Nepal’s school-merging programme goes against the right to education

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Merging schools in Nepal

In this new blog post ISS alumni and current researcher at CESLAM, Nilima Rai, discusses how the new policy of 'merging schools' in rural Nepal could potentially hinder the right to education

Nepal’s government is increasingly merging schools due to shrinking population numbers in its rural areas, arguing that this will improve the quality of education. However, as Nilima Rai points out, reducing the number of schools actually has an adverse impact on children in remote areas. Hence, the government policies interfer with the children’s right to education.

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