You have finished Grade 10 and sat the SEE. The exams are behind you, the results are not out yet, and +2 admissions are still ahead. For most students in Nepal this is the longest break they will get for years, and it is a good time to learn something practical on a computer: a skill you will use in Grade 11 and 12 whatever stream you choose, and one that can grow into a career later.
This guide is for SEE students and their parents in Kathmandu. It explains which computer and IT courses make sense at this stage, how to choose between them, and what they cost. The courses and fees further down are read from our current catalogue, so they are the ones running today.
Why the months after SEE are a good time
Once +2 begins, your week fills up with classes, tuition and exams. Right now it does not. A short, practical course fits into the time you have, and you finish it before college asks anything of you.
Computers are also no longer optional at +2. Science students write lab reports and many choose Computer Science as an optional subject. Management students keep accounts and build spreadsheets. Humanities and Education students type assignments and give presentations. Students who choose a technical diploma instead of +2 use computers from the first week. Arriving already comfortable with a keyboard, a spreadsheet and a design tool takes one worry off your plate.
Many students also join a bridge course to prepare for +2 entrance exams. A computer course can run alongside it, as long as the two sets of class times do not clash.
Start with what you will actually use
There is no single right first course. These are the usual starting points, from the most general to the most specialised.
- Computer basics and MS Office. Typing, managing files, email, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and online tools such as Google Docs. If you do not use a computer every day, start here: every other course assumes it.
- Graphic design. Photoshop, Illustrator and similar tools, for students who like to draw, arrange and make things look good. It is useful straight away: posters for school events, social media posts for a family shop, a cover for a project file.
- Video editing. Cutting, captioning and finishing short videos on a phone or a computer, for students who already film and want the result to look deliberate.
- Web development. HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and building real web pages. A good fit if you enjoy logic and puzzles, or if you are already thinking about Science with Computer Science, or a computing degree after +2.
- Programming with Python. The language many people learn first, because it reads almost like English. It suits students who like maths and want to understand how software thinks.
If you cannot decide, take computer basics first and choose the next course once you know whether you enjoyed the design side or the logic side more.
How to choose
Four questions settle most decisions.
- Which +2 stream are you leaning towards? A future Science student who likes computers gets most from web development or Python. A Management student gets most from Excel. Anyone creative can start with design.
- How much can you practise at home? Skills are learned between classes as much as in them. If you have no computer at home, an in-person course and the basics come first; ask us what the course you are considering needs.
- How long is your break? Some courses are short and some run for months; the duration of each is in the table below. Pick one you can finish before +2 takes over your week, or a batch whose class times will still fit once it does.
- In person or online? In person suits most students at this age: you ask questions as they come up and practise beside other students. Our in-person classes have at most 12 students. Online suits students outside the Kathmandu valley, where a course has an online batch.
What it costs
Fees depend on the course: a short beginner course costs much less than a multi-month bootcamp. The table below shows each recommended course with the fee charged today, and our course fees page lists every course we run. Where a course is taught both in person and online at different fees, both are shown. If paying the whole fee at once is hard, ask us about paying in instalments.
What to expect in class
Classes are taught in Nepali by working IT professionals, and they are practical: you build the poster, the spreadsheet or the web page yourself, and ask about it as you go. When you complete the course you receive a certificate that anyone can check on our certificate verification page, which is useful when a college or, later, an employer asks what you have learned.
For parents
You are welcome to come with your son or daughter before they enrol. Our office is at Pahiko Sadak, Falfulchowk (near Sorakhutte), Kathmandu 44600, Nepal, open Sun – Fri 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM · Sat closed. Ask to see the course outline, the class times and the fee, and ask anything else you need to know. You can also call or message us first.
A simple plan for the break
If you want a plan rather than a menu: spend the first part of the break on computer basics, so that typing and files stop slowing you down. Then, if time allows, take one creative or one technical course, design or web development, and finish it with something to show: a set of designs, a short video or a small website. That one piece of work tells you more about what to study next than any list can.
The courses below are where to start. If none of them looks right, browse every course, or read our guide to IT courses after +2 to see where these skills lead.