Dream Centre succeeds second session

Diwakar Pyakurel,

Chandol, 14 April

Altogether 24 schoolgirls have been graduated from Dream Centres, functioned by Mitrataa Foundation.

Organizing a special program, on 14^th April (Wednesday), the Foundation bid farewell to its students with certificates. Among the graduated girls, 17 are from Panchakanya Lower Secondary School, Chandol and seven from Bhimsengola Lower Secondary School, Baneshwor.

The Foundation also awarded some of the excellent students, who have shown outstanding performance on specific aspects of learning, like speaking power, creativity, and cooperation.

Dream Centre is a six-month long project, which helps the schoolgirls with weak academic performance improve in the skills for learning and skills for life. They attend the classes daily after their schools. In Dream Centres, especially trained facilitators facilitate them for learning and life skills.

Speaking in the program, the students said that they have found easier to study with alternative methods after they attended the centres. “Besides, we can learn many things like importance of goal setting and cooperation here, which are not taught in our schools”, said Ramila Majhi, a fifth-grader student from Panchakanya School. Similarly, Sushma Ghale and Pramila Bhetawal also had shared their experiences.

Adam Ordish, Executive Director of Mitrataa Foundation, requested the graduated girls to study hard further and apply the learnt skills into their daily lives. “Study hard, your dreams will come true”, he said. Deepak Kumar Sharma, Chairperson of Bishal Milan Kendra, one of the community organization supporting for the centres, expressed his wishes that may many girls find the same opportunities for their brilliant future. Gopal Shreshtha, a teacher from Panchakanya School, reported that the Dream Centre-attending students have really improved on their academic level. He also appreciated the centres’ attempt to teach life skills, which are not incorporated into formal school curriculum yet.

With this, Dream Centre has completed two sessions. The first batch has already been graduated in November, last year.