KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Schools for millions of students in Nepal were closed Friday as tens of thousands of teachers protested in the capital against an education reform bill in parliament. Teachers ...

Third grade students take turns reading lessons aloud to their classmates at Mangal Prasad Secondary School in Banke, Nepal. Credit: Amrita Jaisi for Global Press Journal Nepal. The Hechinger Report ...

Nepal, Nov. 3 -- The relationship between education and the state has always been a complex one. Authoritarian states believe that educated citizens with critical thinking pose a threat to those in ...

In recent years, many scholars, policy makers, and educators have pointed to the abysmal results of Nepal’s education system, particularly its government schools. Some have noted the persistence of ...

Korean Ambassador to Nepal, Tae-young Park, attended the event and encouraged key stakeholders, including Hangeul School and the King Sejong Institute, to further expand Korean language education in ...

Soni is a 13-year-old in Banke district in the western Tarai, and she is the second of eight children in her Muslim family. She has been hearing impaired since she was born. Soni attended primary ...

Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli called it “a matter of pride” — proof that Nepal is moving “towards self-reliance.” But the reality is more sobering. Oli was referring to the country’s impending ...

Nepal, Feb. 16 -- With more than 30 years of experience, Jamil Salmi is a specialist in higher education policy who has collaborated with numerous governments, universities and international ...

On 19 and 20 January 2023, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) convened a workshop for high school and university educators in Nepal on ...

Two years ago, Barsha, a 12-year-old girl living in the Pipara municipality of Nepal’s Mahottari district, was not going to school. Barsha belongs to the Dalit community, historically classified as ...