The Hechinger Report

Nepal says students have a right to learn in their native languages —but it still isn’t happening

Third grade students take turns reading lessons aloud to their classmates at Mangal Prasad Secondary School in Banke, Nepal. Credit: Amrita Jaisi for Global Press Journal Nepal. The Hechinger Report ...
Nepali Times

Why Nepalis are learning Mandarin, and Chinese are learning Nepali

Kung fu, paper decoration and calligraphy – those are the classes management student Prakash Nepali is attending these days in this southern Chinese city. The reason: He is interested in computer ...
UNESCO

Strengthening Literacy and Lifelong learning opportunities in Nepal

Nepal has made tremendous advances in education since the middle of the twentieth century; moving from a country where education was perceived to be only for a small social elite to a country where ...
The Himalayan Times

Nepal's education paradox: English for learning, Nepali for practice

Nepal's legal education system is caught in a peculiar bind: Law schools teach in English, but the Nepal Bar Council mandates that the bar exam be conducted exclusively in Nepali. This linguistic ...
Nepali Times

Saving the Kusunda language from extinction

LAST SPEAKERS: Gyani Maiya Sen Kusunda (left) and Kamala Sen Kusunda pictured in 2018. Since Gyani Maiya's passing in 2020, Kamala is the only native fluent Kusunda speaker alive. JOHAN REINHARD ...