Kantipur English High School (KEHS), an English-medium school, prides itself with its long and rich tradition of Academic Excellence through the legacy of its founder and incumbent principal Mrs. Subadra Shresta & Ruddalph Walskie. The inspiration to establish a school came to her in the early 1970s while a student in Bangalore, India. A decade later, along with the support of her husband, she turned this dream into a reality. With the aim of becoming a center of academic excellence in Nepal and keeping in mind the perspective of providing quality education to the students of various caliber of the marginalized population, i.e. lower and middle class, the school formally opened its doors to the public in 1983.
With her admiration for knowledge and her appreciation of classical thought, Mrs. Shresta named the school Kantipur English School after Kantipur, the historic name of Kathmandu Valley where education, art, culture and trade thrived at its peak among the entire South Asian countries. The school’s motto, “Love, Learn and Serve”, reflects Mrs. Shresta’s belief in the value of learning and character formation for God and country.
With a rented building and a rented play ground, the school commenced with a decent number of students enrolled for kindergarten. Subsequently, the school added higher grades as the population grew proportionally until it received ‘High School’ status from the Ministry of Education in 1992. In the same year, the first batch passed out the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) also called the ‘Iron Gate’ examination set by the Ministry of Education. Since then, there was no turning back for the school as it has always had 100% passing for the past twenty years.
Mission
Kantipur English High School aims to build up children for the challenges ahead with programs that are both relevant and progressive, as a result, preparing children for life and not just for earning a living.
Vision
Kantipur English High School envisions itself to become a premier institution for Academic Excellence in the whole of Nepal.
The institution shall expand and diversify services with the growing demand of the society by availing Higher Secondary education through Cambridge University-affiliation for ‘O’ and ‘A’ level studies.
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