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Binding Religions Binding religions Volume 3, Issue 3 CHELSEA WAVELENGTH 1 MESSAGE Message from the Principal and Founder Director various social affairs including many students in Chelsea and community service have helped across Nepal to achieve their goal them to understand and realize and become a good citizen. We their social responsibilities. always encourage our students Their involvement in community to blossom into a complete and service, in every respect, has good human being. amplified their overall personality Likewise, in this fast growing and growth. Our students' high-tech world, one of our involvement in social affair has student Master Himal Shrestha been recently flourished in a way represented Nepal and achieved of a profound mission; they have 1st Position in the Microsoft begun a project of establishing Office Specialist (MOS) “World libraries in different remote part Championship 2013” which was of Nepal under the campaign held in Washington DC, USA. I "Nepal Library Campaign". The also congratulate both the college project has been inaugurated and school students who won the Sudhir K. Jha with a grand ceremony amidst of the presence of various towering (MOS) “Nepal Championship I hope this new edition 2013” of Wavelenth has once again personalities in the premise of scintillated a proper creative and CIA. We firmly believe that our We are justly proud of all our literary ambience of our students. students' commitment to the students’ accomplishments! I This is pretty exciting scenario that society, in the long run, will be a hope our present students will has been helpful to spawn a proper corner stone in nation building consider following a similar path academic fervorin the institution. task. too. Your future success is only a I congratulate the effort of all of School and college life plays step away. I wish all the best to my zealous students, and want a significant role in shaping one's A2 students for their upcoming to assure better academic and career and therefore, has to be used October – November 2013 creative environment in the meaningfully and creatively. Our examination. upcoming days. websites have well reflected the My special thanks also goes I feel pretty happy to share success of our students in getting to respected Prof. Dr. Tanka that our students have been good scholarships in different Nath Sharma for his valuable encouraged to make some preferred universities. We believe contribution in this issue. that their academic success and contributions for their community. Best Wishes Our students' engagements in good career further can inspire From the Editors The honor and the opportunity to replace two great editors is as much a challenge as it is a privilege. The rush and excitement that followed our appointment was more than welcome. With a dedicated team of enthusiasts friends to back us up the work feels like just another recreation. This issue is to officially welcome the new AS batch 2013 – 2015 A. D. and inform them about the appreciation and value Chelsea family offers to literary works and creativity. Chelsea Wavelength is more than a tri – monthly magazine, it is a milestone. It is a legacy unspoken, and in that, we are honored to get a chance to give continuity to this enduring legacy. We expect co-operation and dedication as always from our friends, brothers & sisters and of course from our beloved teachers, so that we can make the coming issue as much a success as the previous issues and hope to satisfy the literary appetite of our readers. Elena Pradhan, A2 Angela Sharma, A2 2 CHELSEA WAVELENGTH Volume 3, Issue 3 NeWS RePORtS Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship 2013 The Microsoft Office Specialist Championship is a global competition that tests students’ skills in Microsoft Office applications. The examination was conducted by Microsoft Innovation Center Nepal on May 31, 2013. 11 of our school students appeared for the exam held at Chelsea International Academy and five of them were certified as Microsoft Office Specialists; four college students appeared for the same exam at Microsoft Innovation Center Nepal and all of them have been certified. S.N Name Level Application Score 1. Himal Shrestha A2 Excel 2007/ 2010 1000/1000 2. Sandesh Chapagain A2 Word 2007 933/1000 3. Aashish Mainali A2 Word 2007 933/1000 4. Gopal Chitaure A2 Powerpoint 2010 765/1000 5. Ujjwal Bhandari School Word 2007 833/1000 6. Mani Pratap Singh School Word 2007 800/1000 7. Prajjwal Bhattrai School Word 2010 838/1000 8. Sailesh Karki School Word 2010 769/1000 9. Niya Manandhar School Powerpoint 2010 733/1000 Congratulations to the achievers. Their online certificates can be viewed at www.certiport.com World Affairs Seminar Report on Inter School 2013 competitions Mr. Aakash Pokhrel (Lecturer), Nabin