Gulmi’s
technical colleges face enrolment crisis
: Turang and Jeeb Raj Ashrit polytechnic
institutes struggle with insufficient
infrastructure and student interest,
by Gaganshila Khadka (kp 21/09/2024)
Students
protest against serious error in
publication of integrated entrance exam
(rep 04/09/2024)
Minister Bhattarai
announces upcoming introduction of
Integrated Higher Secondary Education
Bill (kh 28/08/2024)
Nepali
students going abroad for studies took
Rs 1.25 trillion last FY (rep
18/08/2024)
Nepali student visas
up 121 percent since 2018 (ae
13/08/2024)
SEE grade increment
exam begins today (kh 07/08/2024)
Brain
Drain to Brain Gain: Reform Higher
Education, by Fr. Augustine Thomas,
S.J. (rep 05/08/2024), Brain
gain into brain drain : Invest
in quality higher education to
deter youth out-migration and
revive the economy, by Sonia
Awale (nt 09/08/2024)
Majority of grade
12 students fail English exam (kh
02/08/2024), Class
12 exam results out, 52 percent pass
(rep 02/08/2024)
Over
650,000 obtain NOCs to study abroad in
the past 15 years (rep 27/07/2024)
Japan
tops list as 80 percent of Nepali
students opt for study abroad in five
key countries (rep 24/07/2024)
Factors Behind Poor SEE
Results, by Govinda Bahadur
Tumbahang (rn 18/07/2024)
Data
science and AI in Nepal’s HEIs
curriculum : It fosters the growth of
AI-powered startups, providing solutions
for various socio-economic and business
challenges, by Roshee Lamichhane and
Biplab Bhattacharjee (kp 14/07/2024)
After
SEE, what next?, by Atindra Dahal
(rep 07/07/2024)
Five
schools in Chitwan report zero pass
rates in SEE, by Basanta Dhungana
(rep 02/07/2024)
SEE results expose
education crisis, declining student
performance, by Raghab Sharma (kh
01/07/2024), Teachers’
capacity must be enhanced to
implement letter grading system
: Grading system was enforced
without laying the proper ground
for it, including through better
teacher training, interview
with Usha Jha (kp 01/07/2024), Prioritise
Reforms In School
Education, by Ballav
Dahal (rn 01/07/2024)
SEE
results published : 47.86 percent pass; 186
students achieve GPA of 4 (kh 27/06/2024), Highest
number of SEE students fail in compulsory math
(kh 27/06/2024), More
than fifty percent SEE students fail: Experts
blame poor teaching, by Narayan Aryal (kh
28/06/2024), SEE
results show significant student
underperformance : High failure rates are
reported in Mathematics, English and Science,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/06/2024), Sea
change needed in SEE : A one-size-fits-all
system does not fulfil the requirements of a
well-rounded education (kp 28/06/2024), Students
who failed all subjects in SEE also allowed to
retake exams (kh 28/06/2024), Only
one student passes SEE from Rajpur Rural
Municipality (kh 29/06/2024)
Education
Minister vows to bridge gap between school and
higher education (kh 09/05/2024)
Class
12 exam starts today with participation of over
390,000 candidates (rep 26/04/2024)
SEE
begins today : 504,414 students from 10,806
schools appearing (kh 28/03/2024)
la
students suffer due to daily power outage of 11
hours (kh 16/03/2024)
PM
Dahal advocates halting outflow of funds for
higher education from Nepal (kh 15/02/2024)
Higher
Education Bill: A fiasco : The travesty
of the proposed bill is that no
authority is willing to take its
ownership, by Achyut Wagle (kp
13/02/2024)
Draft
bill on higher education disappoints experts :
Educationists say the prime minister vowed to
reform higher education but the bill reeks of
the same old mindset of political and
bureaucratic control of universities, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 04/02/2024)
Transforming
higher education: Challenges and opportunities,
by Hari Joshi (ae 01/02/2024)
Shortage
of secondary-level teachers hits schools : Forty
secondary schools in Achham district are
compelled to make do with underqualified
teachers for English, Mathematics, and Science,
by Menuja Dhungana (kp 30/01/2024)
Spectre
of SEE : Time has come to restructure school
education and change the focus from rote
learning to creativity (kp 26/01/2024)
SEE
aspirants are choosing tuition centres over
schools : Over 500 Bajhangi students are now in
Chainpur, enrolled at various tuition centres,
after deserting their schools, by Basant
Pratap Singh (kp 25/01/2024)
SEE
to be held from March 28 to April 9 (kh
22/01/2024), Over
4.49 lakhs students set to take SEE from March
28 (kh 22/01/2024)
Govt
makes whimsical decisions on SEE, by Ruby
Rauniyar (rep 17/01/2024)
NEB
asks parliamentary committee to continue SEE
(kh 11/01/2024), NEB
advises govt against abolishing SEE (rep
11/01/2024)
NEB
confirms SEE to take place in early Chaitra,
routine in Magh (kh 11/01/2024)
Why
is an "NOC" required while going abroad for
higher education? (rep 11/09/2023)
Khotang
local unit’s daughter-in-law education scheme
starts : Kepilasgadhi Rural Municipality plans
to educate married women who were compelled to
quit their studies, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp
01/09/2023)
Robotics
and Coding being taught at Durbar High School
(kh 26/08/2023)
A
hub for higher education : To this end, what
Nepal needs is robust infrastructure and strong
industry connections, by Roshee Lamichhane
(kp 24/08/2023)
Self-driven
Learning Matters In Getting Jobs, by Binod
Ghimire (rn 24/08/2023)
KMC
sends 2,300 students to HS schools for
admissions with scholarship : Officials said
only four students chose humanities while 1,456
students applied for the science stream, and 747
for management (kp 18/08/2023)
NEB
to hold grade improvement exams for Grade 12 on
Sept 23-24 (kh 16/08/2023)
NEB
publishes Grade 12 results (rep 15/08/2023),
Grade
12 results worry educators, college operators :
Ever-rising number of out-bound students,
