Student must demonstrate she/he wants to excel by having regular school attendance, excellent grades, and positive evaluations from principal and teachers.
Student must show leadership potential via oral exam, personal interview, and extracurricular activities such as quiz contests, music, sports, etc…
Family must agree to follow ANSWER requirements by: providing study time at home, maintaining contact with ANSWER Nepal staff, and reporting any problems.
Girls/young women, low caste or minority ethnic groups are given preference.
Schools throughout Nepal are selected in order to access and represent all ethnicities.
Schools must have committed principals who show continuity of close oversight and care for students.
Arrangements must be made with schools based on mutual understanding and agreement of guidelines for oversight and reporting.
Ideally, we partner with more than one school in a village, town or city.
Have a standing with ANSWER through a member, friend, or community or person.
Be willing to make payments and write letters or emails to the student at least twice per year.
Accept that a student might be discontinued for not maintaining required performance, attendance, or ethical standards.
Be willing to counsel your student on a viable professional career path, even if the student wants to pursue an unrealistic path. For example, a student may spend many years trying to get into Medical School, when the chances of scoring higher on the entrance exam than 40,000 others taking the exam is highly unlikely.
Although we recruit sponsors in churches, our organization is secular-based. Having an open discussion about religion, spirituality, or politics with an older student is valid.
