To make their preparation for SEE effective, they have been taught with residential facilities. Preparatory classes have been conducted targeting those who are weak and lack confidence in science, mathematics, and English.
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Anuska Bhandari, a SEE examinee from Sitapaila Secondary School in Tamakoshi Rural Municipality-3, has been living in the school for four months. Her food arrangements are also made at the school.
Her daily routine has changed since she started living in the school. These days, she wakes up at 5 am and has lunch an hour later. Then she goes to the SEE preparation class run by the school. The learning and teaching process, which starts early in the morning, continues until 10 pm.
Like her, 20 students from the school participating in the SEE have been living in the school for more than four months. To make the preparation for the exam effective, they have been taught with residential facilities. The teacher also lives in the school as per the daily schedule. The examinees eat together and solve the problems seen in their studies. The preparatory class is aimed at those who are weak and lack confidence in science, mathematics and English.
Bhandari, who felt weak in English and science, said that her confidence increased after participating in the preparatory class. She said that her learning became weak due to the compulsion to do homework after returning from school. She said that studying with her friends at school gave her the opportunity to improve her weaknesses. 'I couldn't study much because of homework,' she said, 'I had to go to school to ask about the topics I didn't understand while studying at home.'
186 examinees from 8 schools in the rural municipality currently live in school. They eat at school. They are busy preparing for the exam. According to the municipality-wide school improvement program, the rural municipality has arranged accommodation, catering and preparatory classes for each student taking the SEE. The municipality has arranged breakfast and dinner for the students and three snacks a day.
Salina Khadka of Janajagriti Secondary School in Tamakashi-5 Sahare said that her studies improved after taking extra preparation in weak subjects. She said that after the preparatory class, her self-confidence increased for the exam. ‘I was forced to do housework while studying,’ she said. ‘I was forced to go to the district headquarters or other places to prepare for the exam in addition to the exam, and on top of that, there were financial problems. Having the opportunity to improve my weak subjects with my friends at school has increased my self-confidence.’
Sushanta KC of Janaprabhat Secondary School in Tamakashi-2, who is worried about being weak in science, said that she got the opportunity to improve her weaknesses by taking extra classes at school and discussing with her teacher every day. ‘The teacher understood his weaknesses up close, giving him the opportunity to correct them in time,’ he said, ‘Every day the teacher gave suggestions and helped him improve his skills without worrying about the exam.’
The municipality has invested Rs 13,000 per student for four months in food, accommodation and extra classes. In some schools, parents have contributed 5 pathis of rice per student. In some schools, vegetables including potatoes have been contributed. Suman Mijar of Tamakoshi-4 Malu said that they have also contributed according to their ability since the municipality has invested so that their grandchildren will have a bright future. Her daughter is participating in the SEE this time.
‘The municipality has arranged an opportunity to prepare at school instead of sitting at home,’ he said. ‘I used to have to do chores at home, even cutting grass, I couldn’t send them outside. Since the municipality has launched a campaign for preparation, I have also supported the school as much as I can.’
He said he was happy that the municipality has increased investment in education and implemented a school improvement program. Amit Kumar Sewa Nepali, principal of Janaprabhat Secondary School, said that entertainment programs are being organized to prevent the students who have been preparing for a long time at school from becoming mentally burdened.
‘Every day from 5 am to 10 pm, teachers and students are in the preparatory class, I also stay with them in the school, I eat in the students’ mess,’ he said, ‘I have been listening to the complaints of teachers and students, collecting the things that are insufficient and also participating in the teaching myself.’
He said that he expects the results to improve this time with the hard work of teachers and students. ‘To prevent students from suffering from nutritional deficiency, we have arranged for food from the village rather than from outside, sometimes we also feed fish and meat,’ he said, ‘The municipality has conducted the campaign with very positive cooperation, and the parents have done it with cooperation.’
According to the educational reform program, the rural municipality has started to downgrade the schools with low student ratio and review and manage those with insufficient teachers. 12 secondary schools in the municipality have been downgraded to 8. An investment of Rs 13,000 per SEE examinee has been made to improve the results. In some schools, a campaign has been started to run extra classes in the morning for students from class 8 onwards. Those who come from far away to study in classes 8 and 9 have been provided with accommodation facilities including lunch and breakfast and dinner at the school.
Rural Municipality Chairman Prona Pratap KC said that an educational improvement campaign has been launched across the municipality due to the poor student-to-teacher ratio and learning in community schools. He said that investments have been made from the municipality's internal resources to increase teaching and learning in schools including nutrition and to make the school a model by improving the results. He said that from next year, free accommodation and meals will be provided at the school throughout the year for students appearing for SEE.
He said that the municipality aims to allocate the budget to provide accommodation facilities to students who have to come from far away. ‘The student ratio in schools and the attractiveness of community schools are decreasing,’ he said, ‘If the local level does not make efforts to improve it soon, there is a fear that the village will be empty. We are campaigning to show that we are also very strong in teaching and learning and to stop the trend of children leaving the village for their studies.’
The municipality has been running a campaign since last year to improve results and save 100 rupees every month in the account of every child. This saves 100 rupees every month in the account of students across the municipality. ‘Next year, for educational improvement along with nutrition, we will teach in English from the youngest classes, and it has already started in some,’ he said, ‘We are trying to make the teaching and learning of children across our municipality top by managing resources, teachers and parents have also supported us accordingly.’ He said that preparations are being made to launch a campaign not only to stop the trend of children leaving the village for quality education, but also to return those who have left.
