Kathmandu. The government is to make the coordination between the federal and local levels effective for the improvement of the school sector. For this purpose, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is going to hold discussions with the local government and stakeholders regarding the admission and fee dispute.

According to the Ministry, the Ministry is scheduled to hold discussions with the mayor s of the Kathmandu Valley’s metropolitan cities and high level government officials on Monday.

Confusion about the admission of students and fees against the criteria, the annual academic calendar and the future strategy were discussed in the meeting. People’s Representative has been called to the same place } to discuss the irregularities in student admission fees and the latest activities being carried out by private schools and find a way forward.

Acting Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Sunit a Dhangol, Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Chiri Babu ( Maharjan, President of Municipalities Association of Nepal and President of National Federation of Rural Municipalities will TAG_CLOSE_participate in the meeting.span_14} and high officials of the Ministry of Education will be present. 

The Ministry had recently directed the government to refund the fees collected illegally after complaints were raised that some institutional schools were enrolling students before the start of the academic session 2083 and charging more than the approved standard.

The federal government had directed schools to start school admissions from April 25 and start classes from May 21.However, the local levels of Kathmandu Valley had directed to start a new enrollment campaign from April 24 and to start regular classes from April 29.