Private, public schools to have two public holidays a week from May 15

KATHMANDU, May 11: The government has decided to grant two public holidays a week – Sunday and Saturday – to both public and private schools from May 15. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology took a decision to this effect on Wednesday. According to Deepak Sharma, spokesperson for the Education Ministry, both the public and private schools will remain closed on Sunday and Saturday from May 15. With this decision in effect, schools will now be allowed to remain closed for only 30 days in a year. Prior to this, schools used to have 50 days additional holidays except public holidays including monsoon, winter and festival holidays.

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Public holidays on Nov 20, 21

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: The government has decided to grant public holidays on November 20 and 21. The election of the federal and the provincial level are scheduled on November 20. Issuing a press statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs maintained that the government has taken a decision to grant holidays on November 20 and 21. According to the press statement, schools will remain closed from November 18.

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Holiday from Nov 18 to 21 in schools being used as polling stations

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: The government has decided to give public holidays from November 18 to 21 in schools where polling stations are located.

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On Weekend Off

The government has recently taken a new decision on closing down all the public offices and all schools on Saturdays and Sundays. This decision comes amidst a fall in the country’s purchasing power and the rising cost of fossil fuels. This provision will come into effect from May 15. According to the notice published in the Nepal Gazette, the government will introduce the weekends as holidays. Summer, winter and festival holidays will also be slashed, to some extent. Half-holiday on Fridays and other public holidays will be cut off. Such changes in working days have been made to help complete bulky school curricula on time.

The Rising Nepal चैत्र २०७८

Two-day holiday in schools: winter, summer, festival holidays to be reduced

Dipak Sharma, spokesperson of the Ministry, informed that the decision was taken to ensure that class days in schools and universities do not get reduced in view of the government's decision to grant two-day, Saturday and Sunday, public holidays a week.

The Rising Nepal चैत्र २०७८

Students bear brunt of unsuccessful general strike

It does not come as a surprise that teachers and students alike, of private schools, are among the most affected by strikes in Nepal. While a day-off at work seems like an attractive prospect, only education professionals, parents and students see that there exists an intricate layer to these so-called “relief holidays”. From having to miss a class, to having to compensate for the lost day during well-deserved public holidays, there are reasons why people loathe these strikes.

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