Introduction
Babylon National School, excellence in education, is located in a quiet and silent site beyond the din at Shantinagar, Kathmandu, Nepal. As an established co-educational academy running up to Higher Secondary School level, the school has taken multifarious objectives with its sacred motto ‘Education For Quest’ for growing students in their all-round development. Since its first incept
ion, the school has glorious history of decent academic achievement both in quality and quantity. The sole aim of the school is to build a foundation in students with the fundamental career-oriented skills in order to make them cope with the growing needs and ongoing complexities of the human world. Wisdom, the epitome of humanity and the sign of human awareness, entirely relies the fundamental human qualities: health, happiness, decency in conduct optimistic vision, love for labor and nation, skills and creativity and tight human boundness which the school always attribute and conceives prime and prominence. The school prioritizes scout, leadership skills, art such as music, dance, fine arts and literature, computer, fieldtrips, ECAs such as Debate, Elocution, Quiz, Counseling and guidance and sports within the framework of broad field curriculum of the Nepal Government. Indeed, the excellent performance of the school has been possible owing to the committed endeavors cast by its pedagogues with the meritorious qualification, proven skills and experience on the one hand and the versioned planning by academicians and parents on the other. Aims, Objectives And Activities
The academy does have an ideal aim and an objective to impart our students’ quality education. But quality education is measured only and entirely depending on the fair and flair provision of decently planned pedagogic weapons. Such weapons are virtual teaching-learning activities assigned straight to the students for the active participation in ‘Learning by doing’ and ‘Seeing is believing’ activities, which the school ensures. The concept of ‘reading is leading and leading is breeding’ is always in the fore for surging out the creative fervor in students. The school has multi-fold branches to boost students into the avenues of creativity and collection endeavors. Library, Computers and Science Lab, inherit books, materials, papers, computers and bio-physic-chemical assets to ensure for the theoretic-practical learning. The branch of arts and rhetoric’s includes to activate in them the psychomotor and emotive skills; the ECAs and sports too prompt for the enhancement of cognitive, leadership and discipline skills. The Scouts, fieldtrips encourage for strengthening the geo-socio awareness for better adaption. Counseling, guidance, interactions and school functions in the final assist them in prompting and reviving the discrete latent personality traits along with the socialization. We aim these major fields of activities pave the royal road for harnessing all-round development in students from psycho-somatic to the fulfillment of needs along with the convenient adjustment. We behove the get enabled to found themselves for advance studies/education, career development and solving of the intricate global affairs. Programs Launched
Opulent computer hall inherits 24 computers with the references under this subject. It is meant to facilitate students with the latest information and computer programs. Science lab, well-equipped, is a zone of experiments in which there are guinea pigs for biology, tools, chemicals and charts for physics and chemistry. School Library has hundreds of books, references, magazines, papers and reviews to ease for both intensive and extensive study. The library is well-furnished and abundantly stacked. Language activities include the social magazine publication bimonthly entitled ‘Drishtanta; a bilingual students centred magazine that broadcasts students’ articles. Additionally, students articles on the national dailies have thickened their lingual skills. ECAs and sports, on the other hand, have also boosted their physical and intellectual energy. Scouts and its faculties such as Monkey-crawl, Camping, Still-walking, Rock climbing, Trekking, Boating, Cooking, Handicraft and Kitchen craft, Archery, Volunteering and Leadership training have been running to dynamics and make more agile their lives. Community visits, tours, treks, excursion, field trips and picnic are also launching. Scholarship
The school has the provision for scholarship as partial, terminal and annual for the economically poor, but genius, intelligent and distinction holding students. Curriculum and Evaluation
Keeping abreast the UNESCO and Nepal’s Curriculum Spirits, the school has adopted the fundamental courses to harness knowledge, behavioral skills and concepts in students. Teaching-learning activities, follow of courses and all other assessments have been within the school curriculum prescribed by Nepal Government. The pedagogy is relevant and contextual. Through Unit Test, Cumulative record, Term and Annual Exams, vacation home/class assignments their records, rectifications and revisions have ascertained and strengthened the evaluation and feedback. Usual prizing and awarding programs are the school’s other crucial evaluating activities. The school community within the school premises has the compulsions to use Eng. as means of instruction and communication. School’s Code and Discipline
The school forbids any sort of ethically interfering tasks, scandalous activities or mendacious, pervasive and sedative behaviors both by students and staff. Any sort of addiction or sanctity meddling by outsiders, students, staff or school community members shall suffice for a strong action of expulsion or termination or similar actions. Discipline is the hallmark of education. Breach of code or school rules and regulations shall also be against the school’s morality. Every member remains within the system. Eligibility for Admission/Registration
Students willing to get admission shall participate on an hour EPT (Entry Proficiency Test) in each subject namely, English, Maths, Science and Nepali from Grade III onward. The medium test shall be both written and oral. The concerned guardians/applicants must produce character certificate, original mark sheets or date of birth certificate (beginners). The age span for nursery is 3 years, 4-6 years for Kgs and accordingly. The eligibility be viewed on the merit of the test, previous records, personal traits, motivation discipline, maturity, age, creativity, family backgrounds and so on. The exam board or school’s Principal shall have authority for the evaluation, permission of admission. Hostel Facilities
The school has separate hostels for boys and girls with utmost requirements of facilities. The hostels have library, study-rooms in addition to living rooms. The care and supervision is usual. Tutorial classes, recreational materials and refreshment are other details. The hostel regulations and items/requirements can be learnt from hostel-in-charges, and supervisors or from the Principal. Transportation
The school has a bus for transporting students to school and back home. It is accessible from most points of the city or only from the indicated points. Any day boarder or day scholar students can access conveniently.
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Babylon National School
Shantinagar-31, Kathmandu, Nepal. Tel: +977-01-4108905,4108973
email: [email protected]
Website: www.babylonschool.edu.np
