Institutional schools in Biratnagar will not be allowed to increase fees

Mayor Nagesh Koirala, who is also the chairman of the education committee, took this decision in the city education committee meeting.

The metropolis has determined the fees charged by institutional schools based on the various facilities of institutional schools within the city and classifying them into A, B and C categories.

Grade C basic level (up to class 5) 1700 to 22200, basic level (class 6-8) 22200 to 2700 and secondary level (class 9-12) from 2700 Can charge up to 4 thousand The decision of the Mahanagara Shiksha Samiti is .

Likewise, the Educational Administration Division of the metropolis can charge up to a maximum of 25 percent for B category schools and up to a maximum of 50 percent for A category schools based on the service facilities provided by the school after completing the process according to the sub-section 7 of Section B of Schedule 22 of the Education Calendar 2059. Chief Krishna Bhattarai informed.

According to him, it has been decided to continue the fees of the previous academic session so that the parents will not be financially burdened due to the economic recession. The

meeting has decided to conduct a wide-scale student enrollment campaign with the slogan 'Ensuring all children's school participation, quality education'. The meeting of the Education Committee has also decided to conduct an intensive enrollment campaign until 7th of Baisakh and to continue the recruitment campaign throughout Baisakh for isolated students, to provide free teaching materials to all enrolled students by community schools, and to disseminate information widely within their respective service areas. ;.

Arrangements should be made for the adoption of guardianship and admission of children without parents, documentation of those who support the continuation of such children's education and proper respect should be shown, schools should use textbooks, reference books and textbooks approved by the Curriculum Development Center, institutional schools should use textbooks, school uniforms, Bhattarai informed that an arrangement has been made so that students and parents can buy from any shop they want, not only at one shop, but also for educational materials.

Institutional schools here have been setting up syndicates in book and dress shops, forcing parents to buy textbooks and clothes from the same shop.