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Item People’s Participation in Community Forest Management (A Case Study of Jana Jagaran Forest User Group in Parasan Vdc of Kanchanpur District)(Department of Rural Development, 2011-10) Ghimire, Doj RajThis research entitled “People’s Participation in Community Forest Management; A Case Study of Jana Jagaran Forest User Group in Parasan VDC of Kanchanpur District” is conducted in Parasan VDC of Kanchanpur district. It is a case study conducted on a small area but this research contributes valuable information on issues of participation equity and management in community forestry development at district and national level. The overall objectives of the study is also to access the “people’s participation in community forest management”. However, the specific objective are to analyze the socio-economic characteristics of the respondent, to analyze the existing community forest management system in the study area, to know how the people are involved in CFM system and lastly to find out the problem related to the well functioning of FUG in the Parasan VDC. The study is exploratory as well as descriptive in nature. It is based on a sample of 40 households as selected by using simple random sampling techniques. The data were obtained through interview schedule, observation, focus group discussion and check-list. Both primary and secondary data are used for the research. Data has shown that male population is slightly dominant by female as well as the age 16-59 is high in the study area. The economically active population is 50.15 %. In the case of education 22% of the respondents were illiterate. After the community forest program was launched, the forest of Parasan VDC was handed to local people by the government. The overall forest management system in JJFUG is described under four categories: Operation management, Protection management, Utilization management, Promotion and development management. After the people’s participation in JJFUG, people of the study area were conscious about the activities related to CF. The data shows that 35% of the female respondents were actively participated in the meeting. But on the other hand 8% of the women were only participated in decision making process; this shows that the female percentage is lower than male in decision making process. The finding of the study reveals that 78% of the total respondents are at least literate. The greater percentage of the population is engaged in agriculture. But in the case of conflict regarding management of forest, there still exist on conflict over access, conflict due to resource availability and conflict in sharing benefit. The FUG has been playing role for the development of local human resource and also enhance the rural livelihood. It has also empowered people towards team building, group dynamism as well as self- motivation in community development. The direct and indirect benefits from the community forestry have played the greater role in the social life of the people in the study area. Based on the above facts it can be concluded that the FUG has emerged as a viable institution for rural community development using local resources. It has been found that the FUG has maximum benefits to the underprivileged group of the community from such community development activitiesItem Rhetoric and Reality of Community Learning Center in Nepal: A Case Study in Chittapol CLC of Chittapol VDC, Bhaktpur District(Central Department of Rural Development, 2008) Shrestha, Ram KumarEducation means learning to know, learning to be, learning to do, and learning to live together. It is believed that there are three modes of learning. Learning occurs in formal, non formal and informal settings and that the learning experience can be equally powerful in each of those settings. Non-formal education can be best described as " any organized, systematic educational activity carried on outside the framework of the formal system to provide selected types of learning to particular sub-groups in the population, adults as well as children. Community Learning Center (CLC) is understood as a local educational forum that is created, managed and owned by the community members for the purpose of overall community development. The name of the CLC is rational particularly because it is managed and utilized to execute sets of programs that directly serves the demands and interest of the community people. The CLCs act as an entity of non-formal education in Nepal. CLC is one of the new and emerging concepts in Nepalese non-formal education sector through the concept of village Reading Centre already existed. It is understood as a local educational forum that is created, managed and owned by the continuing members for the purpose of education and community development. The CLCs are commonly utilized mainly for the promotion of continuous and non-formal education, life improvement skilled and occupational knowledge for betterment of the community people. It was originated from Japan in the name of Terakoya/Kominkan and has been spreading throughout the globe and mostly in Asia in different names such as Community Development centre, Gyanodaya Kendra and Community Learning Centre. Nepal has piloted Community Learning Centre in 1996 with the support of UNESCO through the NGO sector. Now community learning centres are emerging as the heart of non-formal education throughout the country. The Chittapol CLC situated in Chittapol V.D.C. is Bhaktapur district which has been conducting various activities. However, the main objective of this CLC is to lead this community in the prosperity by providing learning opportunities. The main target of CLCs is reach with Illiterate Literate Income generating activities, which is not confined yet. It does not touch the whole poor people. It is due to constrained of funds. This CCLC has conducted the various research tools such as research designs, sampling, data collection tools etc to bring up the accurate information. In the study, there is used the key informants, and FGD for digging out the theoretical as well as the real basis. This CLCs has covered the total V.D.C. but the activities it has done still not been effective. As a result, it does not also escape from the rhetoric rather than reality. Out of total respondents i.e. 50, only 50 percent are from the targeted people and remaining others are from the kin and kiths of the management group.