By the time he received his entry permit, the nation's citizens were already in a hurry to return home. ”There is only one vehicle to the village, and if it misses, it will be a disaster,” he said. ”I came here today and have settled down and filled out the form now.”
After the government demanded election police, people from every village are rushing to the district police to get recruited. Some are applying to earn salt and oil. Some are trying to get recruited to cover medical expenses. Some are trying to get recruited to cover their education expenses. Among them is 22-year-old Nation Praja (Chepang) from Kanda, Chitwan.
He has just been admitted to the graduation level. However, he does not have the money to study regularly. After receiving the information that the admission was open, the district police reached the district police station on Tuesday morning. When he reached there, people from youth to adults had gathered at the district police station. Along with others, Nation also filled out the application form. By the time he received the admission letter, he was in a hurry to return home. ‘There is only one vehicle to the village, if it misses, it will be a disaster,’ he said. ‘I came here today and filled out the form now. If I do not reach Bhandara on time, the vehicle will miss.’ Kanda in Rapti Municipality-13 is a remote settlement in the district.
Even after traveling three hours by jeep from Bhandara, one has to walk uphill and downhill for another three hours to reach the village. Nation said that he came to enroll to see if he could afford the expenses of studying for the graduation level. Nation is the youngest of Laliram and Katimaya’s three sons. Nation has two older sisters. Out of seven children, only he passed grade 12. The youngest sister is studying in grade 4 in the village school. The story of most children in Kanda is similar to Nation's.
In 2072 BS, he was able to study after an organization called Lakshmi Pratishthan in Kavre opened the Kumar Balaram Memorial Hostel in Kanda. They were given free food and accommodation in the hostel. They studied at Kandeshwari School in the hostel. The school taught up to grade 6. Lakshmi Pratishthan took them to Kavre to study above grade 7 and put them in the hostel. Nation completed SEE and grade 12 in Kavre.
'Now I have to study for my bachelor's degree on my own,' he said, 'My parents are farmers.' Maize, millet, and sorghum grow, but not enough to eat. He said that he cannot afford to pay for his education because he has a problem with food.
