Message From The Director:
KUHS is a wonderful place in which to spend the childhood years. Situated on a hilltop between the towns of Dhulikhel and Panauti, there is a sense of light and space that assists the mind in becoming tranquil and focussed on learning. All around are wooded hills that descend to deep valleys suited in the monsoon season to the cultivation of rice. Beyond lies that vast panorama of the Himalayas, stretching from the Annapurnas to Manasalu to the Ganesh Himal massif and Langtang to Gauri Shankar, resplendent in autumn light, but appearing suddenly during the rainy season, when the whole world is transformed into the brilliant blue of the sky, the green of the vegetation, and the white of the soaring cumulus clouds.
KUHS was set up to provide a good quality education in this clean air environment. And as a non-profit making institution, the price was maintained as reasonable. The founding Principal, Aidan Warlow, brought many touches of imagination to the infrastructure of the school (such as the human sundial) and also to the curriculum, which from the start laid an emphasis on the arts and on creativity. The school retains an intimacy in the central courtyard, while we have expanded into a new three level building that has created a new library, new classrooms for the A level programme, and rooms for Art, Music, and Dance.
Reflecting the great passion of Nepali students for Sciences, the A level programme was developed as a Science based study. Now the school can place students in the best Universities in South Asia, and worldwide.
In recent years in KUHS, we have tried to expand and diversify our activities programme, and we are particularly pleased with the development of outdoor education in the Secondary School, as each class goes out for a week’s trekking in the Himalayas, and of the two major productions of Peter Brook’s version of The Mahabharata. The first of these plays – The Game of Dice - was presented in 2008, and the second play – Exile in the Forest – was given in 2009. It is planned to complete the adaptation of the vast epic in 2010 with The War.
The students here are respectful, polite, and very hard working. The school is adding value to the education process in Nepal as the students grow up and take their place in adult life. There is much still to be done, as we expect further development and refinement of our programmes over the next few years.
Director
Ian Raitt