one who
works with children never gets old. We really appreciate all the teachers for
their incredible work to make the children of today, better citizens of
tomorrow. We are looking forward to collaborate with the teachers to bring
uniformity in quality of education and development of children.”
Emphasizing on the importance of Education in the development of a
country, H.E. Mr Hanan Goder, Ambassador of Israel to Nepal, said, “Education
is the first step for Change. Investing in education will bring Nepal and any
other country the best achievements.”
Ms. Yudith Rosenthal, the Director of METC and a trainer in
Education has facilitated the workshops. Ms. Rosenthal has a rich experience of
three decades in education development and in leading training activities.
Expressing her contentment on the opportunity to share her knowledge, Ms.
Rosenthal said, “Innovative education is the key for transformation in our
world. It is our responsibility to do it through well-being of the educational
ecosystem”.
Expressing happiness to participate in the workshop, Dr. Januka
Nepal, Principal of Neel Barahi Secondary School said, “The training was very
fruitful. I believe that now I can adopt innovative ways of teaching, to make
our class active and participatory. It centered on critical thinking and future
thinking, which made us learn ‘how to learn’, teaching ‘how to teach’. I loved
the term ‘Banking Concept’ along with different approaches. I am really pleased
and privileged for attending this training as a participant.”
The Embassy of
Israel in Nepal appreciates the educators’ commitment for excellence in
education. We strongly believe that the workshop
was a fruitful learning experience and deepened the professional expertise of Nepal’s
educators, leading to promote students success.
*Note: MASHAV is part of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is
Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation. MASHAV is
dedicated to share the best of Israel’s experiment in development and planning
with developing countries. More than 3000 Nepalese have been to Israel so far
to participate in different MASHAV Courses related to education, agriculture,
health, entrepreneurship among many others. Approximately 3,50,000 people
around the globe have graduated from MASHAV Courses in Israel in the past 64
years.
*METC is
MASHAV’s Education Training Center leading educational training activities.