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During the Rana regime education was
restricted for only the royal few. Education for commoner
girls was a far fetched idea. In 1948 (B.S. 2003),
Narayan Bahadur Shrestha with help from close relatives
and associates gave birth to the first school for
girls. A public school was considered illegal at the
time and school activities were a big secret confined
within the few student families. There were thirteen
students comprised of children of relatives and friends
and classes were conducted in small dark rooms with
hay floor mats to seat students. With change in regime
came freedom for education for the commoners.
The school was officially established
as the first girls' school of Nepal in 1951 (B.S. 2007) and inaugurated by the late King
Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev. Along with the inauguration,
Ikha Pokhari and the surrounding land were donated
to the school by the government. In 1966 (B.S. 2022) Mohan
Sumsher Junga Bahadur Rana donated approximately two
thousand dollar (NRs. 1,50,000) to build the currently
existing school building. By the very second year, 1952 (B.S. 2008)
the school had five S.L.C. (School Leaving Certificate) graduates. The school progressed rapidly with each passing year and by 1980 (B.S.
2036) there were one hundred sixty nine S.L.C. graduates.
Kanya Mandir relished its successes mainly in the
years between 1960 (B.S. 2016) and 1984 (B.S. 2040) when students
of the school secured School Leaving Certificate (SLC)
Exam Board placements (top ten ranked students in
the country) and also were recipients of the prestigious
Ratna Bidhya Padak awards.
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Founder-
Narayan Bahadur Shrestha |
Students Perform |
Birendra Shield Celebration |
Nepali Articles:
by Narayan Bahadur Shrestha (Founder of Kanya Mandir)
by the School Committee
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