Nepal wants high-paying careers. Its humanities classrooms pay the price

Nepal wants high-paying careers. Its humanities classrooms pay the price

Jigisha Ranjit scored an A+ in her SEE and enrolled to study Humanities for 10+2. Normally, these two phrases would be connected with a ‘but’, for such a score usually accompanies words like ‘science’ and ‘management’. Yet few like Ranjit are adamant enough to defy the conventional path. “I am more interested in understanding society and contributing to it instead of just going after more money,” Ranjit, who wishes to be a journalist, says. Students like Ranjit belong to a rare breed whose numbe