About the Principal

Urken Dorje is the principal of Kula Mountain Primary School. He was born in Saldang VDC in Dolpo, where he studied up to class five. At that time, the school in his home village did not have any real educational facilities: no pens, books, uniforms, etc. The school was also in disrepair. After class five, Urken was sent to boarding school in lower Dolpa. However, he was the lone student from upper Dolpo, and his culture, language, and life was not the same as those students from the lowlands. He found this difficult, both socially and in terms of the education he was given.

Nonetheless, Urken was graduated from class 10 (SLC pass). After this, he completed class 11 and 12 in Pokhara. Given his personal background and educational history, Urken has been committed from a young age to helping Dolpo schools develop in the future. He joined the Kula Mountain Primary School in 2001. He is very happy to be working with the school and hopes that it is able to improve every year. He would like to help provide future generations of students with more facilities and opportunities. Urken hopes that the future will be bright for young people from Dolpo, and that they will be able to sustain their culture and heritage, and at the same time survive in today’s world.