Given Nepal’s rich history, we have pioneered our way through art, religion, and philosophy. Natural sciences, however, is one of our shortcomings. But why exactly are we facing this scarcity?

Nepal entered the natural sciences scene fairly late, only establishing its first science college, Tri-Chandra College, in 1948 AD. After that, it was introduced at Tribhuvan University (TU) in the late 1960s. Even then, these colleges focused solely on the theoretical aspect to produce teachers rather than scientists. To date, things still haven’t progressed much. Rubina Karki, an Environmental Science major 2018 graduate from TU affiliated Golden Gate International College, says, “The syllabus was extremely outdated. Furthermore, it covered a wide area of things, but it was all very surface level.” Lacking the depth in spite of the vast breadth of the lesson does little to provide insight into the content.