As a teacher educator I have experienced disruption in Nepali classrooms and it is one

of the obstacles of effective classroom management. The reason behind disruptive classroom

in Nepal can be attributed to the fact that Nepal is a multicultural, multilingual, and

multiethnic country and most of the inhabited people are from diverse social, cultural, ethnic

and religious backgrounds (Phyak, 2011). It creates hegemony inside the classroom which

brings disruptive behaviour on the part of students while smooth functioning of the classroom

is going on. The national census 2011 revealed that there are 125 caste/ethnic groups and

123 languages spoken as mother tongue in Nepal (CBS, 2012; NLC, 2015) and because of

the variation on the mother tongue causes disruption inside the classroom.

In most of the classrooms in Nepal strict discipline is followed and students are not

allowed to speak. In a study it is found that in Nepal teachers face an immense pressure from

many parents and the school administrations to resort to discipline because it makes a

favourable impression on parents and it helps the reputation of the school flourish (UNICEF,

2012). Behaviour problems have not been thoroughly assessed among children in Nepal;

however, a study of psychosocial counselling in Nepal reported aggression was one of the

most common reasons for presentation for mental health care and non-participation of

classroom activity (Chhabra and Sodhi, 2012).

Phyak, P. B. (2011). Beyond the façade of language planning for Nepalese primary

education: Monolingual hangover, elitism and displacement of local languages?

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Central Bureau of Statistics (2012). National population and housing census 2011.

Kathmandu: National Planning Commission Secretariat. Retrieved from

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Census-2011-Vol1.pdf.

UNICEF. (2012). Violence against Children in south Asia. Retrieved from

http://www.unicef.org/rosa/protection_7735.htm

Chhabra, G. S, Sodhi, M. K. (2012). Impact of family conflict on the psychosocial

behaviour in male adolescents. J Nepal Paediatr Soc.;32(2):124–31.