Reinstating the hope of quality education for scores of children in Nepal, the Central Project implementation Unit (CPIU) reported that 4,476 earthquake-damaged schools<\/a> have been brought back to normal.<\/p>\n CPIU stated that out of these reconstructed schools, 3,583 were rebuilt by school management committees<\/em>, 135 by construction entrepreneurs<\/em> and 758 by non-governmental organizations<\/em>.<\/p>\n As per the Education Journalists Network Nepal (EJON) Chief I M Narayan Shrestha, the aforementioned entities will be constructing another 1,222 schools, while another 212 schools will be reconstructed by NGOs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Furthermore, Shrestha informed that a total of 6,646 schools are under construction.<\/p>\n However, even four years after the biggest natural calamity occurred, the Nepal Government<\/a> still has to provide the necessary budget for the reconstruction of these\u00a0school buildings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Shreshtha, there is still a gap of NPR 27 billion for reconstruction activity, which is over 22 percent of the total budget required.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are expecting the government to release the needed fund from the national budget,\u201d Shrestha<\/span> told media on April 22, 2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The CPIU implementation unit has requested the Ministry of Finance to release NPR 11 billion in the upcoming fiscal, NPR 9 billion in FY 2020-21 and the final installment of NPR 7 billion in FY 2021-22 towards reconstruction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even though the government had pledged the reconstruction of damaged schools by FY 2019-20, the implementation unit says it will take another two years.<\/p>\n During the 2015 earthquake<\/a>, as many as 7,923 schools were damaged across 32 districts.<\/p>\n The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency and countries such as China and India have been working towards reconstruction of schools in Nepal.<\/p>\n Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n Reinstating the hope of quality education for scores of children in Nepal, the Central Project implementation…<\/span><\/p>\n
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