A primary teacher's action research work

SHREE JANASHAKTI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 

Namjung-4, Gorkha, Nepal

Proposal for

Renovation of Physical Infrastructure

2015 AD

1. Introduction
(a) Geographycal Location
Shree Janashakti Higher Secondary School, a one of the renowned government aided school is located in the south-eastern part of Gorkha district, Gandaki Zone, Nepal. It is situated between 27056'8.9'' Northern Latitude and 84042'26'6'' Eastern Longitude and at the altitude of 1018 m from the sea level. The school is in the middle of NamjungV.D.C. on the slope facing to the southern part. There is Budhigandakiriver which separates this V.D.C. with Dhading district in the east and Ghairung, Bunkot, Phujel and TanglichockV.D.Cs of Gorkha are in the West, North, South respectively. This school is about 17km east from Gorkha District Headquarter and is about 30km north from Dhading-Benighat Bazzar (Prithvi Highway).
(b) History
This school was formally established in Jestha 14th 2017 (1960AD) with the Name of Shree AdarshaJiban Primary School by the joint effort of contemporary local educationists, Social workers and parents of this V.D.C. During it infancy the classes were run under the cottage made of local bamboo hut and kattus leaves (a kind of tree like chestnut tree). But one year later a small building of stone-mud built in 2018 BS. As the time passed, the school changed to be a lower secondary school in 2027 BS (1970AD) with the help of donation given by the local people. Then after 10 years later the school was promoted to be a secondary school in 2036 BS (1979 AD) and It started to conduct secondary level classes. In 2039 (1982 AD), a big building was made with the economic support of contemporary District Panchayat and labour of local people. After that different constructive works have been done in the school premise. In 2067(2010 AD), this school got affiliation from Higher Secondary Education Board and has been running higher secondary level programme in two streams viz : Education and Management with excellent result every year. Since last 10 years, this school has earned the fame of being one of the renowned government aided school of Gorkha.
(c) Socio-Economic condition
There are different caste and creed people living in NamjungV.D.C. Mostly Brahmins, Chhetris, Newars, Gurungs, Magars and minority groups such as Barams, Majhi, Bishowkarma, Damai (Pariyar), Sarki People live here. There are about 892 houses with the population of 5000 live here. Most of the people here are farmers (about 80%). They can hardly produce food crops which is enough only for six months, And others have been involved in different occupations and professions. This is the only one school that provides the education facility from Nursery to class twelve.
2. Educational Aspect
This school has been able to produce skilled human resource in different fields. It has provided a strong background to produce doctors, engineers, journalists, professors and high government officials. The product of this school are not only involved in different prestigious level of Nepal, but also have been working as renowned professors in different famous universities of Europe and America. Recently we have made an attempt to impart quality education through 'English' as main language of instructional activities. We think our children will be able to compete with the products of private schools which has been a great threat for government aided schools. Consequently we have run English medium classes from ECD up to class 7. It will be upgraded up to class twelve in the days to come.

Result of Acadamic Year 2071 (2014Ad)

Class	No. of Students	No. of Pass Students	Percentage
1	15	13	86.6
2	19	18	94.7
3	23	19	82.6
4	22	20	90.9
5	22	22	100
6	55	45	81.8
7	45	39	86.6
8	43	38	88.3
9	75	69	92.0
10	61	53	86.9
Total	380	336	89.1

S.L.C. Results till the date

S.No	Year	Appeared Students	Distinction	First division	Second division	Third division	Total	Passed Percentage
1	2038	28			5	1	6	21.43
2	2039	22			3	1	4	18.18
3	2040	11			3	5	8	72.73
4	2041	13		1	5	6	12	92.31
5	2042	22		3	4	3	10	45.45
6	2043	15		2	8	4	14	93.93
7	2044	25			12	6	18	72
8	2045	23		1	9	3	13	56.52
9	2046	39		5	9	4	18	46.15
10	2047	33		4	27	2	33	100
11	2048	46		4	19	4	27	58.7
12	2049	25		2	8	5	15	60
13	2050	31		4	12	2	18	58.06
14	2051	48		7	20	7	34	70.83
15	2052	38		8	14	2	22	57.8
16	2053	47		3	22	4	27	57.4
17	2054	48		10	29	7	43	89.5
18	2055	48		4	20	5	31	64.5
19	2056	49		8	25	1	38	77.5
20	2057	41		1	13		15	36.5
21	2058	45		5	10		15	33.33
22	2059	47		3	18		21	44.68
23	2060	39		4	32	2	38	97.44
24	2061	52		9	28		37	71.15
25	2062	70	1	22	35		58	82.86
26	2063	57	2	26	21		49	85.96
27	2064	64		39	25		64	100
28	2065	65		32	31		63	96.92
29	2066	56	1	23	14		38	67.86
30	2067	77	1	25	48		74	96.10
31	2068	80		13	56	7	76	95
32	2069	72	1	22	36		59	83.1
33	2070	71	2	33	30		65	92.85
34	2071	61	2	21	30		53	86.9

This school has stood in the 18th position in 2070 BS (2013 AD) out of best 29 schools throughout country and in 21st position out of 33 best government schools in 2071(2014AD) declared by Education Department of Nepal. It was evaluated on the basis of the result of regular S.L.C. examination the schools which included more students than national average.

