Nuwakot schools to reopen 14 days after Bhotekoshi floods

Classes will resume at 65 schools in Bidur Municipality on Wednesday, 14 days after the Bhotekoshi floods forced schools to close. The municipality said community and private schools could reopen unless floods had destroyed them or authorities were using them as temporary holding centres for displaced people.

Before the disaster, Bidur had 79 operating schools: 54 community schools and 25 private schools. Three community schools and two private schools were destroyed. Another eight community schools and one private school are housing displaced people, leaving 43 community and 22 private schools ready to reopen.

Deputy Mayor Prabha Bogati said children from flood-affected areas could attend whichever school was most convenient. “They should not worry if they do not have a school uniform. The schools will make arrangements to ensure they can attend classes,” she said.

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The children from flood-affected areas can attend whichever school is most convenient for them.

The destroyed schools include Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, Ramchandra Basic School, Trishuli Community Boarding School and Uttargaya Public English School. The Education and Sports Ministry also reported damage to eight other schools, including Chandeshwori Secondary School, Gyankunj Boarding School, JD Boarding School and Pioneer Boarding School.

Across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading, the floods affected 23 schools and more than 7,000 enrolled students, government data showed. About 600 children remain unaccounted for. Bidur said it would decide separately when schools still serving as holding centres, or those with extensive damage, could resume classes.

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They should not worry if they do not have a school uniform. The schools will make arrangements to ensure they can attend classes.