Notre Dame School (Bandipur, Nepal)

Notre Dame Secondary School
Address
Bandipur-04, Balabazar Bandipur , Gandaki Nepal
Information
Type	Not for Profit Primary and Secondary school
Motto	Virtue Wisdom
Established	1985 A.D.
School district	Tanahun
Principal	Sister Merium
Staff	40+
Grades	Nursery -12
Gender	Co-Educational
Enrollment	800+
Nickname	Notre Damer
Affiliation	Bandipur Rural Municipality, NEB

School Seal

Notre Dame School (NDS) is a school Catholic school located in Bandipur, Nepal The school was founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), a congregation of Roman Catholic sisters founded in Bavaria in 1833 and devoted to educating students at all levels around the world.

The statue of Our Lady (Notre Dame)

NDS was opened in Bandipur in 1985 as a kindergarten school by School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND ) sisters from Japan and was soon developed into a primary school. The first batch of students completed the 10th grade (which is considered the end of high school and beginning of college education in Nepal) in 1996. In 1997, NDS started offering higher secondary education (dubbed the 10-plus-2 program) in Science under the Higher Secondary Education Board of Nepal.

Administration

The institution is controlled administratively by Christian Catholic Missionary and its a convent school. The founder principal was Sister Evenjala.

Past principals

• Sister Evenjala
• Sister Janet Tanaka
• Sister Merium
• Fr. Silas Bogati
• Fr. Denis D'Suza

Alumni Association

Ex-Students (Old NDs) of the institution had their first ever meet on 7 th Magh 2079 B.S . ( 21 January 2023 ) and formed themselves Alumni Association for further activities .

Notre Dame Alumni Seal

Ad hoc Committee

• Madan Krishna Adhikari ( Co-ordinator )
• Tara Bhattarai ( Member )
• Sachin Raj Piya ( Member )
• Rasmina Pradhan ( Member )
• Sulove Piya (Member)
• Bishow Prakash Sulpe (Member)
• Rabindu Shrestha (Member )

Official notice by the school.

Membership

• Eligibility for Association membership extends to students who have completed a minimum of two academic years at Notre Dame School, with the exception of those who solely undertook tenth or twelfth-grade studies, appearing only for the final examination.