Nepalese Association of Victoria (NAV) सामुदायिक नेपाली स्कूल र सफलताको कथा

This special podcast is on Nepalese Association of Victoria (NAV) run community Nepali school with the aim to bridge the gap between Nepali school and Nepali parents residing in Victoria by making them aware of the resources available for our children to learn language, literacy, culture through these schools.

Krishna Chalise is a Principal of NAV Baal Chautari, Krishna Ji overseas curriculum and ensures that students at NAV Baal Chautari receive high quality Nepali language education. He is also responsible to ensure compliance including child safety standards are met across 5 NAV run schools in Melbourne.

Sushil Chalise is current Coordinator of NAV Baal Chautari West.  Sushil ji and his team has been providing ongoing support and volunteer work to effectively run a weekly Nepali school for the children aged 5 and above in the west. Sushil ji wears many hats, he is not only   NAV Baal Chautari West Coordinator but also RWC Lifeblood Team Secretary, Royal Westerns Club (2019-2023) Oceania Coordinator, International Nepalese Artists Society (2019-2021) Lifetime Member, Australian Nepalese Multicultural Centre Lifetime Member. Sushil Chalise is the recipient of NAV Excellent Award 2024 in outstanding cultural contribution to Art and Language.

Krishna Chalise and Sushil Chalise talk about the importance of running Nepali school in Australian Setting - what it is, how it works, and the different ways it is being used.

Both Krishan ji and Sushil ji will take turns to provide their perspective on community led Nepali school education, commentary on current issues, including curriculum, learning modalities, models, technology and the volunteer support.