August 15, 2005
 Japanese Assistance to Kanya Campus, Pokhara for the Construction of a Girls' Hostel
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The Embassy of Japan has decided to extend a grant of ninety-one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-one US Dollars (US$ 91,751), equivalent to approximately six million, four hundred and forty-five thousand, five hundred and eight Nepalese Rupees (NPR 6,445,508) to Kanya (Girl's) Campus, Pokhara for the implementation of the Project for Constructing the Female Students' Hostel of Kanya (Girl's) Campus, Pokhara, in Japan's Fiscal Year 2005 under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) scheme of the Government of Japan.
A Grant contract to this effect was signed and exchanged today between His Excellency Mr. Tsutomu HIRAOKA, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Mr. Surendra Bahadur Bharijoo, Campus Chief of Kanya (Girl's) Campus, Pokhara.
The grant will be utilized for the construction of a two-storey hostel building consisting of 10 rooms. The hostel will provide accommodation facilities for girl students pursuing studies in teachers' training courses from the Mid-Western and Far-Western Development Regions.
Out of the total project cost of NPR 15,326,919 Kanya (Girl's) Campus will bear about 21% of the cost, amounting to NPR 3,184,921, which will include procurement of furniture and the construction of a fence and compound wall etc. Similarly, the Japan-Nepal Female Education Association (JNFEA) will also contribute more than four million Rupees which will amount to about 37% of the total cost, which will be used for the installation of electricity and for interior works, toilet facilities etc.
Additionally, JNFEA is also providing scholarships which will pay, each year under the project of Training of Female Teacher in Remote Areas of Nepal, the hostel fee for 20 female students from the Mid-Western and Far-Western Development Regions. However, once their studies are completed those students will be required to work as a teacher in the area of their origin. Their salaries will also be supported by JNFEA for the first three years.
Speaking at the ceremony, H.E. HIRAOKA, stressed the need for promoting girls' education for the economic and social development of Nepal. Furthermore, he expressed his belief that Kanya (Girl's) Campus, with better hostel facilities and learning environment, will encourage female students from distant areas to pursue higher education, and their contribution to the field of education in the future will promote education in remote areas.
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