A school in Saipal Rural Municipality-4 of Bajhang district has been closed for some days after the teachers and students suddenly fell sick.
Assistant principal at Dhuli Secondary School, Dhan Bahadur Bista Bhote informed that teachers and students suffered from cough, fever, throat ache and nausea. The students from Grade VI to IX showed such symptoms.
They did not get well even after taking medicine, so the School Management Committee meeting held on Wednesday decided to close the school for some days. There are 245 students and 11 teachers.
Some days back, the students and teachers at another Dhalauna Secondary School had also shown such symptoms. The school closed for four days is however resumed now, said a local Basanta Bohara, adding that the teachers and students became normal now.