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Education has become one of Himalayan Trust’s prime projects. From the building of Khumjung School in 1961, more than 27 schools have been built (they became government schools in 1972 after the government’s introduction of a new education policy) and they are all part of more than 60 schools in the upper part of Solukhumbu district of Nepal receiving support from the Himalayan Trust.
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books and stationary required for the schools and students are the
most important tools for the smooth teaching learning environment
of schools. Students and schools located in the remote mountain
villages face extreme difficulties in procuring these supplies due
to financial constraints of the families and easy access due to
lack of transportation facilities. The Himalayan Trust therefore,
makes all these needs available free of costs to the above schools
in time every year.
Many
of the schools built by limited funds from the government and local
resources are physically in poor condition and the teachers and
school Management Committee of such schools presents petitions to
the Himalayan Trust for financial support for the maintenance of
their building, completely or partially. The Himalayan Trust Advisory
Committee examine these petitions and decide to fund schools where
the local community also can share part of the cost for the maintenance
work and also ensures that the maintenance work is done properly.
 School Committee discussing maintenance work plan
The
Himalayan Trust has been providing scholarships to many worthy students
to study in various colleges in Nepal after successful completion
of their high school education from Solukhumbu district. The scholarships
have enabled many students from the villages of Solukhumbu to achieve
medical doctors, foresters, engineers, teachers, nurses and other
successful business entrepreneurs. In future, the Himalayan Trust
scholarships are allocated for students who are interested with
technical education, vocational training including study of local
artists so that the students can benefit from their self employment
and also the community can benefit from their skills.
 The first school of Khumjung
The
Himalayan Trust also supports to conduct Adult Education and Women
Literacy classes in many villages in the Everest region. These classes
benefit the elderly men and women who could not attend the regular
day school education to become literate. The local school teachers
conduct these classes in the evening when they are free from their
domestic works.
Majority of the primary teachers in Nepal do not have proper teaching training and because of this, the quality of primary education is not satisfactory. In order to assist to elevate the quality of education in the schools supported by the Himalayan Trust, a teacher training programme has been launched for last seven years that involve more than 200 teachers from 60 schools in Solukhumbu. With the positive result seen in the schools, the training will continue for few more years.
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