13,000 received scholarships in Kathmandu: 1 lakh fine for schools that do not provide details

KATHMANDU: Balendra Shah, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), has stated that private schools that have not supplied scholarship data would be punished one lakh as a means of punishment.

KMC has already published a public notice requesting that all private schools submit scholarship payment data in accordance with the standards by the end of last Jestha. As several schools failed to provide the information even beyond the deadline, Mayor Shah ordered the institutions to do so or face a one-lakh punishment.

Mayor Shah has issued a warning through social media to cancel the permission or approval granted to the school concerned in accordance with subsection 4 of Section 57 of the Education Act 2075 of KMC if they do not comply with KMC’s request.

Currently, 465 of the 504 private schools in the KMC region have submitted scholarship information. According to the chairman of KMC Sah, more than 13,000 students from the target group have benefited from the scholarship.

According to Mayor Shah, the KMC will reinvestigate the presented material and publish the findings. According to the guidelines, each institution must grant scholarships to 10% of the total number of students. Scholarships, according to KMC, have now been awarded to 90 percent of schools as a result of numerous requests.

Sitaram Koirala, Head of the KMC Education Department, stated that he has issued orders to award a 10% scholarship by the 28th of May of the current academic session. Despite the fact that there is a provision for a 10% scholarship among registered students, about 70% of the schools in the metropolitan area did not submit the information. The majority of colleges that did not give scholarships for the current academic session 2080 charged exorbitant rates.

Starting with the next academic session, KMC will arrange for five percent of total students to receive scholarships from their individual schools, with the remaining five percent being placed into the KMC education fund. When it comes to scholarships, each institution will now decide the quota and invite candidates to apply. KMC is preparing to develop a system of providing scholarships to students who have passed the entrance exams and been recommended.