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Ever since I decided to join Teach For Nepal, I have always been asked this question – Why Teach For Nepal? The answer is, why not Teach For Nepal. Since I completed my +2, I have always wanted to teach at TFN not only I am doing something that I am passionate about but above all, I am contributing towards the betterment of our country. I started my education career at a public school, my education was not good and the environment didn’t provide any encouragement to do well either. This didn’t sit well with my mother who worked in a brick factory so she enrolled me in a non-government school even though it was a financial burden to her. But her investment paid off as I was able to top +2 board in science. A teacher has a huge role to play in a child’s life and every day for the next two years, I will be providing quality education to children whose family cannot afford private school. I will be teaching future engineers the fundamentals of building houses, I will be teaching future…

I grew up attending both private and public schools. I have first hand experience when it comes to the issue of educational inequality between public and private schools. One year in public school, I secured the highest percentage in my class but had to repeat a year when I transferred to a private school because of my poor English. I am proud of my educational attainment. I belong to a lower middle class family and my parents had no formal education. Given my parents’ poor economic abilities, it was very difficult to get to where I am now, academically. I almost dropped out of school and worked a local job like my brothers, but I decided to continue with my education. I feel happy that I will have completed my Bachelor’s degree very soon. I came to know about Teach For Nepal from my school, Jyotidaya Cooperative Secondary School. I was certain that I wanted to be a part of this movement. Before finding out about Teach For Nepal, I felt like I was a frog trapped inside a well. …

I was born in a remote area of Salyan District. The village was underdeveloped and there was no facility of education. So my parents migrated to Dang when I was five, in search of a comfortable life and good education opportunities for us. I shifted to Kathmandu in search of better opportunities. It wasn’t easy for us to adjust in all the new places eventually did. My father’s economic condition also wasn’t that stable but I was never deprived of a good education. And due to this, I became strong at a very early age to face any challenge that came my way. Having completed Bachelor’s in Health Care Management, I started working in hospitals in Kathmandu. Later, I joined a project of a hospital called Yoga and Nature Cure Hospital and went to remote Banke for conducting health camps. I worked in the project for over 2 years. I had gone to the village as a health worker but there were many things that made me feel sad about that place. People there didn’t consider education to be impo…

I grew up in a peaceful village in Kalikot district of Karnali zone, enjoying the beautiful views of snowcapped mountains and enchanting sounds of flowing rivers. Even though I didn’t want to, my parents admitted me to a public school and it was an hour’s walking distance away from home. I considered myself lucky as I had some friends who had to walk up to 4 hours daily to attend the classes. Even though I performed well during my higher studies, I wasn’t a good student earlier. I preferred staying home to do the chores or taking our cattle for grazing instead of going to school. Reason: I didn’t like the teachers. They were very rude and thought that students can be taught only if they are threatened and scolded. I didn’t know how to write my own name in English properly even after being upgraded to Grade 5. The financial status of our family wasn’t good either. So I never owned books, pens or a schoolbag. My father, like many other men in the village left for India to work as a l…

Being a fifth child and the only son in my family, I always thought that all of us were equally loved and treated the same. We all went to private primary schools. However, when it was time to move to a secondary school, my parents enrolled my sisters in a public school while I was sent to a private school. My enrollment in a private school suggests two things. One is discrimination. For the first time in my life I felt that my parents discriminated between their daughters and son. They spent more money for my school fees but were afraid to do so in case of my sisters. Another thing is inequality in education. Not only my parents but also the whole community thought that private schools’ education is better than that in public schools. One thing was obvious, the SLC results would be better in private school than in public schools. I scored a distinction in SLC studying in private school while my sisters managed to score second and first divisions only. I knew that my sisters we…

I was a curious child who loved sports and music. Once, I left home without telling anyone to attend a cultural program near my home. Between the crowd and the performances, I lost track of time. Not finding me anywhere my parents got worried. It was only after dark that someone informed my parents about my whereabouts that they found me. As I grew up, my curiosity led me to pursue Science. Initially I wanted to pursue my higher education abroad, but the 2015 earthquake inspired me to study in Nepal and do something for my country. I credit the education I received for making me the person I am today. Education has not only sharpened my mind but also given me analytical skills. It has helped me develop self-confidence and improve myself. I consider myself lucky to have been chosen as a Teach For Nepal Fellow. I will have the chance to work with other Fellows to improve the quality of education in rural Nepal. I want to make the best of this opportunity to learn about educatio…

I started my schooling in Dhangadi. I loved going to school and was a good student, I was sincere with my studies and participated in extracurricular activities. But when I moved to Kathmandu everything changed. I wasn’t performing well in classes and even though I wanted to, I never participated in activities outside the classroom. This continued till I moved back to Dhangadi in the ninth grade. In Kathmandu, I didn’t find any of my teachers to be inspiring or encouraging. Moving back home, I got a mentor who helped me see my own potential. He brought back my confidence and created an environment where I could explore and grow. I never thought I’d be able to commit for a two-year Fellowship and yet here I am. I was encouraged to apply because Teach For Nepal’s vision matches with the vision, I have set for myself which is to bring a change with the education I have. More than a teacher I want to be someone’s mentor and well-wisher. I am looking forward to living in a new commun…

My maa and buba have been the most important people in my self-development. They are my strength. From them I learned that we should never give up on our dreams. In the era where having a son was everyone’s priority, my sisters and I never faced any discrimination inside my family. However, it was different with the society. I want to prove the society wrong. My parents believed in us and one day I want to make them proud. I remember when anyone ask what you want to become when you grow up and I used to say a teacher. I’d wear my mother’s heels and carry her bag and imitate my teachers. I believe education helps widen the perspective of a person and teachers play a vital role molding a student inside the classroom. It is up to them to build a warm environment, mentor and nurture students, as well as to listen and look for signs of trouble. I got to know about Teach For Nepal through a friend of mine. I always saw pictures of her travelling all over Nepal on her social media. Cur…

I spent my childhood in Kalikot, and later in Bardiya as my parents decided to move for better job opportunities. I have seen people struggling for survival. Most of them didn’t have access to good food. Education was not even in their priority list. During my teenage, I again moved to Kathmandu for higher education. Here, I learned to earn and live for myself. This experience made me stronger and more responsible. Coming to Kathmandu at a very young age, completing high school and undergraduate as a topper was a huge achievement for me. All the credits go to every single teacher who have taught me since my early childhood. This is one of the motivations to apply for the Fellowship, as I have always looked forward to becoming the role model to my students and making my students better learners and achievers. For the next two years, I see myself living in a rural village educating Nepal’s next generation. The one main reason behind joining Teach For Nepal is to see a transformed s…

I belong to a middle class family. When my parents separated from a big joint family, inheriting almost nothing but some infertile land, they had accepted a life of hardship. Despite the challenges, they worked hard to provide me with good education. My mom regretted not having education though her brothers had gone to schools. Therefore, she wanted to see me getting good education. In school, I met teachers who designed courses of study that not only focused on the performance of students but also whether students were enjoying learning or not. They were the biggest inspirations for me to do well in class. I had made a decision to pursue my Bachelor’s and work simultaneously in order to support my family as much as I could. I had joined an English Language Institute as an Instructor where I had to deal with new adult visitors and learners who had hunger towards learning English language for different reasons. I had worked for the purpose of making money but the people I met at…