Non-Formal Education Programme (NFE) started by the Women's Association of Bhutan.

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The Non-Formal Education Programme (NFE) is a basic functional literacy programme that was started in 1992 by the Women's Association of Bhutan. (623 NFE centres in 2005). It provides free of cost relevant life skills ranging from reading, writing, simple calculating to tailoring, furniture making, hairdressing etc to out of school youth and adults. Each NFE class will start by a prayer.

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