KATHMANDU,  April 21: A selection and recommendation committee formed by the government is set to interview the candidates for the vacant position of Vice Chancellor of Purbanchal University on April 24 and 25.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has sent a formal letter to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to probe medical sector irregularities outlined in the Medical Education Investigation Commission-2074 BS report.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has requested the local authorities to arrange the admission of students only after determining the scholarship quota in private schools.

KATHMANDU, March 21: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) has requested the local levels to determine fees and enforce scholarships in private schools.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The educational institutions and policies seem to be continuously shaped by the donor agencies in Nepal. Sometimes, the three-level school education is turned into two levels. Sometimes, a grading system is implemented where all students pass.

KATHMANDU, Feb 29: JICA Nepal Office, in collaboration with the Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CLPIU) of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), hosted a painting contest among the 274 schools reconstructed by the Emergency School Reconstruction Project (ESRP) in Nov-Dec 2023. The contest aimed to engage school students in artistic expression under the theme "My New School: My Pride."

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Premier International IB Continuum School, Robotics Association of Nepal (RAN) and Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) have completed the Mini EdTech AI Conference 2024 with the theme “Future of Education with AI” which is a pre-event leading to Robotics and AI Conference – AI for Prosperous Nepal, a part of YANTRA – Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship festival happening this February 16, 2024.

KATHMANDU, June 18: The ongoing protest of the Nepal Public School Employees' Council (NPSEC) has been postponed after the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MoEST) formed a negotiation committee, and invited them to hold talks.

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has sought clarifications from more than a dozen academic institutions for operating illegally.

KATHMANDU, April 13: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has directed all local levels for making the school enrollment campaign commencing from Monday successful.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: It has been learnt that stakeholders in Nepal had been sending students to the Australia Institute of Business and Technology (AIBT) despite being aware that the institute was in critical state under the L3 category, which means which means it performed bad in last consecutive three years.

KATAHMANDU, Dec 7: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) is preparing to include the Chinese language in school curriculum.

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The government has extended the term of the High Level Education Commission (HLEC) till January 8, next year. The commission's initial term ended on December 2.

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has spoken outright lies publicly about the expenses of foreign junkets.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has instructed all its subordinate offices and units to stand against gender-based violence (GBV) as the government plans to launch a two-week campaign against GBV from November 25 to December 10.

New Education Act in the pipeline

November 17, 2018 01:05 am

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: In a bid to replace the existing Education Act, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) is preparing to draft a Federal Education Act.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Australia has emerged as the most-preferred study destination for Nepali students wishing to go abroad for studies, according to latest government figures.