coupled with lower graduation rate, emerges as a
pressing problem, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/08/2023), Whose
failure? Why almost half of the Grade 12
students failed is an ethical question the
authorities must answer (kp 17/08/2023)
Did
the SEE result genuinely improve this year?,
by Amar Bahadur Sherma (rep 13/08/2023)
Plural
histories of higher education : While the number
of student departures is staggering, the fact of
their leaving itself is nothing new, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 04/08/2023)
Secondary
school education in Nepal: What does the new
result indicate?, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht
11/07/2023)
KMC
asks private school students to register online
for scholarships in grade 11 : Kathmandu
municipal officials say they are going to use
the Optical Mark Recognition system to mark
papers, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/07/2023)
NEB
schedules SEE ‘Grade Improvement’ Exam for
August 11 and 12 (kh 08/07/2023)
NEB
publishes SEE results : 22,475 students score A+
(kh 06/07/2023), SEE
results better this year (rep 06/07/2023), National
school exam results out. Over half the students
score GPAs below 2.4 : Officials claim improved
student performance, experts say a small rise
does not count, by Binod Ghimire (kp
07/07/2023)
NEB
prepares to announce SEE result by Friday
(rep 02/07/2023)
Female
participation in higher education : How Good Is
Good Enough?, by Bhim Prasad Subedi (rn
23/06/2023)
Breaking
the Barriers, by Dev Datta Joshi (rep
06/06/2023)
Nepal
to continue issuing no objection certificates
for non-university courses : Government reverses
its earlier decision amid pressure from
stakeholders (kp 28/04/2023)
116
fake SEE examinees held in Morang (kh
06/04/2023)
Secondary
Education Examination kicks off _ 485,396
students—242,712 girls, 242,674 boys and 10
gender minorities—are registered to sit the
exams (kp 01/04/2023)
SEE
preparations complete, exams to begin tomorrow
(kh 30/03/2023), SEE
starts nationwide; one centre setup in Japan
(nlt 31/03/2023)
Students
benefit from scholarship fund set up by
Kanchenjunga pioneer : Himalayan Trust was
established in 2013 by George Band, who climbed
world’s third highest mountain with Joe Brown in
1955, by Ananda Gautam (kp 27/03/2023)
Creating
institutes of eminence : Much is needed to
revitalise the landscape of higher education
institutions in Nepal, by Roshee Lamichhane
(kp 26/03/2023)
Higher
education: At home or abroad?, by DJ Shah
(ht 10/03/2023)
Grade
12 examinations from May 9 (rn 05/03/2023)
Nepali
Students In Dilemma, by Bibek Shah and DJ
Shah (rn 10/02/2023)
SEE
to be held from March 31 (kh 28/01/2023)
Reorganization
of Curriculum to Curb Rate of Failure, by
Babu Lama (rep 11/01/2023)
Bajura
students quitting studies for want of high
schools (ht 24/10/2022)
In
rural Pyuthan, an uphill struggle to reach
school : The students who are forced to walk six
hours daily said their studies have taken a hit.
Some have opted to drop out, by Shamsher
Bikram GC (kp 29/09/2022)
Lessons
From Bhaktapur Municipality, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 15/09/2022)
What
next for high school graduates? From Humanities
to Science to Commerce subjects, students do not
have a shortage of choices when selecting a
stream of education they want to pursue (kp
11/09/2022), Efforts
to have more women in STEM subjects is paying
off : Due to the increased number of women
studying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics), women pursuing a career in
those sectors are no longer an anomaly, by
Pinki Sris Rana (kp 11/09/2022)
Nepali
higher education in doldrums: Need of emulating
good practices, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht
06/09/2022)
Poor
funding, teacher shortage and misplaced
government priority blamed for poor school
results : A total of 3,522 community schools run
classes for grade 11 and 12 but the government
provides salaries for just 6,000 temporary
teachers, by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/09/2022),
It’s
not the students : A high failure rate for years
warrants urgent investigation (kp
05/09/2022)
GPA
System : Confusions Galore, by Bhuvan Dharel
(rep 15/08/2022)
2078
BS SEE results published (nlt 27/07/2022), SEE
results have deteriorated this year, by Ruby
Rauniyar (rep 28/07/2022), SEE
results should be investigated: MP Pant (rep
28/07/2022), Poor
results : COVID-19 has been a good excuse to
cover up for the poor performance of the
students (ht 29/07/2022)
By
the time they reach Grade 12, as much as 66.9
percent students drop out, by Ruby Rauniyar
(rep 24/07/2022)
SEE
results to be published within July 26 (nlt
22/07/2022)
Steep
rise in visa application volumes in Nepal :
Student visas contributed significantly to the
overall rise in visa application volumes: VFS
Global (kp 01/07/2022)
Technical
education in Myagdi’s community schools fails to
take off : Lack of qualified teachers and high
qualification requirement for courses are to be
blamed, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 21/06/2022)
Remnant
of a glorious past : The way the Tri-Chandra
College building has been left to disintegrate
is a national shame (kp 16/06/2022)
Education
ministry not needed if it cannot make secondary
education free: MP Suwal (rep 09/06/2022)
Paradoxes
in higher education : Three constraints are
particularly evident in reforming Nepal's higher
education system, by Achyut Wagle (kp
26/04/2022)
SEE
preparations complete; exam to start 8:00 am
tomorrow (kh 21/04/2022), Secondary
Education Examinations begin today
This year’s examinations are taking place in the
physical presence of students after three years
(nlt 22/04/2022), SEE
