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Addressing language barrier in early grade learning

Nepal, June 13 -- Children learn best when education starts from the language they already know. For many children in Nepal, ...
An excerpt of a conversation between an anthropologist and linguist Mark Turin, PhD and Lava Deo Awasthi, PhD, the first Chairperson of the Language Commission of Nepal. Nepali Times: What is the role ...
Poet, journalist, and documentary maker Moharaj Sharma is a leading figure in Nepal’s literary and media landscape, with two decades of influential work in radio and television. Widely respected for ...
At the school in Nepal’s Lalitpur district where I work as an English teaching assistant, a large and colorful mural proclaims: “The world is a lock. Education is the key.” For Nepalese students today ...
Third grade students take turns reading lessons aloud to their classmates at Mangal Prasad Secondary School in Banke, Nepal. Credit: Amrita Jaisi for Global Press Journal Nepal. The Hechinger Report ...
This article by Alisha Sijapati was originally published in Nepali Times and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. At last count, in 2019, Nepal had ...