Two-day weekend sparks stress for Nepal’s students, parents, and schools

KATHMANDU, May 28: Pabita Shrestha, a local resident of Kalimati, shared that Sunday holidays have increased her stress. “My two children, studying in Grade 7 and Grade 6 at Gyanodaya Secondary School in Bafal, are school students. I am a working woman in a private office,” Shrestha said on Sunday. “Saturday was fine as a holiday. But coping with an additional Sunday off has become difficult. Seeing my children spend the whole day on mobile phones playing games has raised my concern that they may develop behavioural problems.”