begins from today
As many as 514,967 students from 11,615 schools
attending SEE (kh 22/04/2022)
Nepali
students urged to prepare for IELTS : It is
recognised by 11,000 universities and
educational institutions (ht 09/04/2022)
Technical
education will be expanded at all 753 local
levels: Minister Poudel (kh 05/04/2022)
It’s
already late to formulate a law for running
higher education: Gagan Thapa (rep
23/03/2022)
As
many as 414,481 students to sit for SEE this
year, by Ruby Rauniyar (rep 20/03/22)
PTE
becoming ultimate English language test in
Nepal: Paulraj (ht 16/03/2022)
SEE
results of seven provinces will be published at
different times: Chairperson Sharma, by Ruby
Rauniyar (rep 22/02/2022)
SEE
To Start From April 22 (rn 09/02/2022), Preparations
underway to allow province govts to conduct SEE
exams: NEB Chairperson Sharma (rep
10/02/2022)
NEB
decides to conduct SEE in Baishakh and Class 12
examination in Jeshth (kh 23/01/2022)
NEB
publishes results of Class 12 : 7,063 examinees
get A-plus (kh 03/12/2021)
Finding
Beacon of Education Nestled at Maitighar Heights,
by Parul Sigdel (rep 03/12/2021)
Link
schools to industrial skills: Finance Minister
Sharma (rep 25/11/2021)
Coronavirus
pandemic: A revolution for connectivity in
higher education, by Durga Prasad Bhandari
(ht 02/11/2021)
Govt
launches Nurturing Excellence in Higher
Education Program (kh 28/10/2021), $60m
higher education programme aided by World Bank
launched : Five-year plan aims to improve the
quality and labour market relevance of Nepal’s
higher education. Project aims to improve
quality of learning and scale up
collaborative research (kp 29/10/2021)
Why
students cheat : Cheating in exams is the result
of an outdated system dominated by
profit-oriented institutions, by Shrijan
Pandey (kp 23/09/2021)
Implementing
Life Skills Education Curriculum, by Shak
Bahadur Budhathoki (rn 19/09/2021)
Grade
12 exams to be held from September 15 (kh
01/09/2021)
NEB
to conduct class 12 exams from Sept 3rd week
(kh 27/08/2021)
House
panel directs government to conduct grade 12
exams in person, by Binod Ghimire (kp
25/08/2021)
Government
working to introduce fail grade in school level
exams : Experts have long been recommending
continuous assessment system to implement letter
grading effectively, by Binod Ghimire (kp
24/08/2021)
Nepali
higher education system : Issues and measures,
by Hari Prasad Lamsal (ht 18/08/2021)
Postponing
exams is not the solution : There are
alternatives to physical exams. Authorities
should be a little more creative in
finding them, by Sarthak Bikram Panta (kp
15/08/2021), Students
fear losing a year with grade 12 exams postponed
indefinitely : National Examination Board is in
a wait-and-see mode but students and
teachers want virtual exams without delay
(kp 15/08/2021)
SEE
results once again show effect of centralised
education system : Federal authorities say local
units lack competency to oversee school
education as prescribed by the constitution, but
experts argue that has to be tested first,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/08/2021)
Postponement
of Grade 12 exams causes further confusion,
by Rubi Rauniyar (rep 10/08/2021)
MoHP
recommends postponing Grade 12 examination :
374,000 students to be affected if exam
postponed (kh 06/08/2021), Grade
12 exams postponed (rep 07/08/2021), Grade
XII examinations postponed indefinitely (ht
08/08/2021), How
frustrating : Arbitrary evaluation of the
students in Grade XII could adversely influence
their admission to good colleges in Nepal and
abroad (ht 09/08/2021)
SEE
results to be delayed; 24 schools under scanner
for giving unexpected marks (kh 06/08/2021)
Schools
in Kathmandu Valley start Grade 11 classes
though SEE results not published yet (rep
06/08/2021)
Students
lose sleep over exams set amid rising
coronavirus cases : Candidates are calling for
alternative modes of testing but officials say
it’s not feasible as all students don’t have
proper devices, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
31/07/2021)
NEB
to publicize SEE results by August 9 (kh
29/07/2021)
Majority
of SEE students score 90 percent : Govt
preparing to publish results by Mid-August,
by Pabitra Sunar (rep 17/07/2021), Grade
12 exams to start from August 15 (rep
28/07/2021)
NEB
extends deadline to fill out exam forms for XI
and XII (kh 26/06/2021)
Decentralise
SEE and honour statute, experts advise
government : Education experts say the
government with a centralised mindset doesn’t
want to lose any of its authority, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 16/06/202)
NEB
to publish SEE results by July 30 (kh
14/06/2021)
SEE
results to be published based on internal
evaluation (kh 01/06/2021)
SEE
to be conducted through alternative assessment
method (kh 30/05/2021)
SEE
unlikely this year too, says Shrestha (ht
25/05/2021)
City
decides to conduct school exams, but community
schools unprepared : A school principal says
many of his students in remote villages are
unreachable, by Anup Ojha (kp 21/05/2021)
Students
fear promotion to higher grades as they are
ill-prepared (ht 17/05/2021)
Secondary
Education Examination and grade 12 examinations
postponed until further notice : The government
had in January decided to hold the national
grade 10 examinations in presence of students
this year. Grade 12 examinations were held only
in November last year instead of June (kp
10/05/2021)
Pupils
in limbo : The cabinet needs to reconsider
its decision to conduct in-person exams
(kp 03/05/2021)
Secondary
Education Examinations uncertain amid soaring
infections, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/05/2021)
500,000
examinees to attend SEE this year (kh
05/04/2021)
Bridging
the gender gap in higher education : Just
