February 6, 2019 09:17 am
CHITWAN, Feb 6: Admitting that the Guru-Shishya (teacher-student) tradition has played a pivotal role in imparting knowledge, President Bidya Devi Bhandari expressed her concern toward the declining trend of Gurukul education system.
December 31, 2016 08:03 am
GORKHA, Dec 31: Prakash Bhattarai, 9, wakes up at four o’clock sharp every day. He takes bath, chants gayatri mantra and sits for mediation and puja religiously. Then he heads to the Bauddhik Gurukul Vidyalaya (BGV) for attending classes attired in dhoti and kurta.
November 5, 2016 00:10 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Seventh grader Om Mahaseth does not prefer to return to his home in Dhanusha district. He is happy to live far away from his home along with his two sisters and a brother in an ashram, which provides food, education and shelter free of cost.