During the 5-day teacher training in April 2018, The headteacher of Chymra secondary school in Sertung, Bahadur B.K. was inspired and ready to embrace the MTB-MLE program in his school. Although the headteacher is not a Tamang speaker himself, he said: “Learning in their mother tongue is a good, unexpected opportunity for Tamang small children. It will make it easier for them to learn.”

After going back to the village, he shared with the other early-grade teachers about the program. As a result, the kindergarten and English teachers, expressed an eager desire to come to the next teacher training.