BIRJUNG: The Jagarnath Rural Municipality of Parsa has provided school uniform to the students from the economically poor families in the rural municipality.
The rural municipality distributed coats and pants as school uniform to 85 students studying in class 11 at Nepal Rastriya Secondary School located in Ward No. 5, Masihani.
Rural Municipality Chairman Shrikanta Prasad Yadav said that the uniforms were distributed to encourage students to continue their studies.
He said that the rural municipality has been prioritizing such schemes to increase students’ access to education and encourage them towards their studies. Recently, the rural municipality has been giving priority to education along with health, agriculture, and road infrastructure development.
The rural municipality has announced the continuation of such programmes in its policy and programme document for 2083/84, including providing free tuition classes in settlements of poor and Dalit communities, conducting online coaching programmes for students, implementing an e-attendance system in community schools, offering extra classes for SEE students, and giving scholarships to top students.
