KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Controversy has arisen after the Godavari municipality in Kailali merged several basic schools within its jurisdiction. The dispute intensified after the municipality decided last February to place the ward office in the building of one of the merged schools before the schools were officially merged.

KATHMANDU, April 9: Schools in the areas where by-elections are scheduled to take place will remain closed for two days.

Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) recently issued a one-month ultimatum for private schools within the metropolis to change their names, aiming to reflect Nepali culture and identity. According to Rule 70 of the KMC School Education Management Regulations of 2074 BS, Kathmandu's private schools are mandated to adopt names reflecting Nepali culture and identity.

The government has announced free basic education, making it not only free but also mandatory. However, the announcement and policy do not seem to have translated in practice, as confirmed by a recently published study report. According to the study conducted by Center for Education and Human Resource Development, about 800,000 children of school-going age have not even reached the school premises.

KHAJURA (Banke), Jan 18: The institutional and community schools at Nepalgunj have been closed for three days in the wake of increasing cold.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is preparing to teach yoga in schools.

SIRAHA, Jan 11: Teaching and learning activities have been affected due to the cold that has been increasing for the past few days. As a result, community schools in Siraha have started announcing the closure.

MAHOTTARI, Jan 9: Three local levels in the district have closed schools in the wake of rising cold.

MUGU, Dec 28: The Mugum Karmarong rural municipality in Mugu has decided to close schools in the Upper Karan area for a month due to increasing cold.

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has warned of taking action against schools that compel students to purchase extra clothing during various festivals.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has said that it will take action against schools requiring students to purchase distinct clothing under the guise of various festivals.

JAJARKOT, Nov 20: Locals have intensified preparations to construct temporary structures in the Jajarkot earthquake-ravaged schools to resume educational activities.

The erosion of native language skills in Nepali students is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed. By teaching at least half of the subjects in the native language, Nepal can ensure that its students maintain a strong connection to their culture, enhance their cognitive development, and ultimately become more competent in both their native language and English.

For the first time in over three decades, students in public schools in all of Nepal’s 77 districts have received their textbooks on time for the beginning of the school curriculum that started from mid-April.

BIRGUNJ, July 23: Minister of Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma has announced to ensure entire telecommunications services to 14 districts, two each from seven provinces across the country.

KATHMANDU, June 6: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has published a list of 342 schools that have so far refused to provide scholarships to the students as per the rules.

INARUWA, June 1: Three local levels in Sunsari district have decided to close all public schools within the local levels citing a sharp rise in temperature. All public schools in Inaruwa Municipality have been asked to shut for a week from June 1 to 7, said Inaruwa Municipality Mayor Kedar Bhandari.

KATHMANDU, April 27: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has banned political programs in schools.

KATHMANDU, April 9: Balendra Shah, Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), reminded that selling books and school uniforms by schools itself is punishable.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: The government has decided to give public holidays from November 18 to 21 in schools where polling stations are located.

KATHMANDU, August 17: The employees, who have been working in the public school for a long time, have announced that they will go on strike from Wednesday, demanding a permanent position. The Nepal Public School Employees' Council (NPSEC) held a public program in Kathmandu on Tuesday and demanded that the situation where they have to work in public schools for a long time at low wages should be ended.

MANGALBARE, July 26: Amid increasing cases of viral fever in Ilam district, the schools here have been closed for weeks.

KATHMANDU, May 11: The Government of Nepal has decided to close public as well as private schools for two days a week, effective from May 16. According to Deepak Sharma, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, a decision to this effect has already been taken, and both public and private schools have been directed to follow the decision.

RUKUM EAST, Feb 19: 14 schools in Rukum East have been selected for the President Educational Reform Program. The 14 schools at three local levels of the district have been selected under this program linked with physical improvement of schools and information technology.

LAMJUNG, Feb 17: As many as 32 schools in Lamjung district have been selected for the President Educational Reform Program (PERP).

UDUPI, India, Feb 14: A state in southern India re-opened some schools on Monday that had been closed following protests last week over female students not being allowed to wear hijabs, or head-to-toe burqas, in class.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The District COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (DCCMC), Surkhet, has decided to open educational institutions in full compliance with the public health standards from February 13.

SARLAHI, Jan 31: Students in Sarlahi will be vaccinated against COVID-19 from today. The schools will be open from today till February 4 to administer the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines to the students in the age group of 12 to 17 years.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has issued the ‘Procedures for Earning while Studying Program, 2078’ under the President Educational Reforms Program.

GALKOT, Jan 12: Schools in Baglung Municipality have been directed to close from January 12 till January 28 due to fears over the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has decided to implement the suggestion of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Coordination Center (CCMC) to close the schools till January 29.

The local governments in the Kavrepalanchowk district have started ordering the closure of schools with increasing cold weather. Three local levels in the district have already ordered schools in their area to close for a week following the fall in mercury caused by the rainfall a few days ago.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The US government has provided an additional 664,560 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Nepal under the COVAX facility. The vaccines have arrived in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: All schools in New Delhi will remain closed from Friday until further notice amid worsening levels of air pollution in India's national capital.

PARBAT, Sept 26: Two schools in Pakuwa Silsi of Kushma Municipality-11 have been closed after students started falling sick.

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: The District Administration Office, Kathmandu has asked education institutions not to run physical classes.

DOTI, Sept 5: All schools that remained closed for a long time due to COVID-19 pandemic in Doti district are resuming physical classes from Sunday.

JAJARKOT, August 15: Most of the schools in Upper Dolpa have been operating continuously since Baisakh even though educational institutions remain closed across the country.

KATHMANDU, June 28: The School Management Committees of the government-run community school have complained that the project officials are asking for kickbacks from an initiative to empower rural schools to conduct virtual classes.

KATHMANDU, June 15: The National Examination Board (NEB) has made a new rule to seek reasons from teachers giving more than 80 marks to Secondary Education Examination (SEE) students.

DOLPA, April 29: The district administration in Dolpa has decided to shut schools after a worker of the Jufal Airport tested positive for the coronavirus.

KATHMANDU, April 17: The COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC) has recommended to the government to suspend physical classes of all academic institutions in city areas to reduce the risk of further spread of new variant of COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, April 16: The government has urged the schools with high numbers of students to run the classes in shifts in view of the rising risk of the COVID-19 infection across the country.

NEPALGUNJ, April 16: COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Nepalgunj once again. Academic institutions are seen to be highly vulnerable to COVID-19 as a number of students and teachers have already been infected with the virus.

KATHMANDU, March 29: The government has decided to close all educational institutions for four days owing to the weather emergency.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has granted permission to all the schools within its authority to re-open.

Look for physical marks such as unexplained bruises, scratches, broken bones, and healing wounds. Be alert when your child fears going to school or joining school events.

No students should be taught that Tharu people are farmers and Newars live only in the Kathmandu Valley. No students should be mocked for not knowing their caste.

POKHARA, Oct 3: It had been six months since Sakshyam Pathak of Tahanu had not entered his school. He terribly missed his friends and teachers. Just recently, the school administration announced resumption of classes but it said the children cannot be involved in extracurricular activities. Pathak was happy to see his friends after so long, but restrictions on games and sports have put him a bit off.

Almost nine million school goers are at home today for more than five months. Sudden announcement of closure of schools on March 18 seems to have impacted the school goers badly. If the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) had been dynamic enough, almost all school goers would have been admitted in the upper grades by mid-April. Education would continue somehow. After all, there were no severe cases of Covid-19 till mid-May.