BAITADI, August 17: As many as 38,000 children aged between 5 to 12 years  are being inoculated with Pfizer vaccines against COVID-19 in Baitadi.

NIGERIA, May 31: An armed gang abducted students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state government officials said.

KATHMANDU, Aug 14: Around 818 million children around the world lack basic handwashing facilities at their schools, according to the World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: Fortified rice, lentils and vegetable oil, totaling to nearly 1,500 MT, were distributed to school children (from Grade1-8) in rural areas of Sudur Paschim and Karnali States. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Nepal distributed the food stuffs donated by the United States to the indigent children.

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Fortified rice, lentils and vegetable oil, totalling to nearly 1,500 MT, donated by the United States have been distributed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Nepal to school children (from Grade 1-8) in rural areas, according to the WFP.

A few years ago, during an interaction with school children, I noticed a few children behaving differently. I thought they were just shy, but there was one hyperactive child.  I asked the teacher’s permission to interact closely with the child.  I suspected learning disabilities in the child. Initially, they were reluctant to acknowledge it, but later, they agreed with me. This is just one example.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Twelve years old Rohan Thapa was good in his studies until two to three years back. Thereafter, his studies started taking a downturn in the recent months, giving a cause for concern to his parents.