Udaan - Nepal

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The UDAAN accelerated education program aims to improve out-of-school girls’ access to education. The model provides an intensive and high-quality condensed 11-month curriculum, including leadership and life skills for adolescent girls aged 10-14, and helps them to successfully transition into formal public schools. 

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Nepal

Activity URL

https://carenepal.org/project/udaan-iii/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Siddhartha Social Development Center (SSDC), Sunshine Social Development Organization (SSDO), Unity for Sustainable Community Development (USCD), Siddartha Samudayik Samaj (SSS), Backwardness Eradication Society (BES Nepal)

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other

  • Remote Learning

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School quality

Cross-cutting areas

  • Digital literacy
  • Early/child marriage
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls out of school

Age

10 - 14

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Policymakers
  • School administrators

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Educational Technology

  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Women's empowerment programs

  • Leadership training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased secondary school enrolment

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved health - other
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced child marriage

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

General Contact Information
CARE
npl.carenepal@care.org