According to Pushpa Rai, the school´s coordinator, the school aims to make higher secondary education accessible to all. “The free education scheme has been introduced to ensure that daughters-in-law are not confined to household chores.”
The scheme targets women, who after completing SLC, get married and are not allowed to engage in academic pursuits. The free education scheme has attracted a large number of villagers, said Chandra Kumar Rai, the school´s teacher. So far, 10 daughters-in-law have enrolled in the eleventh grade under the free education scheme.
Principal Bamendra Burjamagar said all of them have been attending classes regularly. The classes are conducted in the morning. Renuka Rai, a student, said attending classes in the morning allowed her to take care of household chores as well. “I attend classes from six to ten, and then take care of my children and household chores.”
Meanwhile, Resham Rai and Ambika Budathoki attend classes in the morning and then teach in a primary school in the village. Dhira Rai, who stopped going to school three years ago, and her classmates Sabitra Pariyar, Goma Rai, Hom Kumari Thapa, Kalpana Rai and Parbati Karki, said that they are comfortable attending classes in the morning.
Another student Tulasa Rai is just too glad to be able to continue her studies. “I thought I would never be able to continue my studies again. But now, I am able to continue studies in my own village.”
Kamalsara Rai, a local, said the school had done a great service by making the arrangement. She said she has not been able to educate her daughter -in-law Renuka due to poverty.
“But now, she can complete her high school for free,” Kamalsara said. The school administration is hopeful that all the daughters-in-law in the village would be attending school in the days to come.
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