Introducing meditation in classrooms can help children's learning and overall well-being
Photo: AMERICAN LANGUAGE CENTREContrary to industry projections, paper book sales during the pandemic in Nepal have seen healthy growth after an…
Photos: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESEarthquakes are inevitable in Nepal. It is not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And ‘when’ was 2:28PM on 15…
Photo: UNICEFSchool closures have led to an alarming loss of learning opportunities for children in South Asia despite efforts to promote remote…
Photo: WWF NEPALAs the Covid crisis pushes millions of Nepalis back below the poverty line affecting their nutritional status, the UK government…
Photo: UMA THAPA MAGARThird grader Sona Lama lives in the uplands of Rasuwa and has not been to school for more than a year. But since Nepal…
Nepal has squandered another opportunity to fix a defective education system
(This article is based on a research project by Boyd Hayes, Nabila Farid, Riya Sirkhell, who are graduate students at the University of British…
Its scenic setting, a more relaxed urban life has made Pokhara not just a tourism destination but also an educational hub. Pokhara has a long…
Four members of a boat that took part in the world’s most challenging competition to raise money for schools in Nepal have come third in a…
The clock is ticking on the next Big One, but most schools are not prepared for disasters
Earthquake Safety Day 2004 coverage. Photo: NEPALI TIMES #178 Nepal’s National Earthquake Safety Day commemorates 15 January 1934, the day when…
Basketball court inside the premises of Tripadma School in Pulchok is empty despite reopening of the school. Photos: SONIA AWALEOn Monday, it is…
Changing Stories Nepal Fellow Sangeeta Basnet teaching at Amar Secondary School in Urhari of Dang.When I taught in a Nepali government school,…
Photo: UNICEF NEPALResults from a recent nationwide survey show that more than half of Nepali households are at risk of falling back into…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAMohan and Sarita (name changed) studied together in the same school from Grade 6 onwards. They were friends initially, but…
Students in Pokhreni Secondary School in Sundarijal prepare to plant a sapling in Kathmandu.A unique ‘tree twinning’ project between British and…
Students at Ghami Solar School in Mustang district posing with teachers after classes resume. Upper Mustang has not had any cases of Covid-19.…
Period stigma has long blighted the lives of young women and girls in Nepal, but the pandemic is making things worse. If action isn’t taken to…
Room to Read's local mentors supporting girls through remote mentoring session.With schools closed for the past five months, and families losing…
Sodasha Higher Secondary School in western Nepal is undergoing retrofitting as an earthquake preparedness model for future quakes in the region.…
The erosion of a reading culture in Nepal does not bode well for democracy
Photo : BIKRAM RAINepal is recognised as the only low-income country to have made rapid progress cutting poverty and boosting public health and…
