Local levels demanded details on school adjustment

Kathmandu: The Education and Human Resource Development Centre under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has demanded information on school mergers and the establishment of new schools as part of the implementation of the 100-point governance reform plan.

The Cabinet meeting held on March 27 had decided on a 100-point reform scheme. As per the scheme, the local levels are urged to send details on the number of school adjustments, including mergers, carried out based on changing demographic dynamics, geographical difficulty, remoteness, and the number of students.

Centre’s Director Dr Shyam Prasad Acharya also informed that the schools run on private investment and those run on public guthi were asked to submit information on whether they had provided scholarship to the students as per the Act Relating to Compulsory and Free Education, 2075.

The local levels are also urged to ensure schooling for the children deprived of birth registrations. They could be managed through schooling based on the documents certified by the local levels, it added.

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