Our Priorities

RIGHT TO EDUCATION

CWISH believes that education is the foundation for the development of children. Educated children and adults can be change agents to promote effective implementation of child rights. The Constitution of Nepal has envisioned education as a basic and fundamental right of citizens. Access to basic education for all and free education up to secondary school is a constitutionally guaranteed right for Nepali children. In this context, CWISH, as a CSO, has been continuously playing a vital role in sensitizing the rights holders (children and their families) to get access to basic education. Similarly, CWISH has been capacitating the delivery structure to become transparent and accountable in promoting initiatives for quality education.

CWISH is guided by the idea of enhancing responsive governance in educational structures and systems towards ensuring a child-friendly environment in schools and promoting quality education. CWISH has introduced literacy classes for the domestic child labour in Kathmandu valley as a bridging approach to formal education in the initial days. Our approach to contribute to the education sector is to mainstream out-of-school children to the formal education system, ensure the participation of children and their institutions in education governance, promote a child-friendly environment, effectively functional child protection mechanisms in schools and ensure access to quality education.