Children's development center and the midday meal program introduced by the government at the basic level showed an increase in the number of students. However, it has been found that the number of students has decreased in the data after the government started to manage the data with the use of digital technology to prevent double enrollment of students and to prevent the trend of showing fake student numbers. It is seen that the number of students from class 1 to 5 (basic level) is decreasing in the public schools of Lumbini province.

The number of students is being processed after the government implemented the Integrated Educational Management Information System (IEMIS) to prevent double enrollment of students and to stop the trend of showing fake students to get lunch expenses. Education experts say that the trend of showing wrong data has also been eliminated due to

. After processing the actual numbers by the Integrated Educational Management Information System, the cost of lunch in Lumbini province alone has decreased by more than 2.25 lakhs per day. It can be seen in the data that more than 40 crore rupees were saved in one academic session in Lumbini alone.

The government has been providing food for basic school students at the rate of 15 rupees per day. The student will get the amount based on the days of school attendance. In order to get payment from the government, the school used to show more students in the beginning. To stop this wrong trend, the government has implemented IEMIS in schools for the past three years. In which the student's name, surname, code with date of birth and the name and surname of the parents are kept. Due to this, the same student who wants to get admission in another government school is seen through digital data. 

Social Development Minister of Lumbini Janmjay Timilsina said that the trend of unauthorized payment of midday meals by showing the number of students has been stopped after the double details of students started appearing through the integrated data management system. "Recently, we have been seriously monitoring the regular monitoring and analysis," he said, "using the integrated data management technology, from the monitoring of students' data to the attendance of teachers, positive results have been seen.  

According to Madhav Prasad Pokharel, Senior Education Officer and Information Officer of the Directorate of Education and Social Development of Lumbini Province, the number of students has decreased by 150,821 in the last 4 years. It has reduced the cost of 22 lakh 62 thousand 3 hundred 15 rupees per student at the rate of 15 rupees per day given by the government for mid-day meals.

'The unified statistical system has completely eliminated the tendency to show the actual number of students and the number of students for mid-day meals,' he said, 'due to which, based on the number of students, there has been a massive reduction in the amount of grants that go to mid-day meals, textbooks, scholarships, clothing, etc. He said that due to the data, more than 400 million dollars are returned from schools in Lumbini province alone.

According to the Directorate of Education, the government had announced a midday meal program in the year 2077/78. At that time, there were 582,689 students in public schools from kindergarten to 5th grade in Lumbini province. The number of students increased to 621 thousand 984 in the very next year after the midday meal was announced.

As the number of students increased, the Department of Education implemented Educational Management Information System (EMIS) in all schools. As a result, the number of students decreased to 61,951 in 2079/80. After making EMIS more effective, the number of students decreased to 568 thousand 53 in 2080/81. In the same year, after the implementation of the Integrated Educational Management Information System (IEMIS) to remove the double details of students, the number of students studying from Kindergarten to 5th grade in public schools in Lumbini Province has reached 471,163.

Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city of Dang has been providing services through the use of data analysis and technology. Tulsipur is working with data system in health and agriculture sector along with education. The municipality has also introduced e-recommendation through the use of technology since last year. Now there are preparations to implement 'e-signature' as well. Home map pass is also done through digital technology. According to Savin KC, the information technology officer of the municipality, the municipality is currently using 2 types of digital technology. The technology provided by the federal government is being used in accounting/revenue, social security, etc.

In addition, house maps, e-recommendations, digital cards and records for farmers within the municipality, data on health vaccinations and non-vaccinations, the number of students enrolled in education and the details of students receiving mid-day meals are also being analyzed through the use of technology, he said.

'There were some challenges and difficulties in the initial stage,' he said, 'after moving forward with the recognition that the municipality should be made technology-friendly, many challenges have been removed, many are using the municipality's services even while staying at home and in America.' He said that Integrated Data Management System (IDMS) has been implemented with the help of Foundation Nepal and plans have been made based on data analysis.

