Internship Opportunity at Sarthak Shiksha, Nepal

Sarthak Shiksha (Meaningful education) is an NGO based in Lalitpur, Nepal with the goal of “Quality Learning for All”. The NGO is working for improvement of learning situation across the world, through research based interventions. (For details refer:

Sartahk Shiksha is calling for an intern as a Sarthak Sathi (Meaningful friend). It is a program for human resource development in education. Particularly, it intends to build the capacity and network of the individual, who are targeting to study or work in education development field. The program period is negotiable but should be minimum 2 months.

The intern Sarthak Sathi will work closely with national program staffs to support Sarthak Shiksha activities, promoting “learning by doing”. S/he will go through several trainings provided by education development professionals of Nepal and Japan.

Key Expected Results:

  1. Update Sarthak Shiksha social media pages (particularly facebook) and homepage with program activities and other useful information regarding educational situation in Nepal and other countries.
  2. Support Sarthak Reading Classes. Learn model teaching from national education specialist and research for effective pedagogical method. Show model class to volunteers.
  3. Support Sarthak Learning Center. Learn model teaching from national education specialist and seek effective pedagogical method. Show model class to volunteers. Investigate effective educational tools to ensure better learning outcomes of children.
  4. Conduct research in preferred topics linked to learning improvement and propose new programs. Find out fund raising mechanism or source for them.

Qualifications:

Languages: Fluency in English is required. (Knowledge of Nepali is an asset. Candidate who has a desire to learn Nepali has advantage.)

Education: Undergraduate/ Graduate students- who plan to work or continue study in international education or related field in graduate school.

Health Condition: Be healthy physically and mentally enough to achieve key expected results in Nepal.

Benefits:

The intern can do a home stay at Sarthak Shiksha staff or board member’s residence with minimal cost or choose to rent an accommodation by own. Graduate course students will be eligible for scholarship which covers the minimal cost for home stay. If renting by own, the subsidies will be equivalent to the minimal cost for home stay.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are requested to apply at with curriculum vitae and motivation letter.