| Project | : | Shree Saraswati Secondary School |
| Location | : | Armadanda, Ward-10, Sanibheri Rural Municipality, District West Rukum Who implent the project Who Implementation: Chay Ya Nepal, Sanibheri Rural |
| Project Partners | : | Chay Ya Liechtenstein |
| Project Features | : | Built 4 classrooms to improve education for growing student numbers. |
| Construction Modality | : | Permanent RCC (Reinforced Cement Concrete) classrooms constructed with 20% municipal support and community collaboration. |
| Support Period | : | 2024 - 2025 |
| Current Status | : | Completed |
There is only one secondary school in the village of Armadanda, the Shree Saraswati Secondary School. It was originally run from kindergarten (ECD = Early Childhood Development) to year 12 in five buildings (one RCC building and four other buildings made of drywall), which only offered limited space for the students. However, after the severe earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on November 3, 2023, only the reinforced concrete building with cracks remained, which is used for administration. As there is only one school, children from the surrounding villages also come here to receive an education. There are currently 455 pupils (aged 3 to 16) from kindergarten to year 12, 229 of whom are girls and 226 boys. They are looked after by 16 teachers and 16 members of staff (including a bookkeeper and office staff).
With the financial support of UNICEF Nepal, 4 temporary classrooms were built and with the financial support of the local government, 5 additional tent-like rooms were erected, which are used by the students on a rented private property. With financial support from the Federal President’s Education Program, 4 classrooms could be built as RCC buildings and with the Chay Ya Nepal “Food for work” program, 7 temporary classrooms were added.
For the longterm another 4 permanent classrooms were constructed to provide the students with quality education. We expect the number of pupils to increase from 455 to 575 after the expansion, the municipality will hire more teachers and the quality of education will improve.
The municipality supports the school with a contribution of 20 %.
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