Education Aid Program: Shree Navadurga Primary School

Background of the School: Shree Navadurga Primary School is located in Lekhnath Municipality of Kaski district. This municipality is a one hour bus ride away from Pokhara. The school was established 33 years ago in BS 2034, in the initiative of Mr. Bhim Bahadur Gurung. For the first two years, the classes were conducted in the field but the establishment of this primary school provided the children with an opportunity to study. Before this school was established, the children of this area had to go very far away for school. Even though the residents of this area are quite welthy, they don’t provide any support to the school. There is majority of students from very low economical backgrounds.

Status of the School: The school is providing education to 66 students. The total number of the teachers in the school is 3, and 1 administrative employee. The ratio of student to teacher is 22:1. The only facility available in the school is that of drinking water. This school has been visited by volunteers from 2 volunteer teachers from America in 2004 A.D. who taught the students for a year.
The school has been running primary level classes since its establishment so the school plans to elevate the level of the school to lower secondary in order to benefit more students of the locality.
Problems being faced by the School:
The school is facing the problem of lack of funds. The school also lacks a compound in order to mark the boundary of the school and there are not enough classroms. The school has been unable to provide toilets, library, and computer facility to the children. The school also lacks any means of communication.

How the school can be helped:

The ways to help the school can be summarized as follows: