SIRAHA, NOV 23 - The establishment of a school for the deaf at Gulriya Tol of Gulriya municipality-9 with financial assistance from various social organisations is a blessing for many deaf children. Deepakumari Yadav, a 12-year-old deaf and dumb girl can now attend school which can take better care of her.
There are 22 deaf children like Deepakumari who are enrolled in this school. According to the information provided by the chairman of the school’s committee, Gangaram Yadav, the completion of this school was possible with the financial assistance of Rs. 1.5 million from Bingo Loto and Bun World Group of Germany as well as from Church Committee of England.
However, the total cost for the construction of the school came to Rs. 2.2 million, and this additional financial assistance was provided by Nepal Rastriya Bahira and Sushta Shrawan Mahasangh, and Kathmandu Bahira Sangh.
According to the chairman Yadav, this school has been in operation as early as 1997. The classes then were conducted in a rented house.
The government has not provided any assistance for this school as of yet. They approached the Ministry of Education for recruitment of a teacher for this school, but to no avail as nobody in the Ministry was ready to assist them , Yadav conceded.
This school for the deaf which runs free of cost has only a single teacher. There are more children who want to enrol themselves in this school, informed the teacher, Dineshkumar Morbeta. The salary of this teacher is being provided by Care and Fare Nepal. The school wants to build another building for a hostel, but it has not been successful in its effort due to financial crunch. Deaf children only within the vicinity of seven to eight kilometres have been coming to this school at present, though there are about 150 deaf children who wants to enrol themselves.
Talking to The Sunday Post a student of the second grade , Ranjit Kumar Das, says that he is very content in being able to attend a deaf school. He is more confident now, and will not have to face castigation from the society, he added.
A German national inaugurated a newly constructed six-room building of this school on Wednesday. At the inauguration function, Harshanarayan Dhaubadel, a former ambassador, handed over a purse of Rs. 10,000 for scholarship. Posted on: 2003-11-22 10:16

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