Summary: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has requested local authorities to take legal action against schools that fail to provide scholarships as mandated by regulations. The ministry has urged both private and public schools to immediately update scholarship information reflecting the mandated 10 percent provision on the IMIS platform. Schools have been instructed to publicly disclose and regularly update details of students receiving scholarships in a manner easily accessible to parents. 30 Chaitra, Kathmandu – The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has appealed to all local governments to coordinate and facilitate necessary legal measures against schools that do not comply with scholarship provisions stipulated in the law.
In a letter sent today to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the ministry requested local bodies to monitor and support compliance regarding whether private and public schools have updated the IMIS with details of scholarships provided to the required 10 percent of students based on enrollment, in accordance with the Education Act and related regulations.
Under the Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2075 (2018), privately invested schools and those managed under public educational trusts must provide free education and allocate seats based on a designated percentage of their student population. Similarly, the Education Regulation, 2059 (2002), mandates institutional schools to award scholarships to at least 10 percent of their students from disadvantaged groups including the poor, differently-abled, female, Dalit, and indigenous communities. Accordingly, all schools are required to provide scholarships to the prescribed percentage of their enrolled students.
The ministry has requested schools to systematically collect and promptly update scholarship recipient data on the IMIS platform. Additionally, schools must publish these details in a format accessible to guardians. The directive also emphasizes monitoring compliance and requiring schools that have not updated the scholarship information to do so immediately, as detailed in the official letter.