improving literacy rates as a token of inclusion
may not improve gender parity, by Roshee
Lamichhane (kp 01/03/2021)
Cabinet
decides to hold Secondary Education Examinations
centrally : The decision is against the spirit
of federalism envisioned in the constitution,
provincial officials say, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 10/02/2021)
Computer
courses reach rural areas of Mugu : The
villagers say they are happy with the
availability of computer courses in community
schools at affordable fees, by Raj Bahadur
Shahi (kp 04/02/2021)
Nurturing
entrepreneurship : Can it be done in schools?,
by Supriya Bhatta (ht 03/02/2021)
Ad
hoc decision to allow math as a
compulsorysubject in grades 11 and 12 under fire
: Court had rejected a petition to make the
subject compulsory but told the government to
make a final decision. Now students can choose
it or Social Studies and Life Skills, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 31/01/2021)
National
Examination Board to take 10 more days to
publish grade 12 results, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 15/01/2021)
Supreme
Court finally issues verdict in favour of new
curricula for grade 11 : While private schools
had been sticking to the old curriculum, public
ones had adopted the new one, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/01/2021), ‘New
course for grades XI, XII adds burden on
students, schools’ (ht 14/01/2021)
National
Examination Board opens registration for SEE :
Provincial governments have been demanding that
they be allowed to conduct the exams, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 31/12/2020)
Schools
hopeful Supreme Court will clear confusion over
new curriculum for grade 11 : Government-run
schools have switched to the new curriculum,
which private schools have refused to adopt,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/12/2020)
Grade
12 exams begin with duration of tests curtailed
by half : The National Examination Board is
preparing to publish the results within 45
days (kp 25/11/2020)
Grade
12 exams to start on Tuesday despite coronavirus
threat : Officials say all possible safety
measures have been adopted for the largest
assembly of people in the education sector since
the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 22/11/2020), Grade
XII exams begin today : Coronavisus-hit
examinees can take examinations later (ht
24/11/2020)
त्रिवि
सुधारको कडी : सेवा आयोग : नेपालले पनि
उच्चशिक्षालाई अनुसन्धानमुखी बनाउन छिटै ‘टेन्योर
ट्रयाक सिस्टम’मा जाँदा उपयुक्त हुन्छ [The
link of TRI reform: Service Commission : It would
be appropriate for Nepal to move to a tenor track
system soon to make higher education
research-oriented], by Niranjan Parajuli and
Madhavi Bhatta (np 18/11/2020)
Amid
dispute, Supreme Court stays implementation of
grade 11 curricula : Court rules officials
shouldn’t enforce curricula when local
governments have authority to manage school
education, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/11/2020)
Grade
12 exams can be given online (kh 05/11/2020)
Students
fear coronavirus more than their exams Officials
have promised utmost precautions at test centres
to stop the spread of Covid-19, but students are
not convinced about their safety, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 31/10/2020)
Grade
XII exams from November 24 (ht 22/10/2020)
Officials,
private schools at loggerheads over curriculum
even as grade 11 classes begin : School
operators say this is not the right time to
introduce new courses, by Binod Ghimire (kp
21/10/2020)
New
high school curricula change: They don’t add up,
by Sheshraj Kumar Sharma (ht 20/10/2020)
Government’s
indecision over exams worries thousands of grade
12 students: Officials say they plan to conduct
the exams in such a way that the risk of
transmission of Covid-19 is minimised, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 18/10/2020)
Parents
demand refund of SEE fees : The National
Examination Board collected Rs 241 million for
the Secondary Education Examinations which were
called off, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/10/2020)
Govt
still undecided on Grade XII examinations
(ht 01/10/2020)
US
to attach fixed end-date on visas for Nepali
students : Education consultants say the move
could force students to look for universities in
other countries, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/09/2020)
COVID-19
Impact: Kathmandu Valley sees closure of over
300 hostels, by Sabina Karki (kh 29/08/2020)
Study
abroad permit decision confuses students :
Students wonder why the government did not
resume issuing no objection certificates
immediately after the nationwide lockdown was
lifted, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/08/2020)
Breaking
the glass ceiling, one STEM class at a timeSince
its formation in 2016, Women in STEM Nepal has
trained more than 500 girls, teaching them the
basics of coding, design thinking and robotics,
by Ankit Khadgi (kp 26/08/2020)
Fate
of Grade XII students still hangs in balance
(ht 24/08/2020)
Concerns
rise as govt decision may leave over 26,000 SEE
students unable to secure admission in Grade 11
: Students are denied the opportunity of the
supplementary grade promotion examination this
year (rep 22/08/2020)
SEE
results published (rep 17/08/2020)
Covid-19
puts SEE results on hold, leaves students
anxious: Government says publishing results
would increase mobility and risk of infection,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/08/2020)
A-levels
students protest in front of British Council in
Kathmandu to oppose ‘unfair grading’ by
Cambridge International (rep 14/08/2020)
Ways
To Upgrade Engineering Education, by Amod
Khatiwada (rn 12/08/2020)
Impact
Of Pandemic On Academic Sector, by Prasun
