National Teacher Records Office Digitizes Personal Files of 40,000 Permanent Teachers

The National Teacher Records Office (Kitabkhana) has so far digitized the personal records of 40,000 permanent teachers.

Deputy Director General Dinesh Ghimire informed that the Kitabkhana digitized the personal records of 20,000 teachers in the last fiscal year and an additional 20,000 in the current fiscal year. He stated that the target is to digitize the personal records of an additional seven thousand teachers by the end of this fiscal year.

The Kitabkhana provides facilities such as pension, gratuity, medical expenses, payment for accumulated leave, family pension, and educational and dependent scholarships to permanent teachers working in government-approved positions in community schools. Retired teachers obtain their pension papers from the Kitabkhana as per the provisions in the Education Act, 2028, and Education Regulation, 2059. Teachers are subject to mandatory retirement upon reaching the age of 60. The organization publishes a list of estimated mandatory retirements for teachers twice a year (in Magh and Baisakh).

The School Teacher Records Office, initially established as a departmental office under the former Ministry of Education, is currently operating under the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration following the change in the country's governance structure. According to Deputy Director General Ghimire, 2,083 teachers are due for retirement within this fiscal year.

In addition, the Kitabkhana handles tasks such as registration and certification of teacher seat rolls, updating job details, publishing the list of teachers retiring due to age limits, passing annual salary statements, operating the pension fund, work related to service period calculation, registration of property statements, and managing tasks from teacher recruitment to retirement.

According to the Ministry of Education's Educational Information Compendium, 2081, a total of 156,640 teachers are employed in community schools, comprising 83,989 permanent teachers, 29,699 temporary teachers, and 39,962 relief teachers at the basic and secondary levels.