Kathmandu, Sept. 17 -- year-old Yojan Budha, education was not just a dream but a hard-fought journey. A native of Supana village in Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality-2 of Bajura, he had left behind poverty and hardship to pursue a bachelor's degree at Pashupati Campus in Kathmandu.

Yojan had been living in a rented room in the Capital, working odd jobs to continue his studies. He had chosen law in his higher secondary studies and was determined to build a better future, despite his family's limited means.

His father, Madipal Budha, survived by doing seasonal labour in India, struggling to support the household. Recognising this hardship, a local woman, Sharada Singh, from Kolti, had taken Yojan in from grade three, helping him stud...