132 students displaced by Bhotekoshi floods enrolled in school

KATHMANDU: A total of 132 students displaced by the recent Bhotekoshi floods have been enrolled at a school in Kathmandu.

Acting Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Sunita Dangol, said that the 132 students, who are currently taking shelter in Kathmandu after being displaced by the Bhotekoshi floods, have started attending Gitamata School in Dallu.

Dangol urged teachers to teach the children with compassion, saying that words and actions could cause them further emotional distress.

The students are taking shelter at the Yellow Monastery in Nagarjun. Members of the metropolis’ executive, people’s representatives, and officials from the Department of Education visited the school to encourage the students.

Some of the 132 students have lost both parents. Koshish Nepal has provided them with school bags and uniforms, as well as psychosocial counselling. Similarly, LRI School has been providing transportation services to and from the shelter.

School Principal Hari Krishna Shrestha said efforts are being made to help the students gradually return to normal life through counselling.