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,...
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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...
Pandemic of poverty
Results from a recent nationwide survey show that more than half of Nepali households are at risk of falling back into poverty...
Pandemic of poverty
Results from a recent nationwide survey show that more than half of Nepali households are at risk of falling back into poverty...
2020’s tips for 2021
Even if we bid farewell to 2020, it is clear that we will be feeling its impact for the rest of the 2020s.There...
Students object to No Objection rule
When she heard in March that she was accepted for a master’s degree in urban management in The Netherlands, Surena Shrestha was...
Digital divide exposes class divide in Nepal schools
Nepal’s education system was in crisis long before the pandemic hit. But with schools closed now for four straight months, remote learning...
Back-to-School season goes remote
It is that time of the year when many children would be gearing up to join a new pre-school, and their parents,...
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