April 13, Kathmandu- Decade of Public School Transformation from 2076 to 085, Improving public school learning, Improvement Campaign. Even after the promises of the Minister of Education, he hurriedly holds a press conference. By luring foreign donors by showing the plight of remote public schools in Nepal, programs like School Sector Reform Program, School Sector Development, Presidential Educational Reform Program have been launched.
All these plans and projects are said to focus on improving the quality of public schools. The physical infrastructure of most of the community schools is now well-decorated. The school buildings, which can establish their voice on the basis of access and have activists around the government, have been equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. According to Baikushtha Aryal, Director General of the Education and Human Resource Center, the government has just launched the Presidential Educational Reform Program. The budget has been allocated for the development of computer system, science laboratory, library, educational materials including solar panel, internet system, interactive board, smart board, projector, development of online and offline materials, new technology for quality education and other priorities.
For the first time, the government will spend Rs 5.6 billion for the program. The money has been distributed to 4,250 schools across the country. Out of 6,921 applicants, 4,250 selected schools have been provided Rs. 10 million to Rs. 650,000, but the government is forced to educate the children in an unsafe manner while preserving its dilapidated existence. Himalaya Basic School at Mangsiri.
The classrooms of the school, which was established in 2039 BS, are not suitable for children. There are no windows or doors in the rooms except the office. Even if there is no toilet. Infrastructure including drinking water is in disarray.
There are still 61 students studying in the school. The settlement is thin. The building is also dilapidated. There are no windows in the office room. In the rainy season, the office is crowded. Dust and fog in winter. The office is not in a position to live. Still the school is running. The settlement is thin. Manoj Sharma said that the school had to be saved as another school was physically far away. "It rains in the rainy season and the office gets dusty in winter. It is difficult to protect the office as it covers everything in the office," he says. The school itself has become like a dilapidated remnant of an old man.
So far, neither the Education Development and Coordination Unit nor the local people's representatives have come to monitor the school. Parents say that they cannot do anything for the betterment of the school due to the majority of parents with low financial status. "Only the children of the poor study in this school, so parents who are struggling to make ends meet in the evenings cannot change the face of the school," said Bhavilal Budha, a parent. "I don't even know if the government will build our school."
Schools should be closed as soon as it rains during the rainy season. Due to strong winds in winter, reading has become a challenge. The school has a dilapidated three-room kutchi building and another two-room kutchi building for lunch. Its building is dilapidated. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. "The water and the storm are like our enemy (whether it happened or not) the school should be built." Principal Sharma recalls, "When I first came to the school two years ago, I had tears in my eyes, my heart ached, all the files kept in the office like classroom jungle. It was a bag of dust that Kajag could not recognize. '
According to the RSS, the presence of the state is weak and even the activities of the state in Mangsiri village seem to be asleep. Grants come to the school under which headings? Who will rebuild the school building? Who manages the budget? Local Sarita Budha said that the parents did not know whether there would be a public audit in the school or not.
The school has three teachers including the headmaster, a child development facilitator and an office assistant. Principal Sharma has complained that he is upset over the lack of basic things to run the school.
There is no drinking water facility in the school. The teacher brings it from home. When the student is thirsty, he goes to the village to eat. If children go to school for drinking water, they return to school only after one or two hours of study.
There is no toilet in the school. "Teachers and students have to go to the forest for defecation and urination," said Sharma. "Since then, the Nalgad municipality has not been able to provide a large amount of money to support the school."