KMC officials inspect public schools under ‘Book-Free Friday’ campaign

Published On: June 3, 2023 08:30 AM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal

Kathmandu, June 3: A team of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) officials led by Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol visited various public schools within the metropolis on Friday to monitor the ‘Book-Free Friday’ campaign launched by the KMC.

This campaign initiated by Mayor Balendra Shah ensures that students get fully engaged in extra-curricular activities (ECA) in public schools on Fridays.

Mayor Shah wrote on social media that the delegation led by the deputy mayor inspected Tarun Secondary School and Sheetala Secondary School on Friday.

According to Mayor Shah, Tarun Secondary School organized ECA such as music, painting, quiz contest and other programs under the 'Book-Free Friday' program. Similarly, mobile and electronic equipment repairing, agriculture and urban farming and culinary arts were taught to the students under the ‘Skill with Education’ program at the same school.

Similarly, Sheetla Secondary School imparted training related to scouts and Nepal Bhasa music among others while the school has been running courses on beautician training and hair styling under the ‘Skill with Education’ program.

Mayor Shah says that they are expecting both male and female students to take up beautician course to enhance their knowledge in this field.

He added that Deputy Mayor Dangol inaugurated the Code Club at Sheetla School during the visit. He claimed that this is the first school-level Code Club in Nepal.

“Students of this club can prepare computer animations of people playing football and basketball,” wrote Shah. Programs developed by the students are shared with schools in 160 different countries, claimed Mayor Sshah. He further said that Code Club has been established in 14 schools and the KMC plans to set up such clubs in each and every public school within the metropolis.

The KMC has collaborated with tech firm Digital and Beyond to set up Raspberry-Pi Foundation Code Club in every public school to promote digital education and innovative technology.