Home: Battisputali, Kathmandu, Bagmati

Education: BA-BSW (Psychology), K and K International College


My name is Prajwal Khadka and I’m from Kathmandu. I did my schooling from Daffodil Public School. My schooldays were the best days of my life. Most of us had studied there since nursery, and we all knew each other and the teachers. Later on, though, teachers started discriminating by separating the ‘above average’ and ‘average/mediocre’ students into two groups. Teachers would tell those of us in the second group that we were just wasting our parents’ money. I feel proud of studying in Daffodil, even though I think there was a better way to motivate us.

I ended up studying social work because I thought – let’s do something new. Everyone was doing BBA or BBS, and Engineering wasn’t really an option. As I did my BSW, I was exposed to a lot of new subjects and methods. I initially found it a bit strange; I’d never done anything like it before, or done reflective writing. But as I went to the field more regularly, and spent more time with people, I learned more – and then was able to write and reflect more effectively.

Now I’m glad I did a BSW. If I hadn’t, I would never have gotten these experiences– of meeting the range of people I did, of learning what I did, of even getting to share what I did. I initially didn’t know anything about Teach for Nepal. But one of my colleagues at an organization I interned at knew that I had worked with public school students before, and encouraged me to apply. I looked at TFN’s website, and filled out the application.

I applied because even when I studied in Plus 2, my friends were the “bad ones” – they made a lot of noise, some of them were irregular with attendance. So even though I attended regularly, I think my teachers put me in the same category. And my friends would try to study, but teachers would say to them – leave it, you can’t do it anyway. And I wanted to not do this. I want students to believe, and to hear, that they can do it.

During the second round of TFN interview I felt that I was exposed to a group of people with a lot of different ideas, coming from different perspectives. Not everything was aligned, there was conflict. Conflict can be healthy, it’s not necessarily bad, and we can learn from it. It made me think about other possible ways of thinking, using not only my BSW-trained mind.

I didn’t know training would be this intense. I knew it would be 33 people from different places in Nepal, with different thoughts and ideas. I’m learning how to live with other people, in a way I never had to before – sharing a room, sharing a toilet and shower.

Even before I accept the community or students, I need them to – I want them to – accept me. I’m looking forward to being able to take new ideas to the schools, and of getting to apply ideas and theories that I’ve learned about, but that I’ve not yet gotten to put into practice. This is an opportunity! Up to now, when I worked with different organizations, I had to follow their rules and regulations. But this will give me a broader area to work in.

During school, I was more into sports than academics. But as I got older, during my SLC, my academic performance improved. Up until then, many people had said – you can’t do it! But I was able to do well in my Bachelor’s, and now, I’m sitting here at a reputed organization. I’ve managed to keep the ethics and character I had from school, even when others didn’t. I’m proud of this.

I like to play every kind of sports. I played karate, I played some kickboxing, some cricket, every kind. I like listening to music – especially RnB.

After 5 or 10 years, I think I’ll be a good social worker, good husband, a good father, and good son.

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"TFN House"
140 Chitra Marga, Kantipath
Jamal, Kathmandu, Nepal

(+977) 01-5340105, (+977) 01-5340974

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