KATHMANDU: Exam time is one of the most dreaded times for a student. While exam results are not the accurate evaluation of one’s intellect or capability, you can’t avoid them. No matter how capable you are, the three-hour exam you sit in decides your life and all things related to it. This is true in all disciplines and for students of all levels.

Students have to go through rigorous preparation before sitting for an exam. With the limited space, including at home and school, students of higher grades and tougher subjects find themselves without a better environment to prepare for exams. To address the same, Dr Nisha Thapa Magar started Clover-The Study Room in Balkumari as a place where people can study and prepare for their examinations stress-free.

During and after her MBBS, Nisha felt the need for a place where aspiring doctors could prepare for their examination. She started Clover on April 28, 2017, and has been providing space not only to aspiring doctors, but also to aspiring chartered accountants (CA), engineers and college students.

Like a four-leafed clover is considered good luck, Nisha wants Clover to be lucky for students, who are preparing for their exams.

“I wanted to give students a spacious and colorful place with proper ambience to study. Coming from medical background, I realize that preparing for post-graduation studies is a meticulous task. But many lack a study environment in their house or get distracted due to various other reasons,” Nisha shared her vision for starting Clover.

Just like a library, students can sit in a cubicle—with their name tags—and read in their designated space. Maintaining silence within the cubicle is a must, but a room is also available for group sessions. Separate lockers are also available for students to store their books.

Clover opens from 7 am to 9 pm, seven-days-a-week, and students can study here as long as they want to. One has to pay the admission fees and book the space for a day, a month, three months or a year. Internet and electricity facilities are free of cost.

Clover currently has over 40 members, with 15 regular ones. “My friends recommended Clover to me. I have been to other similar places in India, but I really like the ambience here,” said Uday Subedi, an aspiring CA student preparing for Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) exams.

Nisha handles Clover’s operation with her dad, Captain Nil Bahadur Thapa, and her husband, Inspector Dr Prabhakar Shrestha. They are happy with the response they’ve received so far.

Nisha said people, however, are still unaware about the existence of such places and how to use them. “People have come to me asking if Clover provides question papers and guide papers or if we conduct examinations like schools and colleges. We don’t do such things, we are just a space provider for students who need a space to study.”

Adding value to her idea, she also encourages students from similar or different backgrounds to interact and learn from each other. “I personally help them with whatever I can,” Nisha added.