Abstract
A powerful earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck on April 25, 2015 in Nepal. The impact was most severe where 8,790 casualties and 23,300 injured (National Planning Commission [NPC], 2015). Due to earthquake there was huge loss in education sector. In TVET sector Jiri Technical School, Dolakha, Nepal faced huge loss where almost all classroom including workshops, labs, hostel and cafeteria were damage. So, this study tries to portray the understanding perception of Jiri Technical School students on impact of earthquake on education and also educational resilience by using case study research design.
Highlights
Setting the scene On Saturday, 25 April 2015 at 11:56 local time, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake as recorded by Nepal’s National Seismological Centre (NSC), struck Barpak, district of Gorkha, about 76 km northwest of Kathmandu
Poorer rural areas have been more adversely affected than towns and cities due to their inferior quality of houses
The three sources of evidences (Yin, 2003) were predetermined in the first visit; interview, observation and documents of Jiri Technical School (JTS) were the major information sources to get to the research question
Summary
Setting the scene On Saturday, 25 April 2015 at 11:56 local time, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake as recorded by Nepal’s National Seismological Centre (NSC), struck Barpak, district of Gorkha, about 76 km northwest of Kathmandu. This paper tries to understand the perception of JTS students on impact of earthquake on education and educational resilience or building back better to them. The three sources of evidences (Yin, 2003) were predetermined in the first visit; interview, observation and documents of Jiri Technical School (JTS) were the major information sources to get to the research question.
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