KATHMANDU: A total of 4,476 schools damaged by the devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015 and its subsequent aftershocks have got their new shapes.
The Central Project Implementation Unit (Education) has stated that out of these reconstructed school facilities, 3,583 were rebuilt by the school management committees, 135 were reconstructed by the construction entrepreneurs while 758 were rebuilt by the non-governmental organizations.
Education Journalists Network Nepal (EJON)’s chief Im Narayan Shrestha said that additional 1,222 schools are being reconstructed through the school management committees, 338 schools are being rebuilt through the construction entrepreneurs and 212 schools are being reconstructed through the NGOs.
He said a total 6,646 schools, including 398 additional schools that would be selected, are being reconstructed. As many as 7, 923 schools were damaged due to the disaster in the 32 districts affected the most by the earthquake.
The Asian Development Bnak (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), China, India and other countries have been providing assistance for the reconstruction of schools.
Shrestha added that the reconstruction of all the earthquake-damaged schools would be completed by the end of the current fiscal year 2018/2019 at an estimated cost of Rs 90 billion.
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