Arjun Shah

Migrant Nepali workers in India have been reaching back to their home in Brahmatola VDC in the district to help run a school.

School Management Committee chairman of the Bajedi Lower Secondary School Gangaram Jaishi said that more than 50 locals, now working in Delhi, were contributing five percent of their monthly salary to the school.

Headteacher of the school Bhanu Bhakta Jaishi said that the school was paying the salaries of four teachers with the money sent by the workers. He said the school receives Rs 15,000 each month from the migrants.

Established two decades ago, the Bajedi School, which has three teacher’s posts allocated by the District Education Office and a lower secondary teacher employed in Relief quota, lacks an adequate number of teaching staff. As a result, 300 students are looked after by four teachers.

“We are running the school through the workers’ contribution for the past five years,” said Bhanu Bhakta.

Gangaram said that local people came up with the idea of asking the migrants for aid when the school was facing financial hardships.

Dambar Raut, who recently came back to the village, said they have set up a Rs 100,000 fund in Delhi by collecting Rs 100 from a worker each month. “We have got to work as security guards in India in the lack of education. So we are contributing to the school to make our children’s future bright,” said Prem Raj Joshi, another contributor.

 Published on: 24 August 2012 | The Kathmandu Post