In remote Mugu, children walk four hours for school

Parents say children return home tired. Their Kalika Secondary School in Libru is ill-equipped and understaffed with just 11 teachers for 300 students.

Dantaraj Nepali, 14, a ninth grader, walks for two hours every day to reach his school, the Kalika Secondary, in Libru, Mugu. To return home after classes, it takes him a three-hour walk uphill. Nepali hails from Musinmela, a remote, underdeveloped village in ward 2 of Soru Rural Municipality where residents struggle to access education and healthcare, among other services. The ward does have a basic school that runs classes up to grade 3, but if one is to continue their studies, they have to make the treacherous trek to Libru daily.