Final Evaluation of “Hamro Shikshya: Strengthening CSOs’ Role in Governance and Accountability of Nepal’s Education Sector”

This is the report of the Final external evaluation of the project “Hamro Shikshya: Strengthening CSOs’ Role in Governance and Accountability of Nepal’s Education Sector”. The project was implemented by Search for Common Ground (Search) Nepal, in collaboration with the National Campaign for Education Nepal (NCE Nepal) and Good Governance Foundation (GoGo Foundation). This was a 36-month project (April 2016 to March 2019), funded by the European Commission, to strengthen CSOs’ role in governance and accountability of Nepal’s education sector at the local level. The project focused its activities in a total of 42 selected public schools in the three targeted districts of Province 2 namely, Dhanusha, Mahottari and Siraha. It worked with the school governing bodies, including the School Management Committees (SMCs), Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs), and Head Teachers (HTs); and the key local education stakeholders, including teachers, students, concerned CSOs, and parents.