Kathmandu. The pressure of new student enrollment has increased in all public schools within the Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Durbar High School (Bhanu Secondary School), Ranipokhari, Shivpuri Secondary School (Maharajganj), PashupatiMitra Secondary School (Mitrapark), Ratnarajya Secondary School (Madhyabaneshwar), Vishwa Niketan Secondary School (Tripureshwar), Gyanodaya Secondary School (Waphal), Geetamata Secondary School (Bijeshwari), KoteshwarSaraswati Secondary School (Koteshwar) has a lot of student admissions.
The admission campaign for the academic session 2081 started on 2ndBaisakh. This sequence will continue till the 7th. People’s representatives are currently in the door-to-door program for admission to public schools in inner urban areas. They have gone door to door requesting the parents to enroll their children in nearby public schools. Ward no.18 Ward president NhuchekajiMaharjan, who went to the Prabhatferi organized to enroll children in Bhakta Secondary School (Raktakali) of 18, said, ‘Community schools within the metropolis are not competitors of institutional schools. These are the physical availability of infrastructure, tools, resources, and equipment, teacher training for teaching and learning, and quality educational activities. Schools now not only teach but also teach skills. A child-friendly environment has been created by the early child development classes. The scope of learning of the students has been widened by the integrated learning and education program.
Ward no. President of 27 Yogesh Kumar Khadgi says, ‘It is difficult to admit all the students who apply for admission to Darbar High School.’ Headmaster of KoteshwarSaraswati Secondary School, Koteshwar, PushparajKunwar says, “Our capacity in the day class is for 1,000 students. Till today, more than 500 new students have applied. New arrivals are also continuing. Harikrishna Shrestha, principal of Gitamata Secondary School, says, “We are trying to fulfill the target we have set. It is said that 400 more students will be admitted this year.
Gyanodaya Secondary School distributed 1,850 forms for admission. Giving information about new admissions, Principal BishnuGhimireRimal says, “We can take 550 new admissions. Now the parents come and say that admission should be done anyway. It has been difficult to accept.’ More than 2,000 students have applied to BishwaNiketan Secondary School in Tripareshwar. Principal HeramvrajKandel says, “We are in a position to take 400 new admissions.” According to him, the number of students in the school last year (academic session 2080) was 4,300. Ward no. RaveenaMaharjan, the principal of Saraswati Niketan Secondary School in Vrahmatol, says that 45 students have been enrolled on the occasion of Saraswati Puja for the early childhood development classes. We can accommodate up to 50 people in this class.
According to Prakash Survedi, Principal of Shivpuri Secondary School, Maharajgunj, looking at the numbers on Wednesday, about 200 people came for admission in 1 day. Some classes are over capacity. As the regular students remain, the school enrolls 100 to 150 new students in a year. According to ManjuMagrati, principal of Janakalyan Secondary School, Buddh, there is a capacity to enroll 250 people this year. 800 students have applied.
In the last academic session, there were 2,448 students in the school. Out of these 160 people gave the SEE exam. Principals say that schools give priority to firstcomers when taking admissions.
The 87 public schools within the metropolitan city can educate about 47,694 students from early childhood development to class 10. The number of community schools is 89. As 2 out of 89 schools are under reconstruction, admission can be taken in 87 schools. 3 of these are inside the prison. There are 4 special schools. There is a night school and a Sanskrit school. Admission to night and Sanskrit schools only from class 6 onwards.
In the last academic session of 2080, about 40 thousand students studied in these schools. This year, 5 thousand 514 students can be enrolled in early child development classes, 12 thousand 80 more students from class 1 to class 9, and 6 thousand 566 students. This capacity has been determined based on the information requested from the schools based on indicators such as the physical structure, educational materials, and number of teachers.
This year, the enrollment campaign is underway with the slogans ‘Not by compulsion but by desire’ our children in community schools’ and ‘Creative learning in educational transformation campaign, community school parents’ first choice’. Classes will be held from Baisakh 9th.
In public schools, integrated learning has been started for students from early childhood development classes to class 3 under the ‘Bookless Friday’ program. Classes 4 to 8 have creative learning activities. In classes, 9th and 10th, CIP programs are running regularly. Teaching activities based on information technology have started to take place in the classrooms through smart boards. Due to these reasons, the number of students in public schools has increased.
Teacher training has been conducted to increase the capacity of teachers. About 2.75 billion rupees have been earmarked this year for the improvement of educational quality. The Metropolitan Corporation is confident that the investment made in this way will produce skilled and self-sufficient manpower.
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