It is reported that school principal Rajendra Dawadi saved over 900 students and 16 faculty members at the Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Bidur, Nuwakot District, Nepal, 10

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In Short: A school principal in Nepal quickly evacuated over 900 students and staff during floods, preventing a tragedy.

School principal Rajendra Dawadi rang the school bell and ordered students and staff to evacuate, saving over 900 individuals from potential disaster.

Dawadi immediately decided to halt the school and directed everyone to leave, even turning back a bus that had already arrived with students.

He ensured that those already at the school were instructed to leave and contacted bus drivers to prevent further arrivals, demonstrating quick and decisive action.

Reflecting on his actions, Dawadi said, 'I have no words. I got education from that school. And I gave education at that school.

Aid group Save the Children reported that at least 69 schools in northern Nepal were destroyed, affecting nearly 19,000 students' education.

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He rang the school bell and ordered his students and staff out of the building and toward higher ground.
“I immediately decided to stop... school” and get the children out, he told The Associated Press.
Dawadi ordered those already there to leave and called bus drivers to tell them not to come.
One bus, packed with students, had already reached the school when Dawadi told the driver to turn back, he said.
“I have no words. I got education from that school. And I gave education at that school,” he said.
Aid group Save the Children said in a statement that at least 69 schools in northern Nepal were destroyed, putting the education of nearly 19,000 students at risk.
Student Suvina Tamang, 14, said the building was swept away shortly after the students had been evacuated.

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