Sangroula (rn 11/08/2020)
Declining
Higher Education, by Mukti Rijal (rn
30/07/2020)
Continued
indecision over grade 12 examinations worries
students and colleges: Meanwhile, experts and
school operators are against nation-wide
decision on schools as Covid-19 threat is not
uniform as ‘unrecognised’ virtual classes
restart, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/07/2020)
Children
deprived of secondary-level education in a Madi
settlement: The nearest secondary level school
is about a two hours’ walk away, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 12/07/2020)
After
cancelling this year’s SEE, government looking
for alternatives to grade 11 exams as well:
Exams likely to be postponed until epidemic
subsides as it won’t affect the students’
promotion to grade 12, officials say, by
Binod Ghimire (kh 25/06/2020)
With
schools grading their SEE students this year,
there is a concern about test score inflation:
Looking at the past trends of internal
evaluation, education experts say schools are
unlikely to grade their students in an impartial
manner, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/06/2020)
Challenges
Of Higher Education, by Mukti Rijal (rn
18/06/2020)
Guardians,
Students Happy Over SEE Cancellation, by
Aashish Mishra (rn 12/06/2020)
Education
Ministry mulls alternatives for SEE: Prime
Minister Oli has said that conducting the Grade
10 board finals is not possible this year,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/05/2020)
PABSON
for cancellation of SEE (ht 06/05/2020), As
uncertainty grows over Grade 10 finals, calls
grow louder to scrap SEE: It is too early to
conclude the exam cannot be conducted, officials
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/05/2020), Exam
Management In Aftermath Of COVID-19, by
Kushal Pokharel (rn 09/05/2020)
SEE
new dates uncertain due to govt indecision on
lockdown (ht 03/05/2020)
SEE
to take place after situation gets normal:
Education Ministry (kh 26/04/2020)
National
Campaign for Education suggests government
conduct internal evaluation for SEE and higher
secondary students: National Examination Board
says national exams are crucial because internal
evaluation scores won’t be validated (kp
22/04/2020)
SEE
likely to be rescheduled (ht 16/03/2020)
New
high school curricula: They don’t add up, by
Shesraj Kumar Sharma (ht 16/03/2020)
Higher
Education Policy Highlights, by Prem Khatry
(rn 11/03/2020)
No-Maths
option in grades 11 and 12 Biology group
finalized, teachers protest, by Ruby
Rauniyar (rep 31/01/2020)
Lack
of secondary level school forcing students in
this remote Sindhupalchok village to abandon
studies: Students have to take a three-day walk
to reach the nearest secondary level school in
Gumbathan, by Anish Tiwari (kp 27/01/2020)
Madrasa
students cannot sit for Secondary Education
Examination for lack of syllabi: The federal
government has yet to finalise the syllabi for
madrasas from grades 6 to 10, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 24/01/2020)
Durbar
High School has new building, more rooms and
better facilities, but it lacks concrete plan:
There’s no school management committee and the
city authority responsible for operating the
school has yet to draw up guidelines to run the
historic institution, by Anup Ojha (kp
19/01/2020)
Admission
delays force Nepalis to study abroad: More
medical students have gone to foreign colleges
this year than in the last three years, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 31/12/2019)
Tilottama
Secondary School in Palpa adopts technical
education for the first time: The school has
introduced the technical courses to make
students employment-ready when they complete
school education, by Madhav Aryal (kp
12/12/2019)
Government
revokes earlier plan to conduct grade 11 exam at
national level: Experts say the education system
cannot run on an ad hoc basis, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 18/09/2019)
Not
satisfied with your SEE marks? Get your answer
sheets reexamined: A study by the examination
controller's office showed that two-thirds of
mistakes with marks are due to the negligence of
examiners, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/08/2019)
'Dismal'
performance of students in Grade XII exams:
Educationists call for revision in govt policy
(rep 30/07/2019)
The
collapse of Nepal's higher education system:
Political apathy and policy imperviousness are
two major bottlenecks to Nepal's higher
education reform, by Achyut Wagle (kp
23/07/2019)
NTA
to set up IT labs in 1,000 public schools: Each
lab will have computers, printer, surveillance
system, UPS system, by Muna Sunuwar (rep
15/07/2019)
CDC
fails to bring new curriculum for Grade XI this
year too (ht 09/07/2019)
Lost
in pursuit of A+: In search of the elusive A+,
are our students forgetting something important?,
by Prashant Gnawali (rep 07/07/2019)
Schools
are setting their own entrance criteria, in
contradiction to government rules, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 06/07/2019)
Three
years on, confusion continues to reign over the
SEE letter grade system: Parents and students
are still attempting to convert letter
grades into percentage points in order to
understand what they mean, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 05/07/2019)
‘After
Kathmandu, students prefer to study in
Biratnagar’, by Binod Subedi (rep
04/07/2019)
Chitwan
becoming popular educational hub, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 04/07/2019)
Provinces
ready to hold secondary education examination
next year: Federal government is still undecided
about delegating the authority, by Binod
Gimire (kp 02/07/2019) [Central
politicians are not interested in implementing
federalism!]
