In Nepal’s second-largest city, Pokhara, when students’ classes were cancelled due to COVID-19 in March, medical student Gyalsten Gurung, 25, left the city. He returned to Shimen, the remote village where he was born in the Himalaya’s Upper Dolpo region. There, he taught villagers about good hand hygiene, social distancing…
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Over 80 percent Nepali migrant workers want to return home, engage in self-employment, Readmore
An overwhelming majority of Nepali migrant workers in Gulf countries, Malaysia and India have expressed their desire to return home and engage in self employment in the agriculture or non-agriculture sector. According to a Rapid Assessment of the Situation of Nepali migrant workers during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) conducted in…
E-commerce in Nepal: Issues and opportunities
Microsoft founder Bill Gates once said, “If your business is not on the internet, your business will be out of business.” The coronavirus pandemic has further stimulated this thought amongst consumers and vendors of Nepal even more strongly. Despite the challenges posed by this crisis, the show must go on…
Covid-19 lockdown affects Nepali students planning to go abroad
After receiving an admission offer from McNeese State University, in the US, 19-year-old Amir Adhikari was on cloud nine. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions associated with it, he has no option but to wait. “I received a good scholarship offer from the university and was planning…
Is Nepal becoming an important growth market for higher education?
Nepali students are flocking abroad for their higher education in droves, with their numbers increasing each year. In August, Nepali Sansar reported that the country’s Foreign Education Department Chief Girman Thapa said 323,972 Nepali students sought permission to study abroad. From this figure, 63,359 students applied for higher education overseas.…
As study abroad numbers rise, Nepali students land in trouble
With a significant rise in the number of Nepali students studying abroad, particularly in Australia, the United States and Japan, more of them have been caught up in scams, pressured by unscrupulous education abroad consultancies, or facing problems because of a failure to properly review the credentials of the academic…
The Nepali economy will bounce back quick
All media platforms across the world are filled with analyses on the impact of Covid-19 and the resultant lockdowns on economies. Job losses in the US have made the headlines. There are doomsday prophecies to be found everywhere. It is too early to say what will be the impact, but…
COVID-19 Crisis: Nepal to Support its Students Abroad
As the coronavirus pandemic has started inflicting serious threat on the Nepali students living abroad, the Educational Consultancy Association of Nepal (ECAN) has come forward to assist them. The ECAN has initiated a ‘COVID-19 Emergency Registration Form’ process to take complaints from the students abroad during the coronavirus crisis. With this initiation,…
Call to provide help to Nepali students in Australia
Five umbrella organizations of education consultancies working for Nepali students in Nepal and Australia have issued a joint press release, requesting the Government of Australia, Embassy of Australia in Nepal, Australian High Commission in India, Australian education providers, Australian communities, Embassy of Nepal in Australia and other stakeholders to provide…