Kantipur FM Commentary: The Business of Education II
Transcript of my March 2, 1998 Kantipur FM radio show in which I talked about some of the other ways private schools in Nepal fleece families.
Transcript of my March 2, 1998 Kantipur FM radio show in which I talked about some of the other ways private schools in Nepal fleece families.
The intellectual bankruptcy of the two biggest universities in Kathmandu....
To improve a system, just introducing a change is, of course, insufficient. The nature of the change and how it's implemented is as equally important, if not more important. But that, I argue in this Kantipur FM commentary, is missed by those steering the transformation of our education system in Nepal.
Here's how you fight fire with fire.
Here's how you, as a driver, dictate the terms of your driving experience in Kathmandu.
Here's how you drive Kathmandu.
The wolf of educational institutions in Kathmandu fleece parents. The parents willingly oblige and pay up because of the culture of associating high school fees with social status. Folks, a win-win situation like no other, what's the problem?!
In this show, i talked about the scam some private educational institutions in Nepal engage in. To make a lot of profits, they charge really high fees, which families lap up as social status symbol.
Sadly, the more expensive the school, the more the bragging rights of the parents!