There are 960 students studying from the Child Development Center to 12th grade. There are 537 female students and 423 male students, while the number of Dalit children is 235.
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Badimalika Secondary School, the oldest school in the district, celebrated its foundation day with great fanfare in the first week of December. Principal Pushparaj Baral said that the school has started providing education according to the interests of parents and students who travel to the city in search of quality education.
960 students study from the Child Development Center to Grade 12. There are 537 female students and 423 male students, while the number of Dalit children is 235.
The local Raskot Municipality has made a policy to improve community schools, and the migration has stopped, said the mayor, Dharmaraj Shahi. ‘The village has become empty,’ he said, ‘We have also started teaching in English medium from Badimalika Secondary School. Students have started enrolling here.’
According to the city’s education department chief, Khemraj Shahi, the city has also been providing grants for community improvement.
The school, which was approved as a secondary school in 2032 under the leadership of the then national panchayat member Dharmadatta Upadhyay, was a Gurukul in Gautukot before 2013. It remained a Nepal National Primary School and was operated as Shambhunath Middle School in Simsera from 2018.
Education enthusiast and politician Upadhyay, along with local social workers Jagat Bahadur Shahi, Prithvi Bahadur Shahi and Giriraj Shahi, donated the land. Satya Bahadur Shahi, 81, one of those active in the school's operation, said that the school was run by giving labor, donations and donations. According to him, students used to come to Raskot from Achham, Bajura, Mugu and Kalikot carrying Samal (dal, rice, flour, salt, oil) to study in the school. They had to walk for three to four days carrying heavy loads on their backs.
Now, the building, drinking water, toilets, menstrual rest rooms, science laboratories, libraries and playgrounds are becoming exemplary in all respects, said Management Committee Chairman Kamal Bikram Shahi. Political activities have been banned in the school as per the school peace zone concept.
There is also a resource class for children with disabilities in Badimalika. The school, which has been operating since 2062 for grades 11 and 12, has been teaching agriculture subjects through CTEVT since 2068, said former principal and deputy mayor Maniraj Baral. Residential education is being conducted for SEE students.
The school with the highest number of students in the district is Raskot, said Harsha Prasad Chaulagain, head of the Education Development and Coordination Unit, who visited Raskot last month during a monitoring visit. Badimalika Secondary School also appears to be superior to other schools in SEE results.
