Mustang- The community schools in the district have opened after two months of winter holidays. Schools in Baragung, Gharpajhong and Thasang rural municipalities of the district have reopened after two months of winter vacation. Community schools in lower Mustang give long winter holidays to students as snowfall and extreme cold affect the teaching and learning activities during the winter months of mid-December to mid-February. Chief of Education Development and Coordination Unit, Mustang, Rameshwor Lamichhane said that community, monastery, nunneries and institutional schools in Lomanthang and Loghekar Damodarkunda rural municipalities of Upper Mustang are shifted to the lower warmer areas in winter. There are 35 community schools in the district and 12 other seminaries in operation including Monastery, Amchi and Institutional. Of the 47 schools in the district, 24 schools in Gharpajhang, Thasang and Baragung Muktikshetra rural municipalities give winter holidays every year.