'Our mission is to empower and equip the next generation to make significant contributions to Nepal's development' Shahida MacDougall is British Council Country Director with over 15 years’ international experience of leading teams, managing programmes and supporting the development of government institutions, national education reforms and civil society organisations in Uzbekistan, the UK, Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Argentina, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Nepal. Kathmandu 26 Aug, 2024
British Council announces IELTS Prize 2023  The British Council has announced the winners of the IELTS Prize for 2023. Kathmandu 19 Dec, 2023
Government will do utmost for improvement of education sector: PM Dahal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the government will leave no stone unturned for reforms in the country's education sector. Nepal 09 May, 2023
Restructure SSDP: In line with federalism Nepal will only achieve its 2030 vision of ensuring equitable access to safe and quality education for all if the education sector plan and objectives are owned across all governments at the local, provincial and federal level The School Sector... 01 Aug, 2019
House panel okays medical education reforms bill Kathmandu, January 9 The Education and Health Committee of the House of Representatives today endorsed the National Medical Education Bill without addressing key demands of Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Govinda KC. Dr KC, who had signed a... Travel 10 Jan, 2019
Protest continues KATHMANDU: Members of the sub-committee of the Parliamentary Education and Health Committee could not receive copies of the draft bill on education reforms after agitating government employees left the office at 4:00pm. After the government decided... Travel 07 Jan, 2019
Dr KC's fast-unto-death enters 24th day, the longest at a stretch KATHMANDU: It has been 24 days since medical activist Dr Govinda KC went on a fast-unto-death demanding reforms in medical education. This is the longest period that the Satyagrahi has gone on a hunger strike at a stretch. Prior to this, Dr KC had... Horoscopes 23 Jul, 2018
I'm being abducted by the government, says Dr KC: AUDIO KATHMANDU: Dr Govinda KC who has been staging a hunger-unto-death strike demanding medical education reforms today said that the government is abducting him by forcefully airlifting him from Jumla, where he has been staging protest, to the... Travel 19 Jul, 2018
Medical education: Not in the pink of health The National Medical Education Ordinance which was introduced following a series of hunger strikes by Dr KC had prescribed three key provisions to improve medical education sector, but government in the replacement bill removed them Dr Govinda... 19 Jul, 2018
Talks team formed to address Dr KC�s demands KATHMANDU: The government on Monday formed a three-member talks team to address Dr Govinda KC’s demands 17 days after he went on fast-unto-death in Jumla. The Cabinet meeting held on Monday in Singha Durbar formed a talks team led by Ministry of... Travel 17 Jul, 2018
LETTERS: Food programme The government has been spending billion of rupees for education reforms for the last one decade. These funds come from different donor organizations which are whole heartedly supporting the government’s School Sector Reform Programme... 09 Nov, 2017
Youth initiatives Around 717 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24 live in Asia and the Pacific, comprising 60% of the world’s youth. Youth also accounts for 19% of the region’s population, making us a major stakeholder in Asian development and... 24 Mar, 2016