Article History
Received: 26 April 2025
Accepted: 9 September 2025
First Online: 21 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study adhered to the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (AMA, 2013). This study protocol was approved by the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) (NHRC, Ref. #2688). Specifically, it has received approval from the Graduate School of Education (31-09-2021) of Education at Tribhuvan University in Nepal and the University Grant Commission of Nepal (PhD 78/79-Edu-01). Informed consent was obtained from all the subjects and/or their parents and legal guardian(s). All participants were assured of the confidentiality of their information and that their data would be anonymised in the final report.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.