INTRODUCTION OF FOUNDATION

Arunima Educational Foundation (AEF) emerged as Arunima Primary School in the year 2042 B.S. (1986 A.D.) under the initiation of a noble team of visionary academicians and social workers with the insight to disseminate value-oriented and life-based quality education founded on humanitarian philosophical poerspectives.

Regarding the options offered by the seventh amendment of the Education Act 2028, the foundation was transformed into an educational trust in the year 2059 B.S.

AEF is an umbrella organization of Arunima Higher Sec. School, Nava Arunima Secondary School and Arunima Shisu Sadan. The overall management of the foundation is supported by a group of 26 trustees. The Foundation highly values the participation of teachers, parents, students and local communities in school programs and activities.

Motto

"Committed to Total Personality Development"

Aims and Objectives of the Foundation

Arunima Educational Foundation aims at,

• launching schools and academic programs effectively and efficiently,
• inculcating in students the feelings of peace, tolerance, social integrity and nationality,
• identifying the students with the social, cultural, linguistic and ethnographic specificity of Nepalese society and making them enlightened with the civic sense of a good citizen,
• providing the students with the scientific and life oriented quality education required by the nation and society,
• making the students acquainted with the national and international art, culture and literature,
• protecting and promoting the traditional knowledge, skills and technologies generated and inherited by the people in the country,
• disseminating in the society the modern changes brought in the world of science and technologies through education,
• commencing studies and researches under the aims and objectives of the foundation in co-ordination with both the national and international institutions,
• organizing and participating the seminars conducive to the promotion of the aims and objectives of the foundation both in national and international level,
• launching welfare activities in the areas like natural calamities, crisis on human beings and social reforms,
• conducting educational and training programs on science, technology and occupational skill development,
• conducting awareness programs on natural and human environment protection, health promotion and population management,
• launching educational and research oriented publications under the aims and objectives of the foundation,
• commencing programs on special and informal education and
• promoting the foundation as the intellectual research and information center.

Methodologies

The foundation is committed to enhancing learners’ activities and exposure for global competence and recognition. It applies participatory teaching- learning methods like; explorative discussions, problem solving, experimentation, project works, group works, workshops and seminars etc.

Evaluation System

Students’ achievement is assessed on the basis of formative, summative and behavioural modes of
evaluation. Formative evaluation is performed through group work, project work, homework, class work, class test etc. and the summative evaluation is performed through mid-term and terminal examinations. Participation and attitude of the learners in different activities are the main criteria of the behavioural evaluation.

Personality Development

Personality development is the training provided for the balanced development of the body and mind in order to produce highly sociable citizens required for the world. Different co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are conducted by the houses and the clubs for the development of sound personality.

Teaching Faculties

The foundation has the highly experienced, trained, qualified and self-motivated faculties that run the academic activities in a complete planned way. Overall academic planning, management and
implementation are done by the teaching faculties.

Achievements

Students’ achievements in academic and other activities are highly outstanding. SLC and 10+2 board examination performances of the students are hundred percent and most of the students have secured distinctions. The school secured board Sixth and Eighth positions in the SLC examination 2060 and board Ninth in 2061.

Guidance and Counselling

To flourish the potentials of the learners, the foundation provides guidance and counseling
services on the regular basis for academic improvement, behaviour formation and career
development.

Intellectual Workshop

Professional development of the teachers plays a dominant role in teaching-learning. The foundation
manages long term and short term training programs on the different pedagogical issues to accelerate the teaching-learning efficiency of the teachers.