Mountain students to suffer more as off Sundays pile on learning holidays

Federal directives on enrolment and teaching schedules clash with climatic, social and structural realities across Karnali and Madhesh, causing worries about incomplete courses and worse learning outcomes.

The federal government’s attempt to enforce a uniform academic calendar nationwide is likely to face resistance from local governments, as different climatic, social and infrastructural realities in the mountainous and Tarai regions disrupt schooling and threaten course completion.