• Government-led education coordination established for the response
The Government of Nepal has established a sector-based coordination cluster for organizations responding to the Rasuwa disaster, with the primary objective of preventing duplication, coordinating resources and ensuring that organizations respond to identified needs effectively. The education-sector coordination includes organizations such as Chakraviu Nepal, UNICEF, World Vision International Nepal, Plan International, Aasaman Nepal, People in Need and Handicap International, working within the broader government-led response framework. Chakraviu Nepal has been included in the education sector coordination mechanism and is coordinating its proposed educational recovery intervention through this framework.

The government has also emphasized that organizations responding to the disaster should not remove children from their communities or take them elsewhere under the pretext of providing support. Assistance is expected to be delivered in coordination with local authorities and existing systems.

• Children are facing significant emotional and psychosocial distress
The assessment found that many families have experienced loss of life within their immediate or extended families. For children, the consequences extend beyond the loss of homes and material possessions. A significant number of children are now coping with bereavement, displacement, uncertainty and disrupted family structures. Their emotional and psychosocial wellbeing therefore requires sustained attention alongside educational support.

• Children Facing Gaps in Existing Support Systems
During discussions with government representatives and local stakeholders, Chakraviu Nepal learned that some families who had previously been able to afford private education with their modest income have lost parents or primary income earners in the disaster, leaving children and families in significantly more vulnerable circumstances. Some of these children may not fall within the eligibility criteria of existing government education support schemes. Chakraviu Nepal intends to consider such children within its proposed educational recovery response, alongside other flood-affected students facing significant barriers to continuing their education.

• Risk of long-term student displacement and school closures
The assessment further highlighted a growing risk of student migration and declining school retention in Rasuwa. Families who have lost livelihoods, homes or family members are increasingly considering moving their children outside the district. At the same time, families who had previously chosen private schools because they could afford them are now facing difficult decisions about whether they can continue to do so.

Government representatives expressed concern that, without early intervention to strengthen the attractiveness, quality and accessibility of education within Rasuwa, continued student outmigration could significantly reduce school enrolment and potentially contribute to the closure of some schools over the next five to eight years. This makes educational recovery not only a matter of supporting individual children, but also of protecting the continuity of local education systems and communities.