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Durbar High School Resumes Classes Physically:
The Durbar High School (Bhanu Secondary School) has started teaching in the physical presence of students from Sunday. Five years after the earthquake, the school has started teaching with the physical participation of teachers and students.
Although the reconstruction work of the school, which was completely damaged by the Gorkha Barpak earthquake, was completed in February last year, the school was inaugurated by the head of state Bidyadevi Bhandari on 5th Kartik 2077 BS due to the coronavirus epidemic. After the demolition of the building, the school was conducted in a temporary tent at Balmiki Vidyapeeth.
Even after the new building was handed over to the school, due to the Karona epidemic, classes could not be held in the physical presence of teachers and students. Even though the Kathmandu Metropolitan City gave permission to open all the schools in the metropolis a week ago, there is still some management work to be done, said Pariveshman Bajracharya, a member of Ward No. 27.
At present, 312 students are studying in Bhanu Secondary School. The school had only 80 students in the previous academic session.
The school has increased the seating capacity for students in classes 5, 6, 7, and 8 as the number of students coming for admission has increased. After the reconstruction, the school was able to accommodate 36 students per class.
Although it was built using modern construction materials after being completely damaged by the earthquake, its appearance looks the same as before. Built on nine Ropanis of land, the school building has four floors and has 60 classrooms.
Bhanu Secondary School and Sanskrit Secondary School are now operating within the hands of this historic school, which was rebuilt in the old style while the Government of Nepal was rebuilding the important natural and cultural heritage of the Valley.
The new building has laboratory facilities and English medium education. The building was constructed with the full support of the Chinese government by the Chinese company Shanghai Construction.
Inside the building, a science laboratory, yoga practice room, Ayurvedic laboratory, computer laboratory, fireplace house, two libraries and a large meeting room have also been constructed. The Chinese government has provided all the physical infrastructure including tables and chairs used in the classrooms of Durbar High School, which was completed at a cost of Rs. 855.9 million.
It was renamed Durbar High School in 1910 BS when the then Rana government opened it to educate its children inside the palace.
The then Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana, after returning from a visit to the United Kingdom, established the first formal school in Nepal, Durbar High School, on 27 Ashoj 1910 BS. It was established so that only the children of the King Maharaja could read. After Dev Shamsher became the Prime Minister in 1957 BS, the general public was allowed to study at Durbar School.
