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“...The Himalayan The Himalayan Times > Kathmandu > Back to classrooms Back to classrooms STUDENTS OF THREE SCHOOLS IN BANSKHARKA VDC OF SINDHUPALCHOWK LEAVE TENTS TO STUDY IN EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT CLASSROOMS Published: February 06, 2016 10:45 am On: Kathmandu HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE Earthquake resistant classrooms of Shree Bhim Vidhya Ashram Sec School. Photo: Courtesy Child reach Nepal Sindhupalchok Buildings of three government schools in Banskharka VDC, Sindhupalchok — Shree Bhim Bidya Ashram Secondary School, Shree Bal Bikash Primary School, and Shree Janahit Lower Secondary School — collapsed due to the Gorkha earthquake in 2015. The students were forced to study under tents and even inside unsafe classrooms. Seven months later, they have earthquake resistant steel framed classrooms, painted in light blue and green colours, where they can study without any disturbances and feel safe....”
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“...Childreach Nepal, that works for children, has constructed 20 classrooms for these schools (two for Shree Bal Bikash, four for Shree Janahit, and 14 for Shree Bhim Bidya Ashram), working with the Government. In an event held on February 4 at Shree Bhim Bidya Ashram Secondary School, Childreach Nepal handed over the newly constructed classrooms to these schools. The classrooms were inaugurated by Maha Jodi Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya along with Dr Dilli Ram Rimal, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Education. “It is the biggest relief. We have, at least, been able to assure the education of the children and we have kept a hope alive in the village that things can be done,” Dr Tshering Lama, Country Director of Chidreach Nepal expressed after the handing over ceremony adding, “To see the children’s faces today, and the communities and people coming together (in the event), it feels like an achievement.” Childreach Nepal reached Sindupalchowk after three days of the quake...”
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“...“It is something better than they had before. As it is earthquake resistant, children don’t have to run whenever earthquake strikes. Children have fall down and injured themselves while running to escape during previous quakes,” Dr Lama added. Satisfied on being able to ensure education on this part of Sindhupalchowk, he is also happy with the teachers and headmasters on their “sense of ownership” as they were very much involved and have contributed in the construction works. These schools have also been conceptualised as a centre for community development where peoplecan take emergency shelters if another such quake strikes. “We are feeling safe here,” Jitman Dong, Principal of Shree Bhim Bidya Ashram Secondary School said about the new classrooms, reasoning, “Classrooms are good, safe and have better environment.” When the classes started from June 2015 as per District Education Office’s order, tents had become their classrooms which were “hot, and water leaked from above and the...”