Social Mobilization and Community Development Syllabus - 6th Semester (BSc. AG)

Social Mobilization and Community Development Syllabus – 6th Semester (BSc. AG)

Course CodeEXT 304
Course TitleSocial Mobilization and Community Development
Credit Hour3(2+1)
Full Marks75
Theory50
Practical25

Objectives

Upon the completion of this course, the student will know the techniques in developing rural community development programs and the importance of socially organized groups and their mobilization in the developmental activities.

Syllabus of Social Mobilization and Community Development in Bsc. Agriculture

Meaning and concepts of development, rural development, community development, and the transition in thoughts and application of these aspects developmental process over the period of time to the currents stage in their historical perspectives. Rural poverty, causes and consequences, and efforts made in the past and present strategies, introductory concepts of and recent experiences in poverty reduction programs through various models and processes of social mobilization and participatory program planning at the grassroots level, preparing a portfolio of opportunities and investment plans; implementation of plans; participatory monitoring and evaluation; an overview of gender concepts overtime, issues, and strategies in developmental activities, gender-sensitive development planning.

Course Outline

A. Theory

S.NTopic / Chapter NameNo. of Lectures.
1Concept of development, sustainable development, rural and community development, the principle of community development, a brief overview of efforts and approaches of rural development in Nepal over the last decades3
2Factors and goals of development, cultural and social heritage, and dilemma in the rural development of Nepal2
3Major problems and issues of rural and community development in Nepal2
4Poverty, human poverty, relative deprivation, poverty in SAARC
countries, SAARC declaration on poverty Elimination		3
5Concept of social mobilization, definition, purposes, the strategy of implementing social mobilization3
6Process of social mobilization, institutional development, participatory planning, implementation of plans, and sustainable utilization of results3
7Social mobilization in multi-ethnic communities and conflict situation1
8History of social mobilization in Nepal, lesson learned2
9Decentralization for development, definition, strategy, and current status of decentralization in Nepal.2
10Concept of micro-finance and its role in poverty alleviation; practices of micro-finance in Nepal3
11Actors of rural development and poverty alleviation programs, linkages and coordination, problems and issues.2
12Introduction to gender concepts, gender segregation and stratification, discrimination, equity, and social inclusion.1
13Gender needs, roles, analysis, gender-sensitive planning, gender audit, gender mainstreaming in development in general, and poverty in particular with a specific focus on resource-poor women.2
14Origin and concept of WID, WAD, GAD, and GESI1
Total30

B. Practical

S.NTopic / Chapter NameNo. of Lectures.
1Conducting a baseline survey into a rural community and analyzing the situation2
2Preparing village profile2
3Exposure to techniques of organizational development through audio-visual media, role play, and making site visits to observe the real action at the grassroots2
4Conducting a participatory social action planning exercise to prepare portfolio of opportunities and community investment plans, aggregation2
5Business plan preparation1
6Observing VDC level planning and process2
7Practical exercise on participatory monitoring and evaluation system2
8Practical exercise on exploring equity and inclusion issues and resolving them1
9Practical on MIS through observing a real case at the grassroots1
Total15

References

  • Khan, S. S. and J. S. Sah. 2001. Social Mobilisation Manual Based on Syangja Experience, Social Mobilisation Experimentation and Learning Centre.
  • UNDP. 2001. Governance and poverty reduction: National Human Development Report, Kathmandu
  • Katar Singh, 1999. Rural Development, second Edition, Sage Publications, New Delhi. Thousand Oaks. London
  • Jayanti Baura, 2001. Social Mobilization and Modern Society. Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India

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