Gorkha. Teachers and students at Akala Basic School in Kharachok Bhanjyang, Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality-3, are troubled by hairy caterpillars. Teaching and learning have been affected as the classrooms are filled with these insects.There is an alder forest surrounding the school. Since the dry season began, hairy caterpillars from the alder trees have started entering the classrooms for the past month. Teacher Pabitra Tamang says,