KATHMANDU, March 31: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) held discussions with its ministers regarding the distribution of national identity cards to students.

KATHMANDU, March 21: Students from the British College in Kathmandu had a thrilling experience with various adventure games at The Cliff Nepal in Kushma. A statement released by The Cliff mentioned that over four dozen students participated in a range of exciting activities at the venue on Friday.

SIMKOT (Humla), March 16: Students preparing for the SEE examination are facing problems due to a power outage that is taking place for more than 11 hours every day in Simkot, the district headquarters of Humla.

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has launched a scheme targeting students. The NAC has introduced a 25 percent discount on domestic flights for students up to 25 years of age.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Standing Committee of the Tribhuvan University (TU) Academic Council has announced a one-time opportunity for students admitted after 2058 BS, who have yet to complete their thesis, term paper, project report, internship, practical examination, and teaching practice. This decision was made during the Academic Council Standing Committee meeting held on January 10.

CAR stretches its entry to the classroom along with plea, As human basic needs, This is the key of self-determination theory - for enlightened glee. CAR stands for Competence, Autonomous and Relatedness, And these are the classroom principle to ensure the meaningful learning greatness.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has said that it will take action against schools requiring students to purchase distinct clothing under the guise of various festivals.

PRAGUE (AP) — A student opened fire Thursday at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, officials said, and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting.

Kochi (Kerala) [India], Nov 26: Four students were killed and 20 others injured in a stampede-like situation during a Tech Fest at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Two days after the massive strike by Hamas militants in Israel, the Government of Nepal has finally decided to repatriate Nepali citizens trapped in the war-torn country by chartering flights.

In recent years, a growing number of students have approached me for migration certificates or recommendation letters to leave the country and study abroad. To the questions, ‘Why do you want to leave your parents and homeland and go abroad? Why don’t you study in Nepal?’, they had answers or counter questions that explained the thought process behind their decision.

BHAKTAPUR, Sept 26: The National Examinations Board (NEB) has started conducting grade increment examinations for class 12 students from today.

TIKAPUR, Sept 11: At least 15 young students were injured when a bus carrying students of Tripat Vidya Niketan in Tikapur plunged into an irrigation canal. The bus with license plate number Na 5 Kha 4564, which was carrying the school students, fell into the Rani canal.

It is imperative to remember that it is not the departure of students that will haunt us, but it is their unwillingness to return that will.

KATHMANDU, July 7: Chairman KP Sharma Oli of the CPN-UML has extended his warm congratulations to the students who successfully passed the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) this year.

The results of the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) announced on Thursday have brought a glimmer of hope to the education sector, indicating a significant improvement compared to the previous year. The number of students achieving higher GPAs has seen a commendable increase, as revealed by the National Examination Board.

KATHMANDU, June 30: Students from various schools came together to participate in a joyous rice planting ceremony held at Tarakeswar, Kathmandu, organized by MDS Agro Farming.

BARA, May 22: Some students vandalized Suwarna Municipality’s office in Kawahigoth, Bara today.

Australia has always remained the top notch academic destination for Nepali students. As articulated by the Australian Government Department of Education, 43,282 Nepali students are studying Australian courses for January 2023 session compared to 57,182 students for January-December 2022.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Secondary Education Examination (SEE) has started all across Nepal from today. Teachers as well as parents have wished good luck to the SEE students offering them tika and sweet yogurt.

The current discourse about artificial intelligence not only reflects a narrow view of education. It also represents romanticization of, or alarmism about, new technologies, while insulting students as dishonest by default.

Universities play a crucial role in the creation and dissemination of knowledge, and it is knowledge which shapes the direction of development for a country. As centers of higher learning, universities are expected to provide students with the opportunity to engage in advanced study and research in a wide range of fields – from the sciences and engineering to the arts and humanities.

LONDON, Oct 4: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has announced plans to provide scholarships to 5,000 poor and needy students studying at public schools.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: The government has decided to provide a 50 percent discount to students on outpatient service (OPD) fee in government hospitals.

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The Embassy of Nepal in Moscow, the Russian Federation, has said the Nepali students going to Russia for various allurements are getting in trouble due to lack of knowledge of language and the existing political situation as a result of Russia-Ukraine conflict there.

KATHMANDU, August 21: The Alternative Energy Promotion Center is set to distribute induction stoves to more than 2,800 students within a week. Dr Ran Bahadur Thapa, assistant director of the center, said that the center is going to distribute induction stoves to 2,865 students from remote areas.

There are still many guardians and students who are confused about the GPA system. They are misinformed that nobody will fail in SEE and plus two examinations after the introduction of the GPA system.

KATHMANDU, July 24: The number of students dropping out of school after reaching higher grades has been increasing. According to the data published by the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), the challenge to keep  students from dropping out of school after reaching higher grades in schools is increasing.

