This is with reference to the news story “Revive students’ interest on science, maths” (THT, February 11, Page 2). It is obvious that not only children and students but every human being want love, care and affection, and this is human nature. Needless to say, trying to control the growing mind through corporalpunishment will lead to mental stagnation, fear and lack of confidence. To make the matter worse, the traditional method of teaching technical subjects like science and mathematics will not help the students generate avid interests on these “dry subjects”. A majority of students lack discipline due to obvious reasons. Despite mammoth investments made on education the government has not been able to reap the desired results from its educational institutions from primary to university level of studies. The negative attitude about the teaching profession is the result of degrading quality of education, especially in developing countries. The problem with the existing education system is that the teachers do not care about developing cognitive and analytic faculty of students. They are forced to rote learning so that they can repeat in the exams what they memorized. No student can learn something new under immense pressure and physical punishment. Conducive teaching-learning environment must be created to develop interest in maths and science as well as social science which have received poor response from students. It is not possible unless the teachers themselves are well-trained and self-motivated. Sanjog Karki, Tansen Guidelines As a commoner, I am frustrated at seeing the stump of the nine-storey Dharahara destroyed by the 2015 earthquake. It has been almost two years since the quake, but the government authorities are nowhere to be seen to rebuild it in its original shape. Sometimes the government says it would rebuild it by mobilizing resources from within and next that it seeks support from donor countries whenever they show interest to rebuild it. The government and the Department of Archaeology has yet to come out with the blueprint of the reconstruction of the damaged historical structure. The concerned authorities should have come up with a detailed plan of action and resources for its reconstruction as it represents the tumultuous political history that led to the fall of the first prime minister Bhimsen Thapa who built it. It is the willpower of the government that matters the most. The government does not have any plan on who is going to rebuild it and other historical monuments damaged by the earthquake. Why is it taking so long for the Department of Archaeology to prepare the plan for reconstruction? It does have a clear policy and guidelines so that the damaged historical and archaeological structures are built using the same material, texture and design when it was first built. Saroj Wagle, Bara