Education system of Nepal: impacts and future perspectives of COVID-19 pandemic
The academic sectors are badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic globally. The studies regarding the implications of COVID-19 in education in Nepal were minimal, thus, this paper aims to highlight the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector of Nepal. It is revealed that the Nepalese academia...
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| author | Khadka Bahadur Pal Buddha Bahadur Basnet Ramesh Raj Pant Kiran Bishwakarma Kopila Kafle Namraj Dhami Motee Lal Sharma Lal B. Thapa Binod Bhattarai Youb Raj Bhatta |
| author_facet | Khadka Bahadur Pal Buddha Bahadur Basnet Ramesh Raj Pant Kiran Bishwakarma Kopila Kafle Namraj Dhami Motee Lal Sharma Lal B. Thapa Binod Bhattarai Youb Raj Bhatta |
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| description | The academic sectors are badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic globally. The studies regarding the implications of COVID-19 in education in Nepal were minimal, thus, this paper aims to highlight the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector of Nepal. It is revealed that the Nepalese academia has been facing problems due to lack of adequate and appropriate sustainable infrastructure for the online system, including skilled human resources. In addition, limited internet facilities in remote and rural areas were the other challenging tasks for virtual academic activities. Therefore, the concerned stakeholders should provide necessary services and appropriate strategies for virtual means of the education system to compensate the repercussion caused by the pandemic. This study could be helpful to identify the critical needs emerged due to the pandemic at present and in future and also contribute to adopt appropriate policy for the revival of educational institutions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-963328f8461d4e46944caae51c686fc22022-12-21T21:48:55ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402021-09-0179e08014Education system of Nepal: impacts and future perspectives of COVID-19 pandemicKhadka Bahadur Pal0Buddha Bahadur Basnet1Ramesh Raj Pant2Kiran Bishwakarma3Kopila Kafle4Namraj Dhami5Motee Lal Sharma6Lal B. Thapa7Binod Bhattarai8Youb Raj Bhatta9Department of Chemistry, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, NepalFaculty of Sciences, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal; Corresponding author.Central Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, NepalKey Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaCentral Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, NepalPokhara University, Pokhara 30, Gandaki 33700, NepalCentral Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, NepalCentral Department of Botany, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, NepalUniversity Grants Commission, Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, NepalCentral Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, NepalThe academic sectors are badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic globally. The studies regarding the implications of COVID-19 in education in Nepal were minimal, thus, this paper aims to highlight the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector of Nepal. It is revealed that the Nepalese academia has been facing problems due to lack of adequate and appropriate sustainable infrastructure for the online system, including skilled human resources. In addition, limited internet facilities in remote and rural areas were the other challenging tasks for virtual academic activities. Therefore, the concerned stakeholders should provide necessary services and appropriate strategies for virtual means of the education system to compensate the repercussion caused by the pandemic. This study could be helpful to identify the critical needs emerged due to the pandemic at present and in future and also contribute to adopt appropriate policy for the revival of educational institutions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021021174COVID-19PandemicVirtual educationOnline educationNepal |
| spellingShingle | Khadka Bahadur Pal Buddha Bahadur Basnet Ramesh Raj Pant Kiran Bishwakarma Kopila Kafle Namraj Dhami Motee Lal Sharma Lal B. Thapa Binod Bhattarai Youb Raj Bhatta Education system of Nepal: impacts and future perspectives of COVID-19 pandemic Heliyon COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual education Online education Nepal |
| title | Education system of Nepal: impacts and future perspectives of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Education system of Nepal: impacts and future perspectives of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Education system of Nepal: impacts and future perspectives of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Education system of Nepal: impacts and future perspectives of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Education system of Nepal: impacts and future perspectives of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | education system of nepal impacts and future perspectives of covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual education Online education Nepal |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021021174 |
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