B.K., On the occasion of World Environment Day, the National Bibek Maharjan, and Saurav B.K. represented Trust For Nature Conservation, Central Zoo, organized Nepal in the World Affairs Seminar (WAS) at various competitions, including School Environment Carroll University, Wisconsin, USA, conducted Song Competition, Banner competition, Drawing from June 15 - 21. Its agenda was “Gender Competition, and Essay Writing competition. Equity/Social Justice: Moral Imperative of The Inter-School Environment Song Competition was Our Time.” More than 300 delegates from held on the 19th of Jestha, 2070, in Khumaltar, Lalitpur 22 nations had participated. Various gender- where Chelsea International Academy secured the 3rd related issues such as homosexuality, position. The participants were Bigya Mainali and Nigha gender equity, violence against women were Basnet of Class 6, Simran Koirala, Sarthak Adhikari, and discussed vigorously by different speakers. Shakshi Pokhrel of Class 8. The Banner Competition was The participants gained useful knowledge held on the 22nd of Jestha organized by the Eco Club about gender-related and other social issues. members and the FOZ (Friends of Zoo) where our school The participants from Chelsea went on to tour secured the 3rd position for the second time. Similarly, Chicago, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington. the English Essay Writing Competition and the Drawing They returned to Nepal on June 30. Competition were held on the 8th of Ashwin, 2069. The total number of schools taking part in the Environment Song Competition was 24. In the Drawing Competition, Aditi Chhetri of Chelsea International Academy (Class 8) secured 2nd position and in the English Essay Writing Competition, Ashutosh Khatiwada of Class 8 secured 4th position respectively. College Prefects' Council 2013-2014 Head Boy: Kanoon Giri Head Girl: Yeshi Dolma Lama Prefects: Samprada Chapagain, Ashish Mainali, Ashish Guragain, Nabin B. K., Narottam Shah, Zenith Bhurtel, Sandip Sapkota, Aastha Dahal, Rubina Pradhan, Ujjwal Shrestha Volume 3, Issue 3 CHELSEA WAVELENGTH 3 ARtICle Technical Education and Vocational Training in Nepal: Current Needs, Challenges and Future Direction INtroductION and cultural diversity have implications on designing a national system of Nepal is facing a complex TEVT. Similarly, political influences such development setting of conflict and as egalitarian considerations, extent of political instability because of poverty budgetary provisions, central control of and its manifestations in terms of curricula, conflicting training demands regional, gender, ethnic, and caste- of the industries, and politically- related inequalities; inadequate based training objectives have strong governance; and failure to deliver influence on the development on adequate and essential social services TEVT. Therefore, quick review of socio- and facilities to rural communities Prof. Dr. tanka Nath Sharma economic context is essential to understand the need for TEVT. and marginalized groups. Although Dean, School of Education Nepal’s development plan has focused Nepal is a highly heterogeneous its efforts on economic reforms and Kathmandu University country in terms of geography, poverty reduction for last few decades, ethnicity, language and culture of the there has been a slow progress in the achievement of 23.15 million people comprising 102 different ethnic targeted goals. Poor economic performance, declined and caste groups as per 2001 census data, 9 million productivity, population explosion, inequality in service (approximately 40%) live below poverty line, which is provisions, unemployment and poverty appeared as set at about $ 77 per capita per annum; the poorest Nepal’s development challenges. 20% get 12% of the national income; the Gender In the present context, the national development development index ranks 121st out of 143 and adult efforts are to be directed to respond to chronic poverty, literacy rate is about 41.8% of the population above 15 unemployment, poor health and education, hunger, years of age. The labor force of 11.2 million is increasing caste-based inequalities and geographical segregation. at a rate of 2.4 percent: approximately 80% is engaged Nepalese people are expecting immediate change in agriculture, 3% in manufacturing industries and 17% and from “uneven feudalization under the ages of in service industries (MOF, 2005). The female labor force centralized state power, semi-colonial integration, covers 47% of the total labor force, but female workers extreme physiographic diversities and natural barrier account for only 4% of the formal sector. to socialization (Bhattarai, 2003) and development to Agriculture, which has been the backbone of Nepal’s political, social and economical transformation
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