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Item Civic Pluralism: A Quest to Address Secondary School Curriculum of Nepal(Faculty of Education, 2009) Acharya, Devi PrasadThe 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 ducation. 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 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. level. Civic components such as civic knowledge, democratic culture, tolerance, cooperativeItem Knoledge, Attitude and Awerness on Diarrhoea among Secondary School Students of Itahari Municipality.(Faculty of Education, 2011-07) Dhital, Ram PrasadThis is a field-based study to reflect the picture of knowledge, attitude and awareness of secondary school students regarding diarrhea in selected school of Itehari municipality of Sunsari district. This study is manly based on the primary data, collected from six government secondary school of Sunsari district in 2011, which include 200 students of grade 10 out of 700 was taken for the sample size, Among them 96 (48%) are the male and 104 (52.0%) are the female, by adopting systematic random sampling method. The objectives of the study were, to awareness the community about their health problems and encourage solving their problem by themselves, to identify knowledge and attitude of the ten graders on diarrhea, to examine the students’ knowledge, about mode of transmission and preventive measure. To carry out effectively, semi-structured questionnaire was designed for the quantitative data collection. Most of the questions were pre coded and some open question had also been included in the questionnaire. The questionnaire was pre tested to 5% students in the same type school. After the pre-testing and suggestions from supervisor, some modifications were made on previous questionnaire and finalized them. Knowledge on diarrhea is universal. Almost all (91.5%) respondents know about the symptoms of diarrhea. Most of all known about the preventive measure of diarrhea. Majority of them, know the transmitting rout (63.5%) of the diarrhea. Most of them were know about the treatment process, by providing Jeevan-Jal (29%) and salt+sugar+water (58.5%) for the diarrheas patient. The main sources of information are the radio and television. That means mass-media plays a vital role in creation awareness on diarrhea. Majority of the respondents have positive attitude towards love and affection, which is needed for infected person. Various INGOs and NGOs have been working intensively against health program but findings of this study do not agree with the effectiveness of the program. The knowledge and attitude of the students in secondary level towards diarrhea seems to, not enough. To develop high level of knowledge, special care should be given in designing course and including the content about it. It is recommended that, the perceptions perceived by the respondents can be considered as the entry point for the planners and policy makers relating to these matters.