SEE
results display disparity in education offered
at public and private-run schools: While 14,788
students from private schools secured GPA above
3.60, only 2,792 managed to do so from
public schools, by Samuel Chhetri (kp
28/06/2019), Community
schools attain exemplary SEE results (rep
29/06/2019), Falling
behind in SEE (rep 30/06/2019)
Government
to stop issuing No Objection Letters for diploma
and language courses: The Ministry of Education
said it won’t issue such letters unless students
can provide an offer of higher education
upon completing the diploma or language course,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/06/2019), Govt
bars pupils from pursuing non-academic
courses abroad: Plus Two must for going abroad
for studies, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
13/06/2019)
Absence
of grades XI, XII forces girls into early
marriage (ht 18/05/2019)
428,052
students appearing in SLCE (rep 29/04/2019)
Effectiveness
of Bridge Course, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
26/04/2019)
What
after
SEE? These are the best times for SEE appeared
students to find out what they can do to excel
in life and decide their career path, by
Durg Gautam (rep 14/04/2019)
SEE
exams in Province 2 suspended: The
government decision follows two
consecutive paper leaks, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 30/03/2019), Let
provincial
government hold remaining SEE exams: Experts;
The Ministry of Education cancelled the rest of
the exams on Friday after a series of
paper leaks, by Binod Ghimire (kp
31/03/2019), SEE
students
stage protests in several spots in Province 2:
20 people — including police — injured and more
than a dozen vehicles vandalised (kp
31/03/2019)
SEE
science test in State 2 rescheduled for April 5
after question paper leak, by Abdhesh Kumar
Jha (kp 29/03/2019)
Back
to the Middle Ages: An examinee had her sanitary
pad confiscated in the name of security (kp
28/03/2019)
SEE
candidates face problem after snowfall in Humla
(ht 27/03/2019)
Students
say
errors in national exam questions left them
confused: On the first day of Secondary
Education Examination, the English subject’s
questions were riddled with grammatical mistakes
and typos, by Arjun Poudel (kp 25/03/2019),
Unpardonable
mistakeThe question paper setting process needs
to be vetted by the head (kp 26/03/2019), OCE
officials admit errors in SEE question papers,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 27/03/2019)
Higher
education in crisis: Pedagogy and course
delivery techniques invariably are at least two
decades old, by Achyut Wagle (kp 19/03/2019)
The
right stuff: What top American universities look
for in students, by Thomas Robertson (kp
27/01/2019)
Reforming
higher
education: Higher education strategies that
perform well over time are those that are
aligned well with and designed to address
national development priorities, by Arun
Joshi (rep 24/01/2019)
More
homework needed: We only considered a few things
while making policy to integrate ICT into
education, by Sagun Shrestha (kp 07/12/2018)
Expats
and
experts: Diaspora scholars shouldn’t use
criticism as a default position in scholarly
conversations, especially if the larger
objective is to develop better understanding of
issues, by Shyam Sharma (rep 11/09/2018)
Int'l
conference suggests running private higher
education on non-profit model (rep
16/07/2018) [see Toronto
Declaration]
Pvt
schools charging admission fees for Grade 11
against rules (rep 07/07/2018)
Ministry
recalls Regmi over SEE results fiasco: Probe
committee finds Examinations Controller Regmi at
fault for the publication of incomplete SEE
results (kp 02/07/2018), Ministry
of Education recalls OCE controller Regmi after
probe report (ht 03/07/2018)
Over
60,000 students going abroad for higher study
this year alone (rep 01/07/2018)
Confusions
of SEE System, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
30/06/2018)
Need
For Education Quality Enhancement, by Hira
Bahadur Thapa (rn 29/06/2018)
SEE
graduates rush to choose college options, by
Dilasha KC (rep 28/06/2018)
SEE
results show drop in learning outcomes, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 24/06/2018), SEE
results paint bleak picture as more students
obtain lowest GPA, by Bashant Khadka and
Sangeet Sangroula (kp 24/06/2018), Bridge
the gap: Disparity between public and private
schools a reason for falling grades of students
in SEE (kp 25/06/2018), OCE
fails to publish detailed SEE results (rep
25/06/2018), Looming
crisis: Poor SEE results (rep 25/06/2018), Letter
grading system has made students careless, say
experts (ht 25/06/2018), Thousands
suffer due to erroneous Grade X results , by
Anita Shrestha (ht 26/06/2018), Govt
begins probing SEE results controversy (rep
26/06/2018)
Daring
to dream, by Ashma Chhetri (rep 22/06/2018)
New
Grade XI curriculum highly unlikely in next
academic session, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
21/06/2018), In
a
state of limbo: Authorities must turn the
present crisis surrounding Grade XI curriculum
into an opportunity to come up with better plans
to improve school education (ht 22/06/2018)
Committees
formed to design curriculum for Grade XI, XII
(ht 16/06/2018)
Board
permits schools to hold grade 11 exams (kp
02/06/2018)
Producing
professionals:
Higher education cannot be just teaching,
especially just transfer of knowledge. It must
foster disciplinary identity and professional
development, by Shyam Sharma (rep
30/05/2018)
Construction
of German Technical School begins (ht
19/04/2018)
The
