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Here are some of the stories from The Kathmandu Post (January 12, 2020) At least three visually impaired students are toppers in classes also having peers who can see. Kabin Adhikari/TKP
Here are some of the stories from The Kathmandu Post (January 12, 2020)
New policy for foreign non-governmental organisations aims to address concerns raised by India and China
In a bid to what it calls address concerns from neighbouring countries, the Social Welfare Council is drafting a policy “to discourage” international non-governmental organisations from running programmes that can hamper Nepal’s relations with India and China.
“Nepal is a land-locked country and has two large countries with large populations in the north and south,” states a draft of the strategy policy prepared by the council regarding the foreign non-governmental organisations' functioning. “Based on Nepal’s foreign policy of keeping balanced relations, the projects that are opposed by either country will not be implemented.”
NCP leadership’s highhandedness and indecision on Speaker show democratic disconnect
Indecision on the Speaker candidate continued on Saturday, a day ahead of the scheduled House meeting, and the ruling Nepal Communist Party leadership decided to ask Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe to resign.
Deputy Speaker Tumbahangphe has staked her claim to the Speaker’s post, which has been vacant since early October after Krishna Bahadur Mahara stepped down following attempted rape allegations.
At this school on Capital’s outskirts, blind students are setting sights on higher goals
Madan Rokaya is an eighth-grader at Prithvi Narayan Secondary School in Dahalthok, on the outskirts of Kathmandu. The 15-year-old boy follows almost the same routine the students of his age usually do. In a class of 45 students, he is way ahead of the pack. His teachers and classmates admire him as he is a class topper. But that’s not what sets him apart from others. Rokaya cannot see—he is blind.
For Rokaya, who came to Kathmandu from Mugu, a remote district in Karnali Province, competing with his classmates, who all can see, is no mean feat, his teachers say.
Medical commission ‘fails’ to enforce refund of excess fee to students
Despite repeated assurances and agreement with students, a majority of the medical colleges are yet to refund the additional fee they charged breaching the government ceiling.
Following the students' recent protests, the Ministry of Home Affairs on September 23 had given a month for the colleges to either refund or adjust the arbitrarys fee they had charged the MBBS and BDS students. As the medical college operators did not abide by the directives within the deadline—November 11, the ministry issued a 15-day ultimatum, directing them to disburse such amounts.
Number of burn victims is rising at an alarming rate, but the country is ill-equipped to treat them
The number of patients with burn injuries rises during the winter, as people make bonfires to keep them warm. Elderly women and under-aged children are more vulnerable to fire incidents, as they remain in the house or near fires most of the time.
Burns is the second most common injury in rural Nepal, accounting for 5 percent of disabilities, according to the World Health Organization.
Dr Peeyush Dahal, dean at the National Academy of Medical Sciences, told the Post last month that according to a study carried out in the past, 40,000 people suffer from burns [minor or severe] every year in Nepal.
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