schools

Practicing mindfulness in schools

Introducing meditation in classrooms can help children's learning and overall well-being

Basu Gautam

Pandemic revives reading culture in Nepal

Contrary to industry projections, paper book sales during the pandemic in Nepal have seen healthy growth after an initial setback. Stores were...

Lessons still not learnt

Photos: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESEarthquakes are inevitable in Nepal. It is not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And ‘when’ was 2:28PM on...

Sonia Awale

Covid-19 cancels region's gains in education

School closures have led to an alarming loss of learning opportunities for children in South Asia despite efforts to promote remote education,...

UK aid for Nepali mothers and children

As the Covid crisis pushes millions of Nepalis back below the poverty line affecting their nutritional status, the UK government is funding supplemental food...

Nepal’s class divide widens

Third grader Sona Lama lives in the uplands of Rasuwa and has not been to school for more than a year. But since Nepal...

Lessons not learned from the pandemic

Nepal has squandered another opportunity to fix a defective education system

Learning during the pandemic in Nepal

(This article is based on a research project by Boyd Hayes, Nabila Farid, Riya Sirkhell, who are graduate students at the University...

Pokhara, the education hub

Its scenic setting, a more relaxed urban life has made Pokhara not just a tourism destination but also an educational hub. Pokhara...

Rowing to educate Nepal children

Four members of a boat that took part in the world’s most challenging competition to raise money for schools in Nepal have...