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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Pravat Secondary School, Dopai


Actually, this is a model school that needs no words of appreciation from both academic and physical point of view. The school is located in Ward No. 8 of Chhibang VDC of Rukum district. It takes 2 hours drive and nearly two and half hour walking from the district headquarter. The school was established in 2033 BS. Now it is managed by the community.
The name of the industrious head teacher (may be in the entire Rukum district) is Mr. Bijay Kumar Oli. He seems simple and humorous guy. He has been able to manage every necessity of the school by persuading community people. The school has active SMC and PTA. The Child Club is functional for carrying out various activities.
Despite all these facts, the classrooms are heavily crowded because of the lack of adequate number of teachers. More than 70 students study in a single class being facilitated by a single teacher, however, the school has good performance in terms of the promotion rate. Only 2-3 students leave school as dropouts. There are a considerable number of Dalit and Janajati students.
The school has got supports in various titles from RtF program such as school building construction, toilet construction, making playgrounds, making desks and benches, some books, posters and pamphlets. The school has separate class for deaf and dumb children. It has audio visual equipments for conducting various programs. There are separate rooms for rest, canteen, conference, meeting, guest, etc. But the program has been phased out since 2008 and the school is seeking for alternative resources for the continuity of the activities being practiced so far.

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