ROLPA, Nov. 14 -- The total number of students in Rolpa during last year was 81,702, according to the District Coordination Committee. In the current fiscal year, the number of students has declined to 67,188. The public schools in Rolpa are reportedly suffering human resource crisis along with lack of proper infrastructure.

Management committees of public schools in Rolpa say that human resource crisis is not the only problem. It is more about lack of "skilled human resources". Schools have been hiring novice teachers by paying them less salary.

However, both public and private schools are observing a sharp decline in number of students and blame the local government for not keeping reforms in education sector in their priority list. T...