Rajan Mahato, a class 4 student, visits the Tharu and Central Hill Region Museum building near his home every morning. The museum is not for viewing, but for reading. He also goes to school every day. However, before going to school, he goes to the museum and studies Nepali, English and mathematics for one and a half hours.

Such is the daily life of 9 students studying in class 4 and 5 who grew up in the Tharu community like him. After returning to school, 13 students from 1st to 3rd grade study here. They have been given the chance to study like this by the Brahmadev Tol Development Society Pullar in Ward No. 6 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City. 

Deepak Aryal, who retired after 32 years as a temporary teacher in Shree Himalaya Dandapani Neupane Mavi near Toll, became the chairman of Brahmadev Toll Development Institution Bharatpur-6, Pullar. Aryal was shocked by the survey with data on various subjects including caste, gender, educational details, source of income of villagers, health. 

According to him, the population of the tol was 1,212 and there were 513 people from the Tharu community. But only 18 people from the Tharu community, 10 males and 8 females, passed class 12. 

It was found that most of the students dropped out after studying 5/6 class. Those who studied went to Gulf countries and those who were in Nepal were forced to work in the morning/evening to clean the house.

Being a Tharu community, drinking alcohol at home is common. There is a furnace next to the house. We found that the effect of this was directly on the young children,'' says Aryal.

He added, 'After we found that they don't want to go to school, they go to kill birds with slingshots whenever they have free time, they go to rivers and canals to swim, and they even go to Kulat. We have reached a decision to conduct additional community-based classes for Tharu, Dalit and economically weaker students studying in government schools.' 

In the early days, students did not come to class easily. Aryal says, "Me and my friends from the village development organization went from house to house to find students." Krishnaraj Subedi, president of the organization, said that even the parents who questioned what was happening in the early days started supporting this campaign.

'Our son Rajan, who used to speak only Tharu language, also speaks in Nepali and English, he couldn't read what was written in the book, but now he reads it to me,' said the local princess Mahato, 'We also feel good that this kind of education is being done for free near home. is We don't know how to read, we don't even come home from school to see homework done. This work has been very good. Rajan's father works as a tractor driver.

'After finishing my homework, sir, I reached school the day before, preparing for the subject that will be taught tomorrow. It makes me happy to be able to say what the teacher asked," said Deepika Mahato, a class 5 student. The representatives of village development are also happy that the campaign launched with the aim of making things taught in school easier to understand and school has yielded positive results.

Tol Vikas has started classes from 20 August. Boards and markers for the class were obtained with the help of the local Arunodaya Mavi. According to Ramnath Paudel, vice president of Tol Development Organization, who is also a former teacher, the goal is to teach for 158 days. The class will be conducted in this way till March, the time of the final examination of this academic session.

Paudel says, 'We have hired a woman from the Tharu community who has passed graduation as a teacher, and there is an agreement to pay her Rs 225 per class. There are two classes in a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. We have estimated the cost of 117,600 rupees including classroom management and teacher salaries.'