Durbar High School has started teaching in physical presence from today. Five years after the earthquake, the school has started teaching with the physical participation of teachers and students.
The school could not be handed over to the government due to the coronavirus even though the reconstruction work of the school, which was completely damaged by the Gorkha earthquake, was completed last February.
For a long time, the students and teachers of this school, like others, had started reading online from home. Even though the Kathmandu Metropolitan City gave permission to open all the schools a week ago, there is still some management work to be done, said Pariveshman Bajracharya, a member of Kathmandu Metropolitan Ward 27.
With the completion of the building, 312 students are currently studying in Bhanu Secondary School. The school had only 80 students in the previous academic session. The school has increased the seating capacity of students in classes 5, 6, 7, and 8 as the process of enrolling students in the new building continues. After the reconstruction, the school was able to accommodate 36 students per class.
As the number of students continues to increase every day, the capacity has been expanded to accommodate six more students in each class. With the expansion of capacity, up to 42 students can now be taught in each class.
Bhanu Secondary School and Sanskrit Secondary School are now operating within the hands of this historic school, which was rebuilt in the old style while the Government of Nepal was rebuilding the important natural and cultural heritage of the Valley. The new building has laboratory facilities and English medium education.
The building was constructed with the full support of the Chinese government by the Chinese company Shanghai Construction. A science laboratory, yoga practice room, ayurvedic laboratory, computer laboratory, fireplace house, two libraries, and a large meeting room have also been constructed inside the building.
Durbar High School, which was completed at a cost of Rs. 855.9 million. After the Durbar High School building, the historical heritage of Nepal's educational sector, collapsed due to the earthquake, a temporary tent was constructed on the premises near Balmiki Vidyapeeth on the exhibition road.
It was renamed Durbar High School in 1910 BS when the then Rana government opened it to educate its children inside the palace. After the return of the then Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana from his visit to the United Kingdom, he established the first formal school in Nepal, Durbar High School, on 27 September 1910 BS. It was established so that only the children of the royals and elites could read. After Dev Shamsher became the Prime Minister in 1957 BS, the general public was allowed to study at Durbar School.