Student enrollment in 2072 BS (2015AD)

Class	Boys	Girls	Total
ECD	9	7	16
1	3	12	15
2	9	9	18
3	16	6	22
4	13	11	24
5	10	11	21
6	28	31	59
7	26	28	54
8	20	25	45
9	35	40	75
10	30	39	69
11	1	12	13
12	5	10	15
Total	205	241	446

(c) Sports and Extracurricular Activities
This school is not well known only for it's Academic results, it has demonstrated it's excellence in sports and extracurricular activities. This school has stood in the 2nd position in 2nd President Cup Tournament and 1st position in 3rd and 4th President Cup Tournament held by District Sport Office, Gorkha. The school has got excellent position in different activities like quiz, elocution, poem and essay competitions held in different schools across Gorkha district.
3. Physical Condition
(a) Building
The school had the following physical infrastructure before the massive earthquake of 25th April 2015 (Baisakh 12th 2072 BS.)

S.No.	Building	No. of Rooms	Use	After Earthquake
1	12 rooms	12	Headteacher Office-1,Staff Office-1,Computer Lab-1,Science Lab-1,Junior Redcross office-1,Class Rooms-7	Complete Destruction
2	6 rooms	6	Canteen-2, Store-1, Class Rooms-3	Complete Destruction
3	2 rooms	2	Reading Room-1, Library-1	Complete Destruction
4	4 rooms	4	Student Hostel-2, Teacher Hostel-2	Complete Destruction
5	2 rooms	2	Class-XI, Class-XII	Complete Destruction
6	2 rooms	2	Class-ECD, Class-1	Complete Destruction
Total		28

(b) Computer Lab and Science Lab
It had been made a well facilitated computer lab with 20 computers, projector, photocopy machine and printer, with the joint support of District Education Office and the organization of former students of this school (Alumnai Association). Both computer and well furnished science lab have been completely destroyed due to the massive earthquake and its aftershocks.
4. Proposal for Physical Renovation
Since the physical infrastructure of the school is completely destroyed, it has been conductive in the bamboo hut with the roof of tin these days. Now, it is required anti-earthquake building in this school.

S.No.	Building	No. of Rooms	Use	Economic Source
1	Teaching Classroom Block 1	8	ECD to Class 8 classroom	Searching for Donor
2	Teaching Classroom Block 2	8	9-12 Classroom	Searching for Donor
3	Administration Office - 1	4	Staff Room - 2, Head teacher Room - 1, Account Room -1	Searching for Donor
4	Laboratory - 1	3	Science Lab - 1, Computer Lab - 1	Searching for Donor
5	Auditorium Hall - 1	2	To conduct different , programme	Searching for Donor
6	Hostel - 1	4	Girls Hostel - 1, Boys Hostel - 1, Teacher Hostel - 2	Searching for Donor
7	Canteen - 1	2	Canteen - 2	Searching for Donor
8	Security Guard House - 1	1	For Security Guard	Searching for Donor
9	Play Ground-1		For football, volleyball, Table tennis, Basketball	Searching for Donor
10	Compounding		Compounding	Searching for Donor
Total		32

5. Present Condition after earthquake
Different people and organizations have been providing economic support after the great earthquake.

S.No.	Donor	Support For	Cost
1	Krishna Shrestha	Computer Lab	Rs.200000 ($2000Approx.)
2	Prithvi Narayan Shrestha	Physical properties	Rs. 300000($1000 Approx.)
3	Rajan Lamichhane	Physical properties	Rs. 100000($1000 Approx.)

6.Conclusion
The devasting earthquake of 12th Baishakh 2072 (25th April 2015) has completely destroyed the physical infrastructure of the school. In this unusual situation, we have not lost our hope. We are strongly determined to continue our success from glory to glory in the days to come. We would humbly request to the government of Nepal, members of Alumnai association, former students, well wishers and different NGOS and INGOs to support us so that we can reinstate the school better than that of past.

Head Teacher

Chiranjeebi Kapri
Shree Janashakti Higher Secondary School
Namjung - 4, Gorkha, Nepal

Contact : 01-6224385, 9856040399
Email : jsnamjung2008@gmail.com  
Writer : Krishna Gurung