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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Classroom crunch at school, by Pratap Bista (kp 22/08/2008), Banke school shuts when it rains, by Surendra Kafle (ht 22/08/2008)

How about educating kids in mother tongue?, by Anjali Subedi (kp 19/07/2007)

‘MTE effective for children’ (kp 13/06/2007)

Too many books burden li'l shoulders, by Anjali Subedi (kp 17/04/2007)

Pre-primary education scenario 'grim' (samn 06/02/2007)

224 pupils in a classroom: Teacher’s salary from remittance, by Arjun Shah (kp 22/01/2007)

Free textbooks for real now (kp 18/07/2005)

COPE benefits backward children, by Sangeeta Rijal & Ganesh Rai (kp 03/06/2005), Schools for Dalits (kp 04/06/2005)

ECD fighting uphill battle in remote dists, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 25/04/2005)

Primary school in Dolakha runs 4 months (kp 22/12/2004)

Why should preschoolers receive more attention? by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 09/12/2004)

Rs 1.2b yearly for primary education (kp 04/11/2004)

ECD centers bring the best out of pre-schoolers, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 06/10/2004)

Govt mulls textbooks in mother tongues, by Renu Kshetry (ht 10/08/2004), School textbooks in mother tongue soon (kp 14/08/2004)

The cost of primary education, by Mana Prasad Wagley & Shreeram Prasad Lamichhane (kp 03/08/2004)

Stop using students for political ends, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg 14/07/2004)

Syllabus revision on trial (ht 30/06/2004)

Three teachers, two students make up this school, by Damodar Neupane (kp 06/06/2004)

Primary education in mother tongue: Curriculum missing (rn 24/05/2004)

More childcare centres in villages soon (ht 02/05/2004)

School empty as students leave to earn (kp 10/03/2004)

Donors assure $147m for pre-primary education (kp 03/03/2004)

Primary school open for four months, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 12/01/2004)

Universal primary education: Still a mirage, by Vidhu Prakash Kayastha (kp 01/01/2004)

Basic education receiving high priority, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 21/11/2003)

Nepal to lobby for pre-primary education (Himalayan Times, 07/11/2003)

74,000 centres to be set up for early childhood development (Rising Nepal, 31/10/2003)

Universal primary education, by Mana Prasad Wagley (Himalayan Times, 14/10/2003)

Japanese grant for primary schools (Himalayan Times, 02/10/2003)

Bleak pointer (Himalayan Times, 24/09/2003)

Keshari’s children (Nepali Times, 19/09/2003)

Scholarship resumption brightens prospects of 10,000 deprived children (Kathmandu Post, 17/09/2003)

'63 pc girls deprived of basic education‘ (Kathmandu Post, 15/08/2003)

Govt mulls assessment system for elementary schools (Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2003)

Govt plans to set up 74,000 ECD centres by 2015 (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2003)

WFP conducts ‘food for education programme’ in schools, by Prakash Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 24/06/2003)

English for first grade kids only on paper, by Renu Kshetry (Himalayan Times, 19/04/2003)

COPE schools for a better future, happier village, by Raghu Nath Lamichhane (Kathmandu Post, 24/02/2003); see also Girls: Main beneficiaries of community owned education, by Pranav Bhattarai (Space Time Today, 24/02/2003), Community schools have more girls, by Renu Kshetry (Himalayan Times, 24/02/2003)

'No fee' at primary level to hit public schools (Rising Nepal, 18/02/2003)

Many children still deprived of primary education, by Dinesh Ghimire (Space Time Today, 28/12/2002)

A new light over the horizon: Educating socially backward Chepang children (Kathmandu Post, 01/12/2002)

Primary curriculum to include English (Kathmandu Post, 27/11/2002)

School dropout rate in grade one remains high, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 05/10/2002)

Primary school enrolment of children goes up (Rising Nepal, 23/08/2002)

63% children in Parsa Primary schools (Rising Nepal, 26/06/2002)

Primary school enrolment up by 10 percent: Report (Kathmandu Post, 13/06/2002); see also editorial A positive trend (Kathmandu Post, 14/06/2002)

Govt order public schools not to charge fees (Kathmandu Post, 02/05/2002)

Drop out ratio still high at primary level: Report (Rising Nepal, 04/04/2002)

12000 children deprived of education in Surkhet, by Motilal Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2002)

BPEP-II implemented in all dists (Rising Nepal, 22/12/2001)

38% children in Rupandehi still deprived of primary education (Rising Nepal, 01/11/2001); see also 25 pc children remain out of school in Rupandehi (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2001)

Primary schools lack teachers (Kathmandu Post, 08/10/2001)

Students’ Evaluation: Reassessment Needed At Primary Level, by Bharat Bilas Panta (Rising Nepal, 06/08/2001)

Mid-day meal to students (Kathmandu Post, 19/05/2001)

New primary education policy introduced (Kathmandu Post, 03/02/2001)

Ensure primary education (Kathmandu Post, 27/01/2001)

Compulsory primary education a ‘failure’ (Kathmandu Post, 23/01/2001)

Interaction on effectiveness of primary education (Rising Nepal, 20/11/2000)

Basic education programme to be launched in 60 districts: Upadhaya (Rising Nepal, 10/06/2000)

93% for making primary education compulsory: poll (Rising Nepal, 28/01/2000)

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