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St. Xavier's School, Godavari
St. Xavier's School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Godavari, Lalitpur District, in the Bagmati Zone of Nepal. The school is located approximately south of the city of Kathmandu. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1951, it is the oldest modern style educational institution of Nepal. History St. Xavier's is the oldest educational institution of Nepal and one of the best known. Invited by the king of Nepal Tribhuvan Shah, in 1951 the American Jesuit priest Fr. Marshall D. Moran and a group of American Jesuit priests opened a residential school in the royal country villa of Godavari. After a few years, because of the increasing number of students, the primary school was shifted to St. Xavier's School, Jawalakhel, in the south suburbs of Kathmandu. The high school remained in Godavari. In 1969, due to ever growing demands for admission to the school, St. Xavier's, Godavari was turned into a full-fledged primary school and St. Xavier's, Jawalakhel w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godawari, Bagmati
Godawari is a municipality in Lalitpur District in Bagmati Province of Nepal. It was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Godawari, Badikhel, Bisankhunarayan, Godamchaur and Thaiba of Lalitpur District of Bagmati Zone. The municipality area was again expanded in March 2017 to include in total 12 previous VDCs. The six VDCs added were Devichaur, Dukuchhap, Chhampi, Thecho, Chapagaun, Jharuwarasi and Lele. The centre of this municipality is located at Bajrabarahi. Demographics At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Godawari Municipality had a population of 80,376. Of these, 49.7% spoke Nepali, 27.5% Newar, 15.3% Tamang, 2.4% Pahari, 1.0% Danwar, 0.9% Magar, 0.6% Maithili, 0.6% Rai, 0.3% Bhojpuri, 0.2% English, 0.2% Gurung, 0.2% Limbu, 0.2% Tharu, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Sherpa, 0.1% Sunuwar and 0.2% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 28.6% were Newar, 26.8% Chhetri, 16.2% Tamang, 10.8% Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boarding School
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend across many countries. Their functioning, codes of conduct, and ethos vary greatly. Children in boarding schools study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers or administrators. Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution during the day and return home in the evenings. Boarding school pupils are typically referred to as "boarders". Children may be sent for one to twelve years or more in boarding school, until the age of eighteen. There are several types of boarders depending on the intervals at which they visit their family. Full-term boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic year, semester boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic term, weekly boarders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Schools Named After Francis Xavier
A multitude of schools and universities have been named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Roman Catholic saint and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. This page lists notable educational institutions named after St. Xavier, arranged by country and region. Many of these schools are run by the Jesuit order, while some are operated by the Xaverian Brothers and various dioceses. Australia Australian Capital Territory * St. Francis Xavier College, Canberra Queensland * St Francis Xavier Primary School, Gold Coast New South Wales * St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton * Xavier High School, Albury * Xavier Catholic College, Skennars Head, Ballina * Xavier Catholic College, Llandilo, Penrith South Australia * Xavier College, Adelaide, Gawler Belt Victoria * Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne * St. Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield, Berwick, Officer Bangladesh * St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School, Mohammadpur, Dhaka Belgium * Collège Saint-François ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Schools In Nepal
The following is a list of notable secondary schools in Nepal. Tertiary schools are included in the separate list of universities and colleges in Nepal. There are 77 districts and this list is grouped alphabetically by district (along with a section on international schools in Nepal). This list includes schools of international and national standard from various districts. International schools The following are international schools, which have distance-learning centres in Nepal. * The British School, Kathmandu – Patan * Budhanilkantha School – Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu District * Delhi Public School, Biratnagar – Biratnagar, Morang District * Delhi Public School, Dharan – Dharan, Sunsari District * Golden Peak High School – Chabahil, Kathmnadu * Lincoln School, Kathmandu - Ravibhawan, Kathmandu District * Little Angels' School – Hattiban, Lalitpur District * Malpi International School – Panauti, Kabhrepalanchok District * St. Xavier's Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education In Nepal
Education in Nepal has been modeled on the Education in India, Indian system, which is in turn based on that of the old British Raj. The National Examination Board (Nepal), National Examinations Board supervises all standardized tests, while the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Nepal), Ministry of Education is responsible for managing educational activities in Nepal. The National Center for Educational Development is Nepal's teacher-training body. In 2021, Nepal's literacy rate was 76.2% (81% for males and 63.3% for females). The April 2015 Nepal earthquake destroyed schools and severely impacted the nation's ability to keep its remaining schools open. History From its inception, education in Nepal was modeled on the Education in India, Indian system, which had evolved from the old British Raj. Nepal's education system was historically based on home-schooling and ''gurukulas'', was similar to the former Indian system in which pupils would learn either in their ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity In Nepal
