Unleashing Nepal: The Power of Education
All about the ills of the education system we have in Nepal and how it can be improved to serve the population and the country.
Unleashing Nepal: Private Institutions, Foreign Education And Preference for Paper Degrees
Short history of the way the education system evolved with the introduction of private schools and even a private University from after 1980. Sadly, education was NOT valued as a means to acquire knowledge and skills, but for the paper degrees. Besides, the institutions themselves struggled to provide quality education -- many imparted no more than just the most basic of skills, that of memorization and regurgitation -- as they mostly functioned as for-profit businesses.
Durbar High School Comes Down; What Will Go Up?
After a little over a three years since the earthquake struck and caused major damages to the oldest school in the country, Durbar High School, the oldest high school in the country, has been demolished. It's being reconstructed with help from the Chinese government.
Unleashing Nepal: Education Mishap
These extracts from Unleashing Nepal describe how, through education, the Rana Regime and the Shah autocrats furthered their ethnic and nationalistic agenda, enabling the social, political, and economic advancement of the hill so-called high caste Hindus (Khas Aryas) while oppressing -- and hindering the advancement of -- the others.
Old Habits Die Hard…in Nepali Public Schools
In most government (public) schools in Nepal, children are taught to memorize and regurgitate materials from a really early age, like second grade. One of the ways the children do that is by reading aloud, a practice that harks back all the way to the days of Aryan-Sanskritic education system prevalent in the Indian Subcontinent long before the modern system of education was introduced. Here's an example.
My My, Hey Hey, My English Book Has It Yay!
Some issues with Grade 3 My English Book, a book for eight-year old children attending government (public) schools in Nepal.