According to Tulsipur Mayor Tikaram Khadka, after the implementation of the data system, those who submit wrong details are becoming cautious. He said that in some cases those who submitted wrong details have apologized and corrected the details. He claims that the trend of showing high number of students in schools has completely stopped. The number of students enrolled in government schools and private schools showed that the number of students was 25 percent higher than the number of children in the entire municipality.

'The number of children in the municipality was 7,000, but the number of students was more than 10,000.' He said that after finding the reading data, integrated data management system has been implemented in all the schools in the city. He claims that not only schools, but also in agriculture, health, social security, etc., data analysis has helped in planning and budget allocation. The effective implementation of the

data system has not only reduced the amount paid for midday meals, but has also helped the selection of students in various competitions within the municipality. Chakra Bahadur Bhandari, head of the education branch of the municipality, said that digital technology makes it easy to verify data and also helps in collecting various school-level details. According to him, Tulsipur Municipality had organized a painting competition among children under 6 to 12 years of age last October.

29 students participated in the competition, where the best contestant has the opportunity to go to Japan with the help of UNESCO. A student of Saptrangi Boarding School in Tulsipur became the best in it. However, other participants complained that her age was more than 12 years. When the education department checked the details of all the competing students, his age was found to be as per the complaint, and he was removed from the competition. 

'Not only that, even in last year's President's Running Shield competition, even though only 18-year-old students were allowed to participate, students who hid their age were removed from the same data check,' Bhandari said, 'In the school's lunch program, we also found more than 300 from the same data analysis. We have removed the names and attendance records of more students. It is saving 4 thousand 500 daily.' 

After implementing IDMS in all schools of Tulsipur Municipality, there is a record of the number of students who changed schools, names and codes of the students. Therefore, he said, the number of repeat students has come to an end as the record of which school they came from and which school they went to is clear. According to the municipality, the number of students in programs such as midday meals, scholarships, textbook distribution etc. has been removed due to the statistical system.

For the last two years, Suddhodhan Rural Municipality of Ruppandehi is also working through digital technology. It is working by using and analyzing the data from the recommendation required by the ward to the grant program of the school. The use of digital technology has started in all the wards of Shadhodhan, where there are 7 wards and 18 community schools. Similarly, the details of students studying at the basic level have also been updated through digital technology.

 Vishnu Gharti, chief administrative officer of the village, said that with the use of technology, people's representatives, teachers, students, and service users have easy access to the municipality. "From receiving recommendations from the ward at home, the complaints of the judicial committee can now be sent at home," he said, "However, the access to the technology and the people's representatives are still in the process of being trained.

in some wards He said that efforts are being made to provide convenience to the customers by opening an online service center. He also said that facilities such as e-recommendation, proof of kinship, taking judicial process complaints, investigating, not having to go to the school to collect details of school lunch, etc. are easy.

Banganga and Maharaj Municipalities of Kapilvastu in Lumbini Province, Tilottama Municipality of Rupandehi, Kohalpur of Banke, Sunwal Municipality of Paschim Nawalparasi, Rapti Rural Municipality of Dang have also prioritized the use of technology to provide services. Banganga Municipality of Kapilvastu has eliminated double enrollment of students with the implementation of integrated data management system in public schools. According to Khim Bahadur GC, Head of Education Branch of Banganga Municipality, the number of students in 49 schools of the municipality was up to 17,000 until the data system was implemented.

However, after the implementation of the Integrated Educational Management Information System in the last two years, the number has been reduced to 15,400, he said. "We are still trying to manage the data of students and teachers," he said He said that digital technology should be given priority.

According to Dor Bahadur Basnet, Senior Statistics Officer of Education and Social Development Directorate of Lumbini Province, there are 7,256 community schools in Lumbini Province. All these schools have a mid-day meal program. Most of the schools have managed to prepare and feed the children at school. Funds are provided to such schools at the rate of 15 rupees per student per day and the school uses the same amount to make and feed nutritious lunches of local products to the students.