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

Law schools teach in English, but the Nepal Bar Council mandates that the bar exam be conducted exclusively in Nepali.
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 ...
The Himalayan Times

'British Council, NEB and local governments collaboration could be catalytic in assessing English language in Nepal'

We implemented a new curriculum after 2019. We now have school-based assessments until third grade. For fourth through eighth grades, 50 per cent is school-based and 50 per cent is external, according ...
Nepali Times

English is not the be-all and end-all

For a long time, I believed that being able to speak, read, and understand English meant having the power of knowledge. In hindsight, I also realise that if learning English was simply like picking up ...