Half of quake-destroyed schools rebuilt

Injina Panthi / December 7, 2018

The quake-damaged Durbar High School at Bhotahiti, Kathmandu. Photo: Screenshot from CLPIU documentary

According to the report titled ‘Vidyalaya Punarnirmanka Jhalak 2074’ published by the Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CLPIU) of the Ministry of Education, the 2015 earthquakes caused damage of various degrees to 7,923 schools in 31 districts. In those schools, 21,169 classrooms were fully destroyed, 12,522 classrooms were mostly destroyed and 15,990 classrooms were partially destroyed. According to the Post Disaster Recovery Framework issued in May 2016 by the National Reconstruction Authority, all the earthquake-damaged schools should be reconstructed within three years. The CLPIU, which is authorized to expedite reconstruction of the earthquake-hit schools, was established on February 29, 2016. However, after 33 months of its formation, a total 4,098 schools have been rebuilt, 1,990 schools are under construction, and 377 schools have been selected for construction. After three years of the earthquakes, 3,825 schools still await reconstruction.

Status of School Building Construction

Status	School Management Committee	Contractor	NGO	Total
Construction completed	3,294	37	758	4,098
Under construction	1,437	341	212	1,990
Selected for construction	203	154	20	377
Total	4934	532	990	6,456

Source: CLPIU website, October 20, 2018

According to the 55^th annual report 2074 of the Auditor General, the progress on school reconstruction is as follows:

Source/Institution	Total no. of school buildings	Survey level	Under construction School buildings	Constructed school buildings	No. of school buildings in the process of construction
Nepal Government/School Management Committee	3463	564	936	1963
Asian Development Bank	162	–	161	1
JICA	240	77	109	1	53
Asian Development Bank-Disaster Risk Reduction	300	125	–	–	175
Indian Government	70	70	–	–	–
Chinese Government	18	7	2	–	9
Non-governmental organization/Institution	1,550	–	250	926	374