Ministry of Education Directs Local Levels to Enforce Mandatory Scholarship Provisions in Schools

Kathmandu. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has requested all local levels to coordinate and facilitate necessary legal action against schools that fail to provide scholarships as per the regulations.

In a letter sent to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration today, the Ministry requested local authorities to monitor and facilitate whether private and public schools have updated the details of the 10 percent scholarships provided to students based on the number of enrollments, as required by the Education Act and Regulations.

According to the Compulsory and Free Education Act, 2075, privately invested schools and schools operating under public educational trusts are required to reserve seats to provide free education to a specified number of students based on total enrollment.

Similarly, the Education Regulations, 2059, mandate that institutional schools must provide scholarships to poor, disabled, female, Dalit, and Janajati students, covering no less than ten percent of the total student population.

In line with these provisions, the Ministry has urged all schools to immediately update the list of scholarship recipients, selected through the prescribed selection method, into the IMIS system.

Furthermore, the letter states that schools must make the details of scholarship recipients public to ensure transparency for all parents, and local authorities must monitor whether schools have updated these records, taking immediate action to ensure compliance from those that have not.