School reconstruction nears completion a decade after 2015 earthquake

Modern facilities have replaced thousands of classrooms destroyed in Sindhupalchok, transforming learning conditions in some of Nepal’s most remote communities.

A decade after the 2015 earthquake and its aftershocks devastated Sindhupalchok, the reconstruction of school infrastructure across the district is nearing completion. From remote Himalayan settlements to mid-hill villages, modern school buildings now stand where the disaster destroyed 3,620 classrooms in 528 schools.