Nepal, May 10 -- The coronavirus pandemic has seriously hit the modus operandi in the domain of pedagogy. Nepali educational methods appear to be affected seriously. Search for feasible and functional options are underway. The most likely, perhaps the only viable alternative, is deemed to be the use of the virtual teaching system. Educational experts, teachers and students are debating about the processes and effects of the same. The prominent educationist Mana Prasad Wagle has problematised the use of the virtual method by posing some important questions in Kantipur on April 29.

Are the schools and colleges prepared for the virtual method? Do all students have access to those facilities? Are the guardians prepared to pay the high cost o...