Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school
The evacuation spared nearly all staff and left the school building destroyed, highlighting the rapid rise of floodwaters in the valley.
- Principal Rajendra Dawadi saved at least 900 students last week by ordering an immediate evacuation of the Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal's Trishuli Valley, shortly before floodwaters destroyed the building following a Himalayan glacial collapse.
- The flash floods, unleashed by a Himalayan glacial collapse, killed over 900 people across Nepal and China, while more than 4,700 remain missing, including two staff members from the school.
- Student Suvina Tamang, 14, witnessed the school's three-story building disappear beneath debris shortly after evacuating, while Dawadi's quick thinking has been hailed as an act of heroism.
- Charity group Save the Children reported at least 69 schools in northern Nepal were destroyed by the floods, putting the education of nearly 19,000 students at risk and disrupting schooling for thousands.
- Dawadi stated that students now require psychological counseling and lessons must resume, even if the school temporarily relocates, while his appeal to the Nepalese government focuses on rebuilding schools to return children to classes.
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Nepal Principal's 900 Rescued Students Are a Rare Bright Spot Amid Nearly 1,000 Flood Deaths
A Nepalese headteacher had roughly 13 minutes to act after a staff member rushed into his classroom warning that floodwaters were approaching. His decision to evacuate 900 students saved every one of them, even as the school itself was swept away in a disaster that has now killed nearly 1,000 people. Rajendra Dawadi, principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, made a swift call that has emerged as one of the only pieces of good …
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