Shikharapur CLC is working on a variety of educational sub-sectors such as non formal, formal, and informal education, focusing on skill development, and community health in Southern Region of Kathmandu. Since the establishment, it has been continuously working for the literacy development, post literacy, adult learning, education or the school drop outs, open schooling, etc. From the very beginning, Educational line agencies of the Nepal Government such as Ministry of Education, Nepal National Commission for UNESCO, Department of Education, District Education Office, and the Non Formal Education Centre (NFEC) have been taking the Centre as a place for implementing new ideas and transferring them to other villages. We proudly say that the open school and flexible schooling programmes have also been piloted in Pharping at the first stage. Now, it has been developed as a full-fledged package which is being implemented in many districts.
Shikharapur CLC has wide range of programmes in the community. It has been mobilizing numbers of women’s groups, income generation groups, farmers groups, and the participants of literacy and other alternative schooling programs. Therefore, hundreds of families are supported directly and indirectly by this CLC activities and initiatives. To uplift the quality of life of the people in the community, the Centre has planned to work in 4 major areas which are as follows:
- Community education
- Community health
- Community based employment
- Community development