With 50 million euros the tourism brings about 30% of the total currency, the second strongest foreign exchange is with 25 million euros the export of Tibetan carpets.
Of the approximately 30 million Nepalese, almost 40% live below the poverty line, the average monthly income is 18 euros.
With a GDP (gross national product) per capita of just 1.200 US dollars in 2021, Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world.
By comparison, Austria's per capita GDP for 2021 is around $ 53.332.
What is the educational situation in Nepal?
The future of children in Nepal is uncertain - only half complete the five-year primary school.
The current education system was established in 1971. All nepalese children are required to attend elementary school between the ages of six and ten.
There are no fees for attending the first to sixth grade at state schools.
The Nepalese government is in the process of restructuring the education system. Access to primary school (grades 1 to 8) and secondary school (grades 9 to 12) should be expanded and pre-vocational qualification measures should be introduced in the upper grades.
In reality, however, many children are currently unable to attend primary school because they need to earn extra money or help with household chores. Only half of all children finish the five-year elementary school. On the one hand, this is due to the lack of rural schools and, on the other hand, to the poor education of teaching staff and the associated poor quality of teaching. In addition, there is often a lack of basic things like blackboards, pencils or books. Many families therefore choose not to send their children to schools that are often far away.
The city government of Tikapur decided at the end of 2017 that in the future all private schools for needy students have to grant 10% scholarships - in relation to the total number of students - otherwise the permission to run the school should be withdrawn.
NEBS is currently the only private school in the Tikapur district to exceed this requirement - with more than 20% scholarships.
Extremely questionable is also the disadvantage of girls.
Compared to other countries in Asia, education levels in Nepal are very low. The illiteracy rate (as of 2015) is 35% (women 45%, men: 24%). According to this, women have particularly low educational opportunities. Girls are much less likely to be enrolled than their male counterparts and drop out of school more often. Often, girls have to leave school prematurely because they are married at the age of ten or eleven. Almost half of all 15 to 19 year old girls are married.
With a share in the total number of girls of more than 40% girls, NEBS has been making a significant contribution to reducing the disadvantage of girls for years.
NEBS was founded in 2012 by an enthusiastic group of trained, experienced teachers. The most painful experiences they had previously made in a patriarchal and economically intransparent private school gave rise to the formation of a school that was unusual for Nepal and was run collectively.
Here a socially, sexually and ageally quite heterogeneous teaching body tries to realize an ambitious project in common (= democratic) responsibility, despite the still predominant caste thinking.