changing world of work: We have to prepare our
youth and manage their talent for the job market
in the future, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
10/04/2018)
Reimagining
SEE:
Exams like SEE should be meant for graduating
and sending-off our young ones to explore their
future rather than finding a reason to hold them
back, by Sakun Gajurel (rep 27/03/2018)
SEE
beginning today (ht 22/03/2018), Over
4.8 lakh examinees appear for SEE (ht
23/03/2018), Quake-damaged
schools in Gorkha yet to be rebuilt: SEE exams
being conducted under makeshift tents, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 23/03/2018)
OCE
warns against irregularities during SEE (ht
20/03/2018)
CTEVT
to set up schools in all provinces: Existing
regional technical schools will be upgraded
(ht 16/03/2018)
Jiri Technical School rising from rubbles,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 07/03/2018)
Grade
XI re-examination results out (ht
25/02/2018)
Students in Rasuwa skip classes for extra
tuition, by Himnath Devkota (rep 18/02/2018)
No
promotion without at least D plus in Grade VIII
(kp 12/02/2018)
CDC
changes curriculum of 15 optional subjects of
Grade IX, X (ht 06/01/2018)
Higher
education: Way forward, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
06/02/2018)
Unleashing
opportunity: Reforms in higher education must,
by Bishwo Bandhu Pokharel (ht 17/01/2018)
Grading
system also in Grade XI (ht 10/01/2018)
Local
units
‘not ready yet’ to run secondary schools: KMC
Mayor Shakya says it will take the metropolis at
least a couple of years to manage education up
to the secondary level (kp 01/12/2017)
Break
off
the downfall: The higher education sector has to
be revamped in order to produce globally
competitive and capable students, by Umesh
Raj Regmi (kp 16/11/2017)
3rd
Nepal
Higher Education Fair kicks off tomorrow:
Students visiting the fair will get to know
about a wide range of higher education options
available in the country (kp 11/08/2017), Third
Nepal Higher Education Fair begins (kp
12/08/2017)
+2
schools bar students from taking subjects of
their interest: 0+2 still operating against
Education Act, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
21/07/2017)
PM
emphasises
quality higher education for all (kp
03/07/2017)
Around
150,000
students ‘can’t pursue’ higher studies:
Candidates, however, can sit for grade
improvement test scheduled for August 3-6; Even
to study vocationalsubjects at the CTEVT,
students must score at least a C (40-50 marks)
in Maths, English and Science , by Samipa
Khanal (kp 21/06/2017)
Lamjung
triplets
set example in SEE results: Score ‘good grades’,
with brother scoring A+ and sisters A (kp
21/06/2017)
Students
to
greener pastures: An improved education system
and job opportunities will stem the student
exodus, by Kabi Adhikari (kp 20/06/2017)
SEE
results
a witness to education disparity, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 17/06/2017), 4,284
score
highest GPA in SEE (rep 17/06/2017), Girls
lag
despite outnumbering boys in exams, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 18/06/2017), Teachers
blamed
for poor SEE results (ht 18/06/2017), Education
of
daughters: Disparity in SEE performance shows
that girls still have a long way to go (kp
19/06/2017), 462,136
SEE students received 445,000 E grades in 52
subjects (rep 19/06/2017), See
results:
Dismal Picture (sp 23/06/2017)
Govt
to
include road safety in college curriculum
(ht 16/06/2017)
Grade
11 exams being rescheduled for third time
(rep 31/05/2017)
Colleges
exacting '4 times higher' fees than ceiling for
MD/MS, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
27/04/2017)
Durbar
High
School awaits reconstruction (ht 19/04/2017)
In
Trump
era, fewer Nepalis going to US for studies:
Records show a sharp decline in numbers, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 02/04/2017)
High-tension
line
concerns college (kp 16/03/2017)
Financial
literacy
paradox: Banking curriculum, by Pralhad Giri (ht
06/03/2017)
NEB
to
reschedule Grade XI, XII exams (ht 24/02/2017)
HISSAN,
PABSON hold general conventions (rep 21/02/2017)
Technology
education:
Work in progress, by Hitesh Karki (rep 21/02/2017)
Equality
Foundation
takes computer study to Panchthar schools, by
Shahiman Rai (kp 20/02/2017)
No
country
for bards: The poor condition of English learning at
our schools and colleges can be pegged to a core
problem: the segregation of literature from grammar,
by Mohan Guragain (kp 18/02/2017)
Take a
leap: Strengthening science and technology education
can be a stepping stone towards creating and retaining
skilled human resources for sustainable development,
by Prativa Pandey Malla (rep 15/02/2017)
Marks for
life: As the semester system increases the weight of
internal assessment, private colleges can choose
to abuse their new-found powers or to greatly improve
higher education, by Shyam Sharma (rep 04/01/2017)
Culture Studies In Higher Education, by Prem
Khatry (rn 03/01/2017)
Results
of
Grade XI partial results published (ht 07/12/2016)
English
access
microscholarship gets wider reach (kp 06/12/2016)
‘Implement
higher
secondary policy pronto’ (kp 02/12/2016)
Proposed
Education
Regulations incomplete: HISSAN (ht
25/11/2016)
A
decade on, hostel building remains incomplete
(ht 15/10/2016)
Grade
XII
results published; total pass percentage 48.17
(ht 13/09/2016)
Higher
education now more accessible for rural women,
by Barun Paneru (rep 10/09/2016)
Higher
Edu
Fair draws 3,500 visitors (kp 13/08/2016)
Comparing
colleges:
Students should be careful about selecting the
