Nepal head teacher’s quick thinking saved more than 1,600 children from floods

Rajendra Dawadi rang the school bell to warn his fellow teachers they needed to evacuate (Picture: Rajendra Dawadi) The head teacher of a school in Nepal almost certainly saved the lives of more than 1,600 pupils with his quick actions as this week’s devastating flash floods approached. Rajendra Dawadi, the principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, was working on Wednesday morning when he started to receive warnings from people upstream. At the time, there were around 900 students on the early shift at the school – with 700 making their way towards the building on foot or by bus. Speaking to the Times, Rajendra said one of the calls came from a parent who said the water ‘was rising fast’. Unsure if the floodwater would come in the school’s direction, he nevertheless made