KATHMANDU, April 15: Two ‘firsts’, the inauguration of Bloom Nepal School and the awarding ceremony of the First Nationwide Mathematics Olympiad, took place in the premises of Bloom Nepal School at Ekantakuna on Monday.
Bloom Nepal School is a joint venture of young Nepali’s who graduated from renowned universities from around the world, and are now working in Nepal to provide strong education bases to other Nepali children. The school was formally inaugurated by Dr Jagadish Chandra Pokhrel, one of the Board Directors and former Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission.[break]
“I’m sure that with the kind of network that you [Bloom Nepal School Team] have, the effort, mind and skills, it will be possible to make Bloom Nepal a model school for many years to come,” said Dr Pokhrel, who also shared that he believed that this school would be able to bridge the gap between bookish knowledge and its application to the realities of our society.
The aim of Bloom Nepal, its founders said , was to establish a holistic education platform, one which focuses on both academic learning as well as extracurricular activities. The school has currently opened admissions for classes one, four, five, six, seven and eight.
The high distinction achievers and top three students out of the 400 participants from all over the country, who participated in the First Nationwide Mathematics Olympiad on February 23, were awarded with merit certificates.
The top three consisted of Prabin Mandal, who stood third, Isha Upreti who stood second and Aditya Agrawal, who stood first, were awarded cash prizes of Rs 20,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively.
“During the Olympiad, the questions given to us were tough but as the questions got tougher, I realized it tweaked my interest. It felt good participating and solving the math problems,” shared Prabin Mandal. “Mathematics has always been a subject of my interest and I’d applied for the Olympiad just to test my capabilities,” he added.
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