ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SADIKSHYA THAPA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Kathmandu School of Law | Kathmandu, Nepal | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 3
" Compassionate,creativity,enthusiasm and co-operative manners drive me to work in group with my colleagues and also work hard for the best results.As a Millennium Fellow i will strictly abide towards addressing and solving the issues regarding women empowerment,raising legal awareness and uplifting educational standards in every nook and corner of my country.I am very delighted to be selected as a Millennium Fellow and i ensure that i will work as per the principles of Sustainable Development Goals and i'm very hopeful that my work will yield better results "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Jaagriti
"Jaagriti” is a Sanskrit word that means "Awakening” in English. Our project focuses on the 4th SDG goal “Quality Education” which is also guaranteed by the Constitution of Nepal, 2015 Article 31. The Act Relating to Compulsory and Free Education, 2018 guarantees compulsory and free education up to basic and higher secondary levels respectively. Our aim is to make aware of fundamental rights such as “free and easy access to Education” and hold the authorities accountable. Along with holding the authorities accountable, our goal is to work along with the local level government to provide what is stated by the state for the people.
To describe our project modality "Jaagriti" most easily, it would look somewhat as:
1) We, in the project, will initially study the government policies and measures taken for the implementation of The Act Relating to compulsory and Free Education,2018. Not just limited to it, we'll further study and analyze the implementation part as well. To study the implementation part, we’ll do both empirical and comparative studies.
2) In an empirical study, we along with our volunteers will visit different schools in Nepal. On our visit, we will conduct legal awareness on important provisions of the Act for students, teachers, and other staff as well. In the meantime, we will also conduct surveys with students and teachers along with the locals on implementation issues and get certain questionnaires answered by them. The same thing will be done on a societal level. Through this, we can do both legal awareness and collect primary data for our research.
3) In a comparative study, using Right to Information (RTI), we’ll collect information that affects quality education such as Budget allocation, the Recruitment process of teachers, Teaching-Learning methodology, Sanitation, Extra-curricular activities, special provisions for differently abled (deaf, blind), etc. as mentioned in the Act. Through comparative study, we can better figure out the problems in implementation.
4) Once we come to know the problems in implementation, we can also suggest certain measures to be taken by the Government of Nepal to better implement these laws. We have aimed to present a research report to the Education Ministry, concerned departments, NGO's, INGO's as to make a positive impact in policy level.
About the Millennium Fellow
Sadikshya Thapa is a young,energetic and a bright student.She's currently studying in Kathmandu school of law in Nepal.Being a citizen of Nepal,a prospering country,Sadikshya has always been concerned about her country's emerging socio-cultural issues.She's striving hard to locate and work for women empowerment,uplifting educational standards and ensuring free education till secondary level education which is guareenteed by the state.Being a Millennium Fellow she wants to make her country and societies globally recognized.She is an aspiring law student and wants to legally empower women and children.
