Schools to reopen from Friday

KATHMANDU, May 12: The government preparing to reopen schools across the country from Friday and has said that the classes would be informal until the students become prepared for full-fledged studies.

The schools are going to be opened for the first time after the devastating quake that hit country on April 25.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, the Ministry of Education (MoE) spokesperson Hari Lamsal said that the children would be given a favorable environment to express their experiences about the earthquake at the schools.

"The teachers will have to listen to the students and first address their curiosity about the earthquake, so the initial classes will be informal in nature," he added. The reopening of the schools is the government's first step toward sending the earthquake victim children back to schools.

While over 5,000 schools and around 15,000 classrooms in various districts have been destroyed in the earthquake, most of the classes would be conducted under tents. To make temporary arrangements for running the classes and education material, the Department of Education has already started providing between Rs 75,000 and Rs 300,000 per school.

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