Kanti Higher Secondary School at Hatbazar, Butwal-6 could not entertain all the students thronging it for admission after it made arrangements for free education in English medium. [break]
“Our seats were full after the first two days of admissions. We apologized to the guardians and students for not being able to admit them all this session and we are now focusing on the development of infrastructure to take in more students in the next session,” Principal Govinda Gyawali said.
Gyawali said the school took the step of teaching in English as community schools, which are unable to compete with private schools in quality of education, are facing the prospect of shutting down for lack of students.
The school plans to run one section each in the 8th, 9th and 10th grades in English medium--there are two sections for Nepali medium in each of these classes --but with the number of students seeking admission it could easily have run other sections in English as well. There were 38 new admissions in the 10th grade, 33 in 9th and 32 in 8th this session.
The school also teaches all students up to 4th grade in English. The District Education Office, Rupandehi said many community schools in the district have started to teach in English medium from this session. Principal of Shanti Namuna Secondary School in Manigram Ghanashyam Gyawali said 225 students studying in private schools have joined his school this session alone.
While Kanti Higher Secondary School doesn´t charge anything as it can manage expenses on its own, Shanti Namuna is charging a very small amount compared to private schools. Keshav Bhandari of Karhiya-8, whose son Nishant passed 9th grade from New Horizon Boarding School in Butwal, said, “I got him admitted at Shanti Namuna after it started teaching in English. He is enjoying the new school”.
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