Kathmandu / With the aim of encouraging and promoting digital learning and practice, a special program is being organized on the 11th of Falgun i.e. 23rd December 2023 namely Digital Learning Day. Edchange Nepal organization is going to organize a program on 'Empowering the Future through Digital Learning'. The program to be held at Hotel Himalaya, Kupandole has a program itinerary about presentation of working papers, panel sessions and idea pitching by various experts.
Digital Learning Day is a campaign started worldwide by
Alliance for Excellent Education since 2012 A.D. Digital Learning Day is
celebrated in many countries around the world on Thursday of the third week of
February. This year, the Dean of Kathmandu University, Prof.Dr. Balchand Luitel
will be the main guest speaker for the event. Likewise, there is a paper
presentation by Dr. Bhojraj Ghimire, co-professor of Nepal Open University and
Satyam Varnawal, co-founder of Kadingal India.
In the panel discussion session, interaction will be
conducted among the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Center for
Education and Human Resources, UNESCO, PABSON and other organizations. There is
a program for teachers to present their new ideas about teaching practices in
the form of idea pitching. Organizers believe that this program will help in
building the necessary policies and plans along with creating a new concept for
digital education. For more information about the program, you can visit the
website on www.edchangenepal.org.
Various exercises are being done in the field of digital
learning in Nepal since last one decade. Especially after covid 19, the
government has also promoted online education for the learning of students. More
than a dozen companies are working in the development of online education and
digital content. However, it seems that digital learning has not yet been fully
assimilated. As still in many areas, the government is not being able to
provide educational materials and books at the school level for months; digital
learning being prioritized seems to be a viable option. For this, there is a
need to emphasize on infrastructural development and digital connectivity. The
Government of Nepal has also included digital education in eight areas of work
in the Digital Nepal Framework.