KATHMANDU, JUNE 21
Kathmandu Metropolitan City has said that more than 13,000 deserving students and those from underprivileged family backgrounds are studying under scholarship quota in private schools inside the metropolis.
There are 504 private schools in KMC, the country's most affluent local government. Out of them, 39 schools are yet to provide information about the scholarship quotas they are providing to needy and deserving students.
KMC claims that this is the first time that private schools have submitted detailed information about their scholarship quota to the local government due to constant pressure on the schools.
The local government had time and again issued public notice and notified private schools to submit information about the scholarship quotas to the local government. They had also warned the schools that their licence would be scrapped if they did not comply with the mandatory rules.
After issuing warnings repeatedly, the private schools finally submitted their list of students who are studying under 10 per cent quota.
KMC has said the remaining 39 schools will be fined up to Rs 100,000 and given one last chance to submit their list once again. If the schools continue to breach the rules, we will be forced to scrap their licence, according to the KMC.
Mayor of KMC Balen Shah, however, said their mission was not accomplished yet, adding that they would now crosscheck the information they received. "At first, we will cross-check the information provided by the schools and then remain vigilant if they are consistently abiding by the rules."
Mayor Shah further said they were able to reach the goal due to formulation of right kind of rules, adding, "We will also give priority to make right laws for the betterment of the people."
A version of this article appears in the print on June 22, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
