Notre Dame School (Bandipur, Nepal)

School in Bandipur, Gandaki, Nepal

Notre Dame Secondary School (नोट्रे डेम स्कुल )

Address

Bandipur-04, Balabazar

Bandipur

Gandaki

Nepal

Information
Type| Not for Profit Primary and Secondary school
Motto| Virtue Wisdom
Established| 1985 A.D.
School district| Tanahun
Principal| Sister Merium
Staff| 40+
Grades| Nursery -12
Gender| Co-Educational
Enrollment| 800+
Nickname| Notre Damer
Affiliation| Bandipur Rural Municipality, NEB
School Seal

Notre Dame School (NDS) Devanagari नोट्रे डम स्कुल बन्दिपुर ) is a school Convent school / Catholic School  located in Bandipur, Nepal The school was founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), a congregation of Roman Catholic sisters founded in Bavaria in 1833 and devoted to educating students at all levels around the world.

The statue of Our Lady (Notre Dame)

NDS was opened in Bandipur in 1985 as a kindergarten school by School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND ) sisters from Japan and was soon developed into a primary school.[1] The first batch of students completed the 10th grade (which is considered the end of high school and beginning of college education in Nepal) in 1996. In 1997, NDS started offering higher secondary education (dubbed the 10-plus-2 program) in Science under the Higher Secondary Education Board of Nepal.

One of the Students ID Card

Needy students from local villages were offered scholarships. The teachers of NDS were mostly Nepalese, but often included Indian nationals and European, American and Japanese volunteers. NDS was considered one of the best schools in Nepal, with an excellent track record in the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination (a national examination for 10th graders that marks the culmination of high school education, NDS was shut down due to constant threats from the Maoists of Nepal. The school has now been reopened.

## Administration[edit]

The institution is controlled administratively by Christian Catholic Missionary and its a convent school. The founder principal was Sister Evenjala.

### Past principals[edit]

* Sister Evenjala
* Sister Janet Tanaka
* Sister Merium
* Fr. Silas Bogati
* Fr. Denis D'Suza

## Alumni Association[edit]

Ex-Students (Old NDs) of the institution had their first ever meet on 7 th Magh 2079 B.S . ( 21 January 2023 ) and formed themselves Alumni Association for further activities .

Notre Dame Alumni Seal

### Ad hoc Committee[edit]

* Madan Krishna Adhikari ( Co-ordinator )
* Tara Bhattarai ( Member )
* Sachin Raj Piya ( Member )
* Rasmina Pradhan ( Member )
* Sulove Piya (Member)
* Bishow Prakash Sulpe (Member)
* Rabindu Shrestha (Member )

Official notice  by the school.

### Membership[edit]

* Eligibility for Association membership extends to students who have completed a minimum of two academic years at Notre Dame School, with the exception of those who solely undertook tenth or twelfth-grade studies, appearing only for the final examination.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "25th Anniversary of Bandipur Notre Dame School". SSND Japan Region. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.

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