Author: Himalaya Post

Glass ceiling for woman employees in the workplace

– Top Lal Panthi As per the Mother Nature creation and gift both her son and daughter have equal rights. So, there must not be any discrimination based on their biological sex, which has been done by clever ancient sages incorporating their misogynist thoughts in holy texts and society has instilled in the mindset of innocent and ignorant people that has promoted Gender Based Discrimination. In the 1970s, as the Women’s Liberation Movement supported more and more women in the workforce, larger discussions arose around the distinct pay discrepancy between men and women of similar roles and experiences. From this gender discrepancy, the term “pink-collar ghetto” was coined. Pink-collar jobs were paid less than both white and blue-collared jobs (typically held by men) and required less schooling than white-collar jobs. In terms of developing country, we may snap many pictures of glass ceiling for the women, even in Nepal. There are many reasons behind the circumstances, if we review the scenario of top corporate houses in Nepalese business environment, pregnant women, working mothers and even women of childbearing age may face what is referred to as a “maternal wall.” Certain stereotypes related to women’s role in their family and needing to take time off after birth and for childcare often place women at a disadvantage in their careers compared to men and fathers. In this regard when and how does Nepalese economy can compete with...

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Services closed at Changunarayan Municipality

The Changunarayan Municipality office has been closed since Sunday after some of its employees and officials tested positive to the coronavirus infection. Mayor Som Prasad Mishra said that the municipality office had to be closed since the employees had to stay in isolation and the contact tracing of all the employees needed to be done. He said some of the municipality’s employees and the people’s representatives have been found infected with the virus. The Mayor said that services provided from the Municipality have been halted until further notice. He urged one and all who were in close contact with the infected persons and who have shown symptoms to adopt precaution and have their RT PCR done. According to the Mayor, the municipality has started the contact tracing and PCR tests of all those who had come in contact with the infected employees. He said coronavirus infection has been confirmed in 321 people, including two people’s representatives, two officers and two health workers of the municipality. One person has succumbed to the infection in the municipality so far....

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Baglung Municipality closes services indefinitely

The Baglung Municipality has halted all its services, except the most essential ones, for an indefinite period from today after coronavirus infection was confirmed in some of its officials and health workers. Municipality’s Information Officer Yukta Prasad Subedi said the Municipality has suspended all services other than the essential ones after coronavirus infection was confirmed in the community level including the municipality’s health workers and people’s representatives. The municipality has taken this measure following confirmation of the infection in municipality officials, health workers and the locals of Baglung Bazaar. Coronavirus infection was confirmed in 47 people in Baglung district on Saturday alone and a majority of them from surrounding areas of Baglung Bazaar. The Municipality has started contact tracing after one of its health worker and a people’s representative were found infected. The Municipality has suspended all services except the essential ones at all its 14 wards. Five hundred and twenty-five people have the infection in Baglung district so far. Of them, 367 have recovered and are free of the virus while one person has died. The number of active cases in the district is 157....

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DoA trains human resources for rebuilding heritages

The Department of Archaeology (DoA) has developed the human resources for the reconstruction of the heritages. The Department organized 15-day training at Bandipur rural municipality of Tanahu to train the human resources. The training was aimed at readying the workforce required for rebuilding the heritages damaged by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake. Department’s technician and training coordinator Om Kumar Shrestha said that 45 artisans have been trained for the reconstruction of heritages. Artisans from various districts had participated in the training. The participants were divided into three groups and trained on masonry, woodcraft and stone sculpting, said Krishna Govinda Prajapati, a training instructor. Heritages including temples and monuments were damaged in many districts due to the earthquake. Many of these heritages are still awaiting reconstruction. “Reconstruction of the heritages has not been complete for lack of skilled crafts persons. We have now produced the skilled artisans after the training which will contribute to some extent in the heritage rebuilding works,” Shrestha said. Although the training had been started from the third week of March, it had to be suspended due to the nation-wide lockdown imposed since March 24. The training was resumed on Tuesday....

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Strategy Formulation for Primary Education During Covid-19

– Ram Chandra Rupakheti Education is a fundamental base for economic development, prosperity, and scientific innovation. Poverty reduction depends upon the knowledge and skills that people acquire from the education system in the nation. The academic, cultural, social, norms and values may get changed due to widespread pandemic disease COVID-19. Today, many schools are formulation strategies to achieve their survival goal during-COVID-19. One of them is building infrastructure for online education in school level whether all or partially courses. Online education is a form of education by use of a computer, or employing any technologies by which education is delivered and administered using the internet. Government of Nepal emphasizes on online education during COVID-19. Every school need to use new strategies by preparing essential infrastructures. For the sustainability of education post corona virus, every school must take initiation for online teaching method. Effective hardware and software must be installed for online education. Another most common strategy is an online library that a school should install online portal to retrieve extensive archives. Government is trying to avoid the oldest and conventional type of teaching methodology. This is an appropriate time to replace the existing system. Commonly used teaching methods may include class participation, demonstration, recitation, memorization, or combinations of these. Some strategies for quality education can be used in the primary education system as follows: A. The oldest and outdated...

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