Over half of total education spending funds basic education — from pre-primary to eighth-grade — and about a quarter is spent on secondary education — ninth-grade to 12th-grade. Around 8 per cent ...

In recent years, many scholars, policy makers, and educators have pointed to the abysmal results of Nepal’s education system, particularly its government schools. Some have noted the persistence of ...

More than 90 secondary school teachers from all seven districts of Nepal gathered in March 2020 to explore and test a variety of innovative tools and methods designed for mainstreaming nuclear science ...

Soni is a 13-year-old in Banke district in the western Tarai, and she is the second of eight children in her Muslim family. She has been hearing impaired since she was born. Soni attended primary ...

In Ekatappa, a rural village of Nepal near Mount Everest, a ceremony at the local school was planned to begin at 11:30 a.m., celebrating the visit of Herb '94 and Shelli DeWindt Fynewever '92. But the ...

Two years ago, Barsha, a 12-year-old girl living in the Pipara municipality of Nepal’s Mahottari district, was not going to school. Barsha belongs to the Dalit community, historically classified as ...

I never imagined a career in sex education. But in the villages of Nepal, it felt like there was no choice. I was researching a Human Rights Watch report on child marriage in Nepal, interviewing ...

A Northern Illinois University professor who's teaching in Nepal said he was warned when he arrived for a semester on a Fulbright scholarship that the region was due for a major earthquake. When the ...

We have provided an overview of the current status of cancer care in Nepal including physical infrastructure, human resources, and training programs. Based on these findings, we highlight specific ...

BOISE -- A Boise man living and teaching in Nepal recalls the deadly and devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the Himalayan region Saturday. David Tomasini is a Timberline graduate but has ...