Smart Minds and Learning Scoop Partner to Bring Finnish Education to Nepal

Nepal Meets Finland 🇳🇵🤝🇫🇮: A New Chapter for Education Begins

Smart Minds announces its partnership with Learning Scoop, bringing Finnish study tours, online courses and teacher training to Nepali educators.

Ask educators anywhere which education system they admire most, and Finland comes up again and again. Finnish schools are known for trusting teachers, putting the child at the centre and valuing learning through play.

For most teachers and principals in Nepal, that model has stayed an inspiring idea read about in articles. Today we’re taking a step to change that.

Smart Minds is proud to announce an official partnership with Learning Scoop Finland. Parshuram S Niraula of Smart Minds is now listed on Learning Scoop’s Experts page as their partner for Nepal.

Who is Learning Scoop?

Learning Scoop is a Finnish education company that works with teachers and school leaders around the world. It has welcomed visitors from more than 70 countries to Finland. It has been recognised as the Best Authentic Finnish Educational Travel Product 2019.

Its work covers:

Study tours. Themed visits to Finnish schools, including Early Childhood Education, Comprehensive Education, Principal, Arctic Pedagogy and Outdoor Education tours.
Online courses. Self-study courses for teachers and principals on Finnish pedagogical practice.

Teacher training. Online professional development sessions and onsite trainings.
Resources and technology. Learning materials through the Finland Education Shop, and LessonApp, a lesson-planning tool.

Joint programmes and international projects. Collaborations with partners worldwide, including projects linked to Horizon 2020 and UNDP.
Why this partnership, and why now?

• Since our beginning, Smart Minds has worked on one mission: Rethinking Education, Refining Teaching. Our programmes include the School Mentoring Program, ICT in Classroom Teaching, Leadership Training for School Principals and Coordinators, STEAM Pedagogy, Theatre and Dramatics, and Robotics & AI.

Learning Scoop shares our belief that better schools begin with better-supported teachers. Their strength is Finnish pedagogy and school leadership. Ours is understanding Nepali classrooms, our curriculum, and an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) approach to teacher training.

Together, we can bring what works in Finland into dialogue with what Nepal needs. We won’t copy and paste a foreign model. Instead we’ll adapt the best ideas to our own context, culture and resources.

What this means for Nepali educators

• Study tours in Finland. Teachers, principals and education leaders will be able to see Finnish schools first-hand, meet Finnish educators and return with ideas they can use.

• Online courses on Finnish pedagogy. Learning Scoop’s self-study courses let teachers and principals learn at their own pace without leaving Nepal. Topics include:

• Early childhood education, from learning in the early years to kindergarten leadership

Motivating students, teaching soft skills and preventing school drop-out STEAM education, including coding basics, micro:bit, Python, Minecraft Education and 3D design. Pedagogical leadership for school leaders

• International teacher training. Professional development that connects Nepali teachers with Finnish expertise, combined with Smart Minds’ local training programmes.

• Learning resources. Access to materials and educational products through the Finland Education Shop.

• Cross-cultural collaboration. Opportunities for Nepali and Finnish educators to share practices and learn from each other, so the exchange goes both ways.

What makes Finnish education different?

Finland’s reputation rests on a few ideas that Nepali schools can learn from at any budget:

Child-centred learning. Lessons are designed around how children actually learn.
Teacher autonomy. Teachers are trusted professionals who plan and decide.
Learning through play. Especially in the early years, play is treated as serious learning.
Pedagogical leadership. Principals lead teaching and learning, beyond administration.

Many of these ideas are about mindset and practice, so they don’t require expensive infrastructure. That is why we believe they can work in Nepal.

Who is this for?
School principals and coordinators who want to strengthen pedagogical leadership
Teachers from early childhood through secondary level School owners and management who want to invest in teacher quality

Education organisations and NGOs interested in international collaboration
What’s next?

We’ll share study tour plans, course access and training programmes in the coming weeks.

The future of Nepal depends on what we instil in young minds today. Together with Learning Scoop, Smart Minds is ready to build it.

Welcome aboard, Learning Scoop. Let’s redefine education, together. 🚀

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