PARAY SCHOOL OF NURSING: Paray School of Nursing is a catholic institution which was established in 1977, with the main objective of providing nursing education to the communities in the remote mountain regions. The school is located in Thaba-Tseka district which is in the mountainous regions of Lesotho. Initially the school offered certificate in nursing assistant programme which basically focused on the communities in the mountainous regions, but in the early 1980s the school expanded its recruitment to include candidates from the lowlands. In the beginning the school trained female students only for a period of 18 months. In June 1999, the school began to recruit male students as well.