KATHMANDU, July 20: Students vandalized the Hetauda Campus, Makwanpur, on wednesday, saying that an examination invigilator misbehaved with the girl students. The students chanted slogans and vandalized the campus saying that two female students who had come for the exam this morning were misbehaved.

KATHMANDU, June 15: Nepal Students Union (NSU), the student wing of the Nepali Congress, has demanded electric induction stoves for all students across the country at a subsidized price.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The government is providing an electric induction stove free of cost each to students from the country’s remote areas who are staying in rented rooms in the Kathmandu Valley to pursue their higher education.

LALITPUR, Feb 1: The Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) is administering the second dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Curriculum Development Center (CDC) under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has implemented a new system of examination evaluation from the current academic session so that the school level students not getting at least 35 marks in the examination would be considered as ‘failed’.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Huawei concluded this year’s Seeds for the Future, its global flagship CSR program for undergraduate level students in Nepal at an event in Kathmandu on Monday. 19 students from eight universities and 13 educational institutions coming from nine different ICT backgrounds participated in the program which was held for the first time in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Minister for Health and Population, Birodh Khatiwada has launched a campaign to administer vaccines against COVID-19 to students in their respective schools.

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Nepal has recorded over 814K cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020. With over 11,400 deaths from the deadly virus in a span of 23 months, people of all age groups have adapted to the new normal, following the virus outbreak.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: A parliamentary committee has directed the government to immediately make arrangements for students who returned from China due to COVID-19 to back and continue their studies. A meeting of the Education and Health Committee under the House of Representatives held at Singha Durbar on Sunday directed the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to take immediate diplomatic initiative to send the students who have been stranded in Nepal due to COVID-19 to China for study.

“Previously, similar gatherings were witnessed at vaccination centers and most of the people who are being admitted due to COVID-19 infection these days are among those who visited such centers.”

KATHMANDU, June 26: Various schools in Manang district have been heavily affected by the floods caused by incessant rains in the region putting the parents, teachers, and students in a state of dilemma.

KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Dozens of students affiliated to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP)’s  Dahal-Nepal faction on Monday took to the streets in front of the Narayanhiti Royal Palace Museum in Kathmandu for a unique protest against House dissolution.

Though plagiarism is considered a misdemeanor and a punishable act under the Copyright Act (2002), offenders are rarely brought to the book.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Students affiliated with the Nepal Students Union (NSU), a sister organization of the main opposition party Nepali Congress, held a tug of war in a symbolic protest at Matighar, Kathmandu, against the recent dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, Dec 27 : Protesting against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), students of the rival faction of Nepal Communist Party close to Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal organized a whistle rally in Kathmandu on Sunday.

POKHARA, Oct 3: It had been six months since Sakshyam Pathak of Tahanu had not entered his school. He terribly missed his friends and teachers. Just recently, the school administration announced resumption of classes but it said the children cannot be involved in extracurricular activities. Pathak was happy to see his friends after so long, but restrictions on games and sports have put him a bit off.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Daring Debates, an annual event that holds a discussion on issues of contemporary relevance in South Asia, held a virtual debate on whether democratic politics is inadequate to address climate change. This is the first time the Daring Debates has taken place among youths in Nepal.

Almost nine million school goers are at home today for more than five months. Sudden announcement of closure of schools on March 18 seems to have impacted the school goers badly. If the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) had been dynamic enough, almost all school goers would have been admitted in the upper grades by mid-April. Education would continue somehow. After all, there were no severe cases of Covid-19 till mid-May.

Prior to COVID-19 pandemic, the now popular online education system had rarely become a priority for Nepali academic institutions. Now the nationwide lockdown has compelled the majority of the institutions and their teachers to run their classes online, mostly by using Zoom software. The evolving trend in the Nepali education system has thus made Nepali teachers, students, and parents familiar with the online classes. Thus COVID-19 has made virtual teaching and learning a new normal. But without proper plans, sufficient technological tools, and much-needed awareness among all stakeholders, it won’t be possible to achieve positive outcomes from ongoing online education. The past experiences have shown that poorly designed technologies rather discourage the teachers and students from adopting it.

As I was walking to college, I felt I could help students improve English by mentoring them. By utilizing my break time, I could contribute at least a little, I thought. I decided I would take only one student as my mentee. The mentor and mentee would work extra time at their will. If there would be more than one interested students, I would hold a lottery to select the participant. So I announced this in the class. Three students raised hands. I had to hold a lottery.

Police arrested students during their protest at Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Sunday afternoon.

Always getting confused between “affect” and “effect”? Here’s a trick to remember – “Affect” is an Action. Both the words start with an A. Hence, affect is a verb. “Effect” is a thing. Hence, effect is a noun. If you can’t remember this, just use the word “impact” and you will never go wrong.