Salyan, May 24 -- A basic school in ward 4 of Kapurkot Rural Municipality, Salyan, has been left without students this academic year, 15 years after it was established. Saraswati Basic School, which ran classes from early childhood development to grade 5, once enrolled around 100 children.

According to local authorities, many families in the area migrated to Dang's Tulsipur and other places while other parents chose private schools that gradually emptied the classrooms in the community school.

Last year, the school had no students in grades 1 to 5, with only a handful attending the early childhood development centre. This year, even that section has no enrollment.

"We are still reporting to the school every day despite having no studen...