Pokhara Ward Offers Free Health Insurance to Parents of Students in Community Schools

Pokhara. Ward Number 12 of Pokhara Metropolitan City has provided the facility of free health insurance to parents whose children study in community schools. All parents whose children study in community schools have been provided with free health insurance.

Ward Chairman Santosh Bastola informed that this program has been initiated from the current fiscal year to increase attraction towards government schools. He stated that the ward is working under a policy to make both education and health free for students studying in community schools.

'We are working to increase student attraction by enhancing the educational quality of government schools,' he said, 'Accordingly, we will insure the families of students who are permanent residents of the ward and are studying in community schools.'

This ward has some of the best community schools in the country. Amar Singh Secondary School and Shitaladevi Community School have been providing excellent results nationwide. The ward's statistics show that 4,300 students study in just three schools, including Saraswati Basic School.

Under the health insurance program, by paying an annual premium of 3,500 rupees, 5 members of a family receive health treatment services worth 100,000 rupees. The ward will pay the amount corresponding to the insurance premium.