Kathmandu World School: Some different

KATHMANDU: AUGUST 3 – Kathmandu Valley, which has become a hub of many possibilities and opportunities, is also a major hub for educational activities. Hundreds of educational institutions have been opened in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur for ‘quality education. Students from all over the country come to Kathmandu for better education.

It was different when there was no alternative. When there are many options, the consumer has to choose which one. It is not easy to be stronger than others and attract consumers in competitive times. Increasing competition in the education sector has also put pressure on the operators to move forward in the quality and different ways.

Out of the many options available, people choose the best option for themselves. Thus, Kathmandu World School is the school of choice for students and parents.

The school is located in the urban area of ​​Gundu, Bhaktapur, in the middle of the forest. Far from the hustle and bustle of the capital’s homes, this school has a peaceful environment for study. Kesar Bahadur Khulal, the principal of the school, says that they have chosen this place following the Eastern philosophy and education system.

Khulal says, ‘Looking at Eastern philosophy and civilization, the place where our forefathers used to acquire education and acquire knowledge used to be open fields and forests. Where the hustle and bustle of the outside world do not interfere. Let there be no hindrance in learning.

Even in Western civilization, schools and universities are found in large and spacious places. Most of the world’s famous schools are not in the city center. Therefore, the school should be in an open and spacious place. We have chosen this place because it is necessary for physical infrastructure, for playgrounds, for practical life, for useful learning, for being creative. ‘

Recently, schools have been shrinking in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and other urban areas due to the increase in land prices and the shortage of vacant land. Khulal has the experience that the manpower in a small classroom of a small building is different from that of a school in a spacious place. “This is exactly what I have experienced‚ not based on any research, “says Khulal.

Khulal claims that Kathmandu World School is needed due to the changing economic environment in Nepal. He says that reaching 600 students in the school during the four years of its establishment is an example of this.

Kathmandu World School also has its own target group, says Aarati Acharya, Admission and Marketing Officer of the school. ‘Earlier, the affluent class started developing and urbanizing the capital. Those with moderate economic status began to live nearby. When the city was fully developed, the rich class started moving out of the city and even from Nepal. Nepal is in exactly the same situation now, ”she said. People who used to live around the city are now entering the city. The school administration says that the school was established keeping in view the same situation.

Acharya says that the school has been opened so that the parents who have good financial status and want to go abroad to give quality education to their children do not have to go abroad for the same reason. She said that the school was opened so that the money for school education would not go out of the country. The school is being run by the industrial house Chaudhary Group.

Kathmandu World School can be seen with natural beauty as well as spacious playgrounds, spacious classrooms, well-organized laboratories, beautiful gardens with greenery and flowers, clean toilets, chirping birds and the surrounding fields. There is a tempting atmosphere.

But this school is not affordable for all classes of people. School fees are comparatively more expensive than other private schools.

The school administration has also accepted that the fee will be fixed for imparting quality education by making the educational quality and educational environment readable and that it is a little higher than other normal schools. “The quality of our school has never been questioned. Our target group including parents and students are happy. You just have to be more discriminating with the help you render toward other people. We are teaching 10 per cent scholarships for the extremely poor and deserving students as prescribed by the government, ”said Acharya. She said that the responsibility of selecting such students has been given to the local level and the students who are recommended accordingly are selected for the scholarship.

The school has been imparting education at the primary level in accordance with the international curriculum and methods of the primary school in accordance with the national curriculum.

This is not what the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) should teach students. The school is paying an annual fee for the same course with a license. Therefore, the principal Khulal says that the students will not be burdened with unnecessary books and mental stress. “We don’t even consider it necessary for students to carry textbooks,” he says. We are not forced to read the same publisher’s book. We have not bound the students with that compulsion either. The national curriculum had to be followed, the IPC curriculum had to be followed. In the same way, the parents have supported us to study. ‘

According to a survey conducted online in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic, 97 per cent of parents and students are satisfied with Kathmandu World School. The school emphasizes improving the condition of its students and learning something new every day and every month rather than bringing marks and percentages for the students up to class 7.

Khulal, who has been teaching at Budhanilkantha School for a long time and has fulfilled his responsibilities as a headmaster, says, “The current educational system should be practical in order to survive.” That should be practical. It is good if the present generation knows all the traditional things, but if it does not work in the course of life, then it has no meaning. Therefore, there should be plenty of useful life skills in learning. It doesn’t matter if the student doesn’t know where the milk comes from when the technology takes off, but the process of buying milk must know about the use of mobile, computer and internet. Because now such a time is slowly coming. ‘

Kathmandu World School says that it is in the rhythm of teaching vital skills to the students and building manpower by imparting education of international quality in the country.