College Readers awarded 35 schools and colleges and 16 educational entrepreneurs the highly coveted Nepal Education Award (Dubai)-2022 on 13th October 2022 at Sheraton Hotel, Dubai.  The program was graced by Dr. Aasif Ali Siddiqui, Chairman of Nepal Business Council, Dubai as the Chief Guest, Mohamad Husein, Joint Secretary of Government of Dubai as the Guest of Honor, and Prof. Dr. Dipak Bdr. Shakya, Vice Chancellor of Madesh Pradesh University, as the Special Guest.

College Readers, the only English educational magazine rendering its services continuously for 15 years and promoting and advocating academic issues, organized Nepal Education Award Ceremony-2022 in October. It was an initiative taken to explore and recognize the overall educational development of the nation. Academic entrepreneurs’ foregrounding and their effort to acknowledge or good cause leverage quality enhancement and nation-building. This award event focused on identifying and promoting their expertise and recognizing their continuous endeavors.

Conducting an educational award Program in a highly developed foreign land has a big meaning. Nepalese academia was trapped in perils for more than two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic and academicians were in search of refreshment and recreation. This award event provided an atmosphere where participants and awardees enjoyed international exposure and flavor. The major achievement of this award event was that it strengthened mutual interaction and fellowship among the stakeholders, which was much sought before.

Nepal Education Award-2022 is indiscriminately awarded the deserving institutions and individuals based on the evaluation frameworks set by our expert evaluation team led by Prof. Dr. Dipak Bahadur Bhandari, Registrar of Pokhara University, etc. Its main aim was to provide a platform for prestigious Nepalese schools, colleges, and educational institutions to applaud their academic excellence and expose their hidden benchmarks.

College Readers, serving the Nepali academia for more than one and half decades, has researched on schools and colleges scientifically and set the evaluation criteria on the advice of experts and educationists; as a result, the following schools/colleges and educational entrepreneurs were selected for high accolades.

The awardees were found highly honored to receive such prestigious awards in recognition of their invaluable contributions to the Nepalese education sector. Jagannath Devkota from Jaya Multiple Campus, Dr. Rajendra KC from Southwestern State College, Subas Neupane from Apex Life School, Er. Hari Bhandari from Oxford College of Engineering and Management, Dr. Nar Bahadur Bista from Uniglobe College, Janaranjan Devkota from Manakanama School, and Nisha Bhatt from Brixton College expressed their happiness and wished that College Readers would continue acknowledging the contributions of educational institutions in the days to come.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Prof. Dr. Dipak Bahadur Shakya appreciated the convener for recognizing and honoring the academicians and educational institutions in a foreign land expressed his deep concern over the poor infrastructural development of Nepal and urged all the fellow participants to replicate good lessons in Nepal.

While addressing the program, the Chief Guest Dr. Aasif Ali Siddique recalled his upbringing and education in Nepal and appreciated teachers who molded him to be a successful person. He suggested that all the academicians and policymakers involved in the event program to replicate the Desert Safari model to Nepal as Mountain Safari.

The program was chaired by Mr. Ram Hari Silwal, Chief Editor of College Readers and Vice President of Central HISSAN whereas Mr. Bhawani Prasad Paudel, patron of College Readers and Central Member of HISSAN, conducted the event whereas Jeetendra Ghimire, CEO of College Readers and the convenor of Nepal Education Award Ceremony welcomed the awardees and participants. 

The event rendered all the awardees and participants an exciting experience.

INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS

1. Best College of the Year: Oxford College of Engineering & Management

2. Best +2 College of the Year: Southwestern State College

3. Best +2 Management School of the Year: Global College of Management

4. Best Business School of the Year: Uniglobe College

5. Excellence Education Award: Presidential Business School

6. Best +2 Science School of the Year: Uniglobe SS & College

7.  Best Engineering College of the Year: Kathmandu Engineering College

8. Emerging Business School of the Year: Global College International

9. Emerging +2 Science School of the Year: Global School of Science

10. Goodwill Achievement Award: DAV (+2 School)

11. Rising Business School of the Year: Birgunj Public College

12. Emerging IT College of the Year: Presidential Business School

13. Outreach Excellence Award: Jaya Multiple Campus

14. Rising +2 School of the Year : Herald International College

15. Best Business School of the Year (Out of Valley): Presidency College of Management Sciences

16. Best Business School of the Year (Sudurpashchim Province): Brixton College

17. Best +2 School of the Year (Lumbini Province): Gyanjyoti School

18. Best Engineering College of the Year (Lumbini Province): Rapti Engineering College

19. Creative College Award: Himalaya School & College

20. Goodwill Achievement Award: Shubhashree College of Management

21. First Media Technology College in Nepal: Shepherd College of Media Technology

22. Outstanding School Award: Kathmandu World School

23. Best School of the Year: Apex Life School, Kathmandu

24. Best School of the Year (Lumbini Province): Gorkha Int’l Public School

25. Best Rising School of the Year: Modern School/College

26. Best Emerging School of the Year: Little Buddha Academy, Mahendranagar

27. Emerging School of the Year (Province-1): East Horizon English High School

28. Goodwill Achievement Award: Manakamana Secondary School

29. Best Community School of the Year: Nabin Audhyogik Kadar Bahadur Rita School, Butwal

30. Emerging +2 School of the Year (Lumbini Province): Scholars Home Boarding Secondary School

31. Emerging Progressive School of the Year: Asia Pacific School, Kathmandu

32. Best School of the Year (Sudurpashchim Province): RME School

33. Best School of the Year (Province-1): Emmanuel English Boarding School

34. Creative School of the Year: Ideal English Boarding School

35. Emerging +2 Management School of the Year (Lumbini Province): Divine Temple Academy

EDUCATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS

1. Educational Leader of the Year: Er. Dr. Mithlesh Kumar Jha, Chairman,  Kathmandu World School 

2. Lifetime Achievement Award: Jagannath Devkota, Founder, Jaya Multiple Campus

3. Lifetime Achievement Award: Man Bahadur Budha, Chairman, Gorkha Group

4. Best Principal of the Year: Dr. Nar Bahadur Bista, Principal, Uniglobe College

5. Best Principal of the Year: Shiva Adhikari, Principal, Ed-Mark Academy/College

6. Women Educational Leadership Award: Nisha Bhatt, Principal, Brixton College

7. Lifetime Achievement Award: Prakash Dhoj Adhikari, Chairman, Presidency College of Management Sciences

8. Academic ICT Research Award: Dr. Shailendra Giri, Chairman, Rapti Engineering College 

9. Best Principal of the Year: Biranji Gautam, Campus Chief, Kalika Multiple Campus

10. Emerging CEO of the Year: Hritu Neupane, CEO, Triton Int’l College

11. Educational Entrepreneurship Award: Laxman Ghimire, Chairman, Cosmic International Academy

12. Lifetime Achievement Award: Bhojraj Dahal, Principal, Siddhartha Boarding School

13. Women Educational Leadership Award: Mira Silwal, Chairman, Progressive English Secondary School

14. Women Educational Leadership Award: Laxmi Ghale, Principal, Kantipur Academy

15. Women Educational Leadership Award, Sashikala Khadka, Director, Praxis Int’l School

16. Emerging Entrepreneurship Education Award: Ashok Raj Pandey, Director, Herald Int’l College