Christianity is, according to the 2021 Nepal census, 2021 census, the fifth most practiced religion in Nepal, with 512,313 adherents or 1.8%, up from 2011 Nepal census, 2011 when there were 375,699 adherents or 1.4% of the population.Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics (2011) �National Population and Housing Census 2011.�� p. 4.Archivedfrom the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019. Many informed observers have estimated that there are at least 1 million Nepali Christians. According to some Christian groups, there may be as many as 3 million Christians in Nepal, constituting up to 10% of the country's population. A report by Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary identified the Nepali church the fastest growing in the world. The vast majority of Nepali Christians are Evangelicalism, evangelical Protestants (if evangelical is defined broadly to include Charismatic Movement, charismatics and Pentecostalism, Pentecostals); there is also a small Catholic Church, Catholic pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhapa District
Jhapa District (; ) is a district of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal named after a Rajbanshi Surjapuri language word "Jhapa", meaning "to cover" (verb). The 2021 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the district at 994,090. The total area of the district is 1,606 square kilometres. History The lowlands of Limbuwan (present-day terai lands of Sunsari, Morang, and Jhapa) were collectively known as Morang since the time of King Mawrong of 7th century. In the beginning of 1400 AD, Morang Kingdom patriated from Kingdom of Ilam and Kingdom of Mikluk Bodhey (Choubise) and started ruling on its own. Location Jhapa is the easternmost district of Nepal and lies in the fertile Terai plains. It is part of the Outer Terai. Jhapa borders with Ilam in the north, Morang in the west, the Indian state of Bihar in the south and the Indian state of West Bengal to the southeast and east. Geographically, it covers an area of and lies on 87°39’ east to 88°12’ east longitude and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathmandu Valley
The Kathmandu Valley (), also known as the Nepal Valley or Nepa Valley (, Newar language, Nepal Bhasa: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑑅 𑐐𑐵𑑅, नेपाः गाः), National Capital Area, is a bowl-shaped valley located in the Himalayas, Himalayan mountains of Nepal. It lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations of the Indian subcontinent and the broader Asian continent, and has at least 130 important monuments, including several pilgrimage sites for Hindus and Buddhism, Buddhists. The valley holds seven World Heritage Sites within it. The Kathmandu Valley is the most developed and the largest urban agglomeration in Nepal with a population of about 5 million people. The urban agglomeration of Kathmandu Valley includes the cities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Nepal, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Changunarayan, Budhanilkantha, Tarakeshwar, Gokarneshwar, Suryabinayak Municipality, Suryabinayak, Tokha, Kirtipur, Madhyapur Thimi, and others. The majority of offices and headquarters are locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maitighar
''Maitighar'' ( Maternal home) is a 1966 Nepali film directed by B.S. Thapa. It was the third Nepali film produced and the first featured film under a private banner. This film features bollywood actress Mala Sinha in the lead role with Nepali actor Chidambar Prasad Lohani. It is considered as a classic in Nepali cinema. Plot A girl who was born in Pokhara was sent to jail for 15 years but she didn't want to go out of the jail then police officer calls a psychiatrist (doctor) then she tells her story to him. She tells the story of falling in love with and marrying Mohan and living a simple life with him. But they get separated from each other when Mohan goes to the jungle for the hunt to kill animals but he comes home dead. After the death of Mohan, his mother calls Maya a witch who killed her son (common superstition at that time in Nepal) and everyone calls her witch and they say "Wish she died before birth". Then she gets blamed for everything that happens in the village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalitpur, Nepal
Lalitpur is a metropolitan city and fourth most populous city of Nepal with 299,843 inhabitants living in 49,044 households per the 2021 census. It is located in the south-central part of Kathmandu Valley, a large valley in the high plateaus in central Nepal, at an altitude of 1,400 metres (4,600 feet). It's cultural heritage includes a tradition of arts and crafts. It has a multi-ethnic population with a Hindu and Buddhist majority. Religious and cultural festivities form a major part of the lives of people residing in Kathmandu. Tourism is an important part of the city's economy and it stages festivals and feasts, Lalitpur is home to Patan Durbar Square, which has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Etymology and culture One of the most used and typical Newar names of Lalitpur is ''Yala.'' It is said that King Yalamber or Yellung Hang named this city after himself, and ever since this ancient city was known as Yala. There are many legends about its name. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedagogy
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning. Both the theory and practice of pedagogy vary greatly as they reflect different social, political, and cultural contexts. Pedagogy is often described as the act of teaching. The pedagogy adopted by teachers shapes their actions, judgments, and teaching strategies by taking into consideration theories of learning, understandings of students and their needs, and the backgrounds and interests of individual students. Its aims may range from furthering liberal education (the general development of human potential) to the narrower specifics of vocational education (the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
