On Teaching and Teachers
The Kathmandu Post. 1 August 2007 Celebration of Teachers’ Day every year gets some credit for bringing awareness in the growing minds about the value of teachers. On the day,…
After Doctoral Degree
“I grew up in a society where a Masters degree was considered the biggest, and highest, level of formal education one could achieve in life. PhD was an outlandish dream…
मतलबी हुन्, मतलबी होइनन्
सँगै उभिएका सहकर्मीले बढ्दै गएको भिडलाई देखाएर भने, “यो जमात अत्यन्तै स्वार्थी मानिसहरूको जमात हो। यिनीहरूले बुझून, सिकून, जीवन सपारून भनेर कति मिहेनत गरियो, घाँटी सुकाइयो, सकेजति गरियो। ऐले हेर्नुस्…
कामाविदेखि यात्रा अंग्रेजीसँग
कालिका मा. वि. बाट प्रवेशिका सकेको दुई दशकभन्दा बढी र टाँडी छोडेको नै एक दशक भइसकेकोले त्यहाँका अधिकांश वासिन्दाहरूका लागि म परिचित नाम नहुन सक्छु। तर मोरङ्ग जिल्लाको उत्तरपूर्व क्षेत्रमा…
Research for Tertiary Level Presenters
This article presents basic ideas of research based on my experiences of teaching a tertiary level course in English communication skills. The purpose is to outline some down-to-earth steps to…
“God Made It, Sir.”
This is a story from the time I was in grade six twenty seven years ago. We had Moral Science (Naitik Shiksha) in the fifth period, and in the sixth…
Literacy, school and stories…
My literacy began with my being able to speak, and when what people said began to make sense to me. And it began with listening verses from Mahabharata and Ramayana.…
Moral Science Stories
“Why are you crooked?” It was during my short-term teaching at Kalika Secondary School, Tandi, Morang, in the spring of 1993. A ‘first boy’ of my time, I was allowed/asked…
Academic Institutions and Change
Establishment of an educational institution in a rural village helps in the modernization of the area because such institution initiates development in infrastructures and public awareness. In the first place,…
Journey into the Classroom
There is a simple condition for becoming a teacher: that you must be able to teach. It is not the question of having high intelligence, but of being able to…
Answering students
One of my recent activities with students has been to communicate in emails. I assigned one student from each class to send me three questions, and answered them in detail.…