Established December 29, 1985 Founder Dr.Mithlesh Sah | Opened 1986 School district Dhanusha | |
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Type Private boarding school coeducational Motto Quality Education for Quality Life Founded 29 December 1985, Bhanu, Nepal | ||
Monastic Higher Secondary English Boarding School (Nepali: मोनस्टिक उ. मा. बी. जनकपुर), (usually known simply as Monastic School) is a private boarding school in Janakpurdham, Dhanusa District, south-east Nepal. It was established in 1985 at a rented house at Bhanu Chowk, where it remained for seven years before expanding to a second location on Dhanusha Path, in the south of the town. Founded by Dr. Mithilesh Shah, it was named Monastic after the Sanskrit word of गुरुकुल, gurukul, which is a type of school in India, residential in nature, with shishyas living in proximity to the guru, often within the same house. It does not follow the guru-shishya tradition (parampara), and is a "normal" residential school.
Contents
- Overview
- Academics
- Extra curricular activities
- Affiliation with Lions Club
- Student Quality Circle
- Notable Alumni
- Popularity
- References
There are 3000 students in the school aged 5 to 18; the lower school, the middle school and the higher school. All are co-educational and has equal numbers of girls and boys. The first headmaster was Dr. Mithilesh Sah, who has occupied the post since the establishment of the school, the first and only headmaster of the school.
Monastic pupils compulsorily take a district level qualification exam in grade eight and another important test, the School Leaving Certificate level ( equivalent to GCSE) tests in grade ten (aged 15–16), which earns them a matriculation degree and then, like all the other SLC graduates in Nepal, they have a range of choices where they choose either the state funded 10+2 level to continue their education in Monastic or any other higher secondary school in Nepal, or the British A-levels in the sixth form, offered by UCLES in Nepal, or the International Baccalaureate. The majority of students go on to higher education following the completion of their SLC at the end of Year Thirteen (aged 17–18).
In 2006, the school was upgraded to higher secondary school, which means it offers additional subjects related to science, management and arts and education.
Overview
Monastic School is a full fledged English Medium School, ultimately upgraded to 10+2 Science, Commerce, Arts and Education. This school was founded by Dr. Mithlesh Kumar Sah in 1985. Monastic School has three branches, namely the lower secondary, secondary and higher secondary branches, and they are under different supervisions. Most of its affairs are controlled by the founder principal. The school is renowned locally because of its regular good results at the annual SLC examinations, and thus has managed to maintain a distinctive place among the locals.
The school provides boarding facilities for its students, and runs local transportation services for the students from the outer parts of the Janakpur city.
Academics
Monastic School operates two courses of study
The school has had 17 successful batches of SLC graduates since 1993, but the college has not lived up to the performance levels of the school.
Extra curricular activities
The school holds extra-curricular activities and training sessions for personality development, most of which include cricket matches, quite popular game in that part of the world, along with some indoor games. Singing and dancing is a common activity and most of the dances are of local mithilanchal origin. In the process, the local culture is also practiced.
Affiliation with Lions Club
Monastic School has established a very belonging relationship with the Leo Club of Nepal mainly due to the involvement of sports teacher Mr. Birendra Karna and the principal. Both of them are senior regional Lions Club members.
The students are found actively participating in the events organized by the local Leo clubs, which mostly includes blood donation, and volunteering camps.
Student Quality Circle
Since its inception in Nepal, the SQC, Nepal has found an active member in Monastic School. It is an active member and the local monitoring body for the organization as a teacher serving as the regional officer for SQC members in Nepal the organisation QUEST, Nepal.
Notable Alumni
In 2005 a former student of Monastic, Mr Diwaker Jha was given the NAST (formerly RONAST) Academy Award after he made Zenith, a robot that followed voice commands.
Popularity
Monastic School has Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus accounts in its name, which are administered by some former students.