Birgunj. A ban on coronavirus infection has been imposed in Parsa since April 30. Since then, the students have not been able to go to school physically.
Although private and residential schools have been conducting classes through online technology, few community schools have been able to do so. As a result, most of the children studying in community schools are deprived of education. With the number of corona infections declining, there is a growing demand at the local level for schools to be reopened by adopting health safety precautions.
On Monday, the All Nepal National Independent Students' Union Krantikari Parsa District Committee has drawn the attention of the Chief District Officer and the Education Division of the Kathmandu Metropolitan Corporation with various demands including running the school. Akhil Krantikari Parsa has urged to end the confusion in the education sector through discussion in the memorandum.
A memorandum signed by central member Juwair Alam and district chairperson Kavita Patel said that some educational institutions were operating in defiance of the government's decision and demanded that the same rules and regulations be applied for all.
In the memorandum, educational institutions should be allowed to operate following the standards of the World Health Organization, staff, teachers, and students should be given priority in vaccination, records of private and residential schools registered in Birgunj metropolitan and education officials should be provided, private and residential schools should be classified, fees should be charged according to criteria. There is a demand that a 10 percent full scholarship should be implemented.
The memorandum also demanded that the vehicles should be of quality and uniform color, that uniforms, books, and educational materials should not be changed, that the fee for the lockdown period should be waived, and that services should be provided in private and residential schools according to the qualifications of staff and teachers. Birgunj Metropolitan Chairman Vivek Kumar Sah informed.
The metropolis is waiting for the decision of the central government
The Birgunj Municipal Corporation had been preparing to conduct classes in the physical presence of students from class 8 to upper class since July 30. The District Kovid-19 Management Committee decided to keep the educational institution closed even after the market was fully opened by relaxing the injunction. Due to this, schools have not been able to operate in Birgunj. The metropolis argues that the parents of the community schools are incompetent when the school tries to provide education through online technology under the alternative education system.
In Birgunj, community schools including Trijuddha, Mysthan Vidyapeeth, Tribhuvan Hanuman have conducted online classes. However, the concerned school teachers have been saying that there is no enthusiastic participation in it. Because of the need to provide internet or data along with mobile, the general public is not able to afford it.
Dinesh Chaurasia, the principal of Mysthan Vidyapeeth School, says that parents have to save at least Rs 20,000 to run an online class. "Only 30-40 percent of the students are participating in the online class. They need Rs 20,000 through internet and mobile," he said. "Where do the parents who can't pay the fees get their expenses?"
Other alternative methods are not effective. Chief of the Birgunj Metropolitan Education Division Arvind Lal Karna said that the plan of the metropolis failed as the district administration officials did not give permission to open the school.
"We are preparing to open the school as soon as the corona infection subsides. Accordingly, we had also issued information, 'he said,' but the administration has said that the school will not be allowed to open until the central decision, we have postponed the preparations to run the school due to confusion. '
The branch had made public the schedule including school sanitation, publication of examination results through evaluation method, and student recruitment campaign. With the consent of the parents, the metropolis was preparing to conduct classes 8, 9, and 10 in physical presence after July 30 and to start other classes respectively.
Metropolitan Chief Vijay Kumar Sarawgi says that the school could not be opened due to the local representatives of the central government despite many efforts. "The municipal council had decided to run the school after reaching the Birgunj Fall Zone. We have also prepared for it after the corona infection subsided," he said.
The money went to school, no education
According to the Department of Education, Rs.
In collaboration with Nepal Telecom, the amount of Rs. Telecom has made arrangements for parents, students, and teachers to conduct classes with CUG numbers.
