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    Civic pluralism: a quest to address secondary school curriculum of Nepal
    (Faculty of Education, Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, 2009-10) Acharya, Devi Prasad
    main purpose of this study was to find out the perceptions of different ethnics groups of people on civic education, civic knowledge and civic values and its representation in the secondary school curriculum of Nepal. This study also identifies how far the Nepalese secondary school level curriculum has given place to civic education. This study followed qualitative research methodology to identify the perceptions of different individuals on civic education and its knowledge and values. The field study was conducted in Lalitpur district Saibu VDC word no. 6, 7 Bhaisepati. The research participants were the people from three ethnic groups, school teachers and SLC graduates. For the collection of information in-depth interviews, discussion and observation were conducted. Document study was also done to find out the situation of civic components in secondary level school curriculum. The information was collected than triangulated and interpreted linking with different theories. The findings indicate that the secondary school curriculum has not been able to address the cultural values of different ethnic groups of people. Document study shows that less value has been given to civic education in different periods of time. Teachers and students claimed that there are not enough civic contents and pedagogical processes in the secondary school level curriculum. Ethnic civic cultural values are largely ignored. Civic education has got less priority in secondary school level curriculum. In this context, it is there fore concluded that there is need to address ethnic civic values and socio cultural orientations in school level curriculum as well as contextualizing at the local level. Civic components such as civic knowledge, democratic culture, tolerance, cooperative Civic Pluralism ii attitudes and constitutional knowledge etc should be incorporated in social studies and other subjects like EPH, Nepali and English subjects also in secondary level school curriculum.
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    Writing Proficiency of Ten Graders in Tehrathum District
    (Faculty of English Education, 2012) Acharya, Devi Prasad
    This research entitled Writing Proficiency of Ten Graders in Tehrathum District has been carried out with the aim of finding out the writing proficiency adopted by the students of selected six higher secondary schools in Teharthum District. In order to find out the proficiency in writing a set of questionnaire for the students of government aided high schools was prepared. In the questionnaire, different questions were asked related to writing skills. This study is mainly based on the primary sources of data. The sample population of study consisted of 60 students studying in grade ten of Tehrathum District. Ten students were from each selected school. Thirty boys and thirty girls from six different higher secondary schools. The required data were collected by using questionnaire of subjective test. The responses were collected through answer sheets and analysed them. The research found that the proficiency of writing was good according to their level. In overall, the students of selected Higher Secondary School found to have good proficient in writing. In the gender-wise comparison, the female informants of each school performed better than the male ones. This thesis has been divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with introduction which presents a brief overview of teaching writing skill, components of writing, process of writing, Mechanics of writing, stages of writing, the essential characteristics of good writing, Importance of writing, writing proficiency, Review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Likewise, second chapter deals with the methodology of this study, sources of data, sample and sampling procedure, tools for data collection, limitation of the study. Third chapter deals with analysis and interpretation of collected data and fourth chapter presents findings and recommendations of the study. The findings have been outlined on the basis of the analysis and interpretation of the data and appropriate recommendations and pedagogical implications have been finally made. References and the appendices are presented in the final part of this study.