Children from Bahadurpur, Palpa, Hattilung, Gothadi, and Rahas are also forced to walk for three to four hours daily. Children from Jalpa, Argidanda, and Sathikol in Purba Khola Rural Municipality also walk at least four hours daily to reach school.
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Dilmaya Gaha of Betini, Mathagadhi-8, here, has just passed the infant class. From this year, her son Gobin will be sent to Bahadurpur's Balvikas Basic School. After enrolling her son in Balvikas, she is worried about how she will send him to school.
She has to send him to school at 8 am. He comes home only after 6 pm. 'Thankfully, lunch is served at the school,' she said. 'That has removed the worry of my son going hungry during the day.' Local Kalpana Baral Magar is also in a hurry to send her daughter Birisa to school. The school is far from home. She teaches her five-year-old daughter Birisa in the infant class in the village. It takes four hours a day to get to class 1. 'Two hours is not enough for young children,' she said. 'The older ones run away.' But you have to take the little ones without leaving them.' According to her, if someone leaves them, they return home crying.
Not only Gaha and Saru Magar, but about 22 students from 14 families in Betini are currently worried about the same thing. She said that if the village had facilities for studying up to grade 3, this worry would have been reduced. There is a community building in the village that teaches infant classes. With the help of Japanese social worker Kazumasa Kakimi, they have been hiring volunteers from the income of the school by investing some money on interest. There is no support from the rural municipality.
According to volunteer teacher Bhimkumari Saru, only two have been admitted this year. She said that recently, mothers have started moving to nearby Jalpa Bazaar, Tansen Bazaar or the Terai in search of a place to live with their children. ‘Earlier, people did not understand the importance of educating children,’ she said, ‘now, there is a trend that we should have fewer children but give them good education. That is why after completing the nursery class, they take their children to the city.’ She said that those who can afford it go to big cities and those who cannot, go to nearby Jalpa and live in tents. 
This problem is not limited to one village here. Even children from Toklokdi, Kihundanda, and Charange tols here are forced to walk for at least three to four hours to go to school. Sushmita Gaha Magar of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality-8, Bahadurpur Betini said, ‘We studied in Bahadurpur till class 8. After that, we are forced to go to another municipality.’ According to her, people from Tallo Betini and Argidanda villages also have to live in tents. Manoj Saru from Betiti also gave his SEE this year. Two of the village's children, Til Bahadur and Chet Bahadur Saru Magar, have studied in class 12. There is no one studying for graduation. According to parent Tulsi Gaha, when the school is far away, some people hide on the road and play and return home. 'The daily life of the little ones is more difficult than the big ones,' she said. 'Parents do not want to send their children to school at the age of four, but they are forced to.' That is why some have to stay with their mothers and children to educate their children.
Tek Bahadur Saru, a parent of Bahadurpur, said that since the school is far away, the little students here face the same problems in both winter and rainy seasons. Those who go to school do not have any clothes during the rainy season. It is like a compulsion for students to carry two pairs of clothes every day. He said that not coming to school on time and returning from the road is another problem at other times. Due to which there is a problem of 'drop out' among students in remote villages. 
The education regulations state that there should be at least 40 students to open a school in the hilly areas. But in most of the hilly districts, there are no more than 25 students in the village. The situation is similar even in the currently operating primary level. Jettar Singh Rana, principal of Balvikas Basic School in Bahadurpur, Mathagadhi-8, said that if pre-primary level classes are to be conducted in remote villages, children would not be forced to walk for four hours daily at a young age.
According to Dil Bahadur Dhenga, ward chairman of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality-8, Bahadurpur, I have informed the municipality in the past. ‘The Village Education Committee is also discussing this issue,’ he said. ‘A decision will be taken on the issue of settlements far from schools after extensive discussions in the coming days.’
Mathagadhi Rural Municipality Chairman Yama Chidi said that the problem of settlements far from schools is everywhere, but due to lack of resources and means, a concrete decision has not been made. Apart from Bahadurpur in Mathagadhi, Palpa, children from Hattilung, Gothadi, and Rahas are also forced to walk for three to four hours daily. Children from Jalpa, Argidanda, and Sathikol in Purba Khola Rural Municipality are also forced to walk for at least four hours daily.