right one from from among a bewildering
array of choices, by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp
15/07/2016)
HSEB
formally
transformed into National Examination Board
(ht 01/07/2016)
Academic
calendar
released (kp 21/06/2016)
Few
choices
for students scoring low grades, by Kokila
KC (ht 15/06/2016)
National
Strategies Of Financial Education – Way Forward,
by Prakash Koirala (rn 10/06/2016)
Govt
fails
to cap +2 tuition fees, by Bishnu Prasad
Aryal (rep 09/06/2016)
In
Kapilvastu,
26 VDCs don’t have secondary school (ht
02/06/2016)
More
schools
to run technical classes now (kp 25/05/2016)
Kantipur
HISSAN
education fair starts on Thursday (kp
17/05/2016), Kantipur
Hissan
Edu-Fair from today (kp 19/05/2016), 4-day
Kantipur
HISSAN Edu-fair kicks off (kp 20/05/2016), Huge
footfall
at Kantipur-HISSAN Edu-fair (kp 21/05/2016),
Huge
response:
Nearly 100,000 visit event (kp 22/05/2016),
Fair
concludes
with record no. of visitors (kp 23/05/2016)
Grade
XI
examinations begin; Nepali paper today (ht
16/05/2016)
Grade
XII
examinations beginning today (ht 02/05/2016)
Technical
education:
Academic courses should be based on the needs,
interests and demands of the students, by
Shree Prasad Devkota, Shiba Bagale and Yam Bahadur
Basnet (kp 13/04/2016)
Chaos
in
higher secondary system: HSEB, by Bishnu
Prasad Aryal (rep 19/03/2016)
Plus
2
to adopt letter grading (kp 24/02/2016), Letter
grading
system in plus-two level from new session
(ht 24/02/2016)
Minister
Pokharel
urges promotion of technical, vocational
education (ht 18/02/2016)
Still
a
lot to learn: Higher Secondary Education Board
should reevaluate its working methods, by
Chiranjibi Niroula (kp 26/01/2016)
Wait
for
me: Nepal’s higher education woes have prompted
a student exodus to faraway lands, by Umesh
Raj Regmi (kp 15/01/2016)
HSEB
publishes
Grade XI result after six months (ht
15/01/2016)
Classes
obstructed
as campus fails to pay lecturer salaries, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 14/01/2016)
Higher
education:
Time to act now, by Govinda P. Acharya (ht
16/12/2015)
Education
minister
expresses concern over degrading quality of
higher education (ht 24/11/2015)
A
failed institution: Higher education in Nepal
needs a complete overhaul to make it relevant to
the present, by Govinda P. Acharya (kp
22/11/2015)
The
MBA
journey: Work experience is important because
BBA graduates enter job market with less than
six months of internship, by Nirmal Thapa
(rep 07/11/2015)
Separate
board
for holding secondary exams proposed, by
Kokila KC (ht 20/10/2015)
Grade
12
results out, 39.99 percent pass (kp
08/10/2015)
Grades
XI,
XII curriculum being modified (ht
06/10/2015)
Changing
focus:
Higher education reforms will not be successful
without appropriate interventions in private
colleges, by Pratyoush Onta, Lokranjan
Parajuli, Devendra Uprety and Pramod Bhatta (kp
28/09/2015)
62
high
schools permitted to run technical classes
(ht 26/09/2015)
Govt
apathy
delays technical classes, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 13/09/2015)
HSEB
all
set to begin classes for technical subjects,
by Kokila KC (ht 05/09/2015)
Japan
priority
destination of Nepali students: Ogawa (ht
23/08/2015)
HSEB
to
aid earthquake-hit students (ht 18/08/2015)
Short-circuited:
The
students who opted for the technical education
stream in high school don’t have anywhere to
turn to because the government has not even
designed a follow-up curriculum, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 08/08/2015)
Registration
of
39 Plus Two colleges scrapped (ht
04/08/2015)
Dalits
suffer
due to lack of sec school (ht 03/08/2015)
Foreign
degree
seekers hit record number, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 28/07/2015)
Grant
for
quake victims: HSEB in dilemma (ht
27/07/2015)
Braille
book
shortage hits students (kp 26/07/2015)
Enrolments
dwindle
in higher education, by Binod Ghimire (kp
20/07/2015)
SMCF
demands
free,compulsory secondary education (ht
20/07/2015)
Losing
our
young: More than half the students who go abroad
for higher studies never come back, by
Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt 17/07/2015)
Govt
to
fund PG medical courses, by Manish Gautam
(kp 17/07/2015)
Resolve
Janaki
Medical College row: House panel (kp
13/07/2015)
‘Waive
fees
for quake-hit Plus-II students’ (ht
13/07/2015)
Scholarship
for
quake-hit students: HSEB extends application
deadline by a week (ht 11/07/2015)
Grade
XI
classes to start from August 1 (ht
09/07/2015)
Panel
recommends
tightening screws on medical colleges, by
Manish Gautam (kp 08/07/2015), Panel
sets
scholarship quota, fee ceiling, by Manish
Gautam (kp 09/07/2015)
HSEB
allowed
to start classes for TSLC graduates: CTEVT
decides to challenge the decision in court,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/07/2015), HSEB
to
start technical education (ht 08/07/2015)
HSEB,
CTEVT
embroiled in jurisdiction row (kp
06/07/2015)
Reforming
a
diseased sector: A committee report recently
handed over to the PM recommends wholesale
changes in Nepal’s medical education sector,
by Manish Gautam (kp 04/07/2015), Government
‘reluctant’
to make public policy report, by Manish
Gautam (kp 07/07/2015), Right
to
read: Govt should make medical education policy
public as soon as possible (kp 08/07/2015)
Status
of
medical education, by Hemang Dixit (sp
03/07/2015)
Govt
advised
to grant study loan, by Manish Gautam (kp
02/07/2015)
Encourage
students
studying abroad to return home: MoE (ht
02/07/2015)
Janaki
Medical
College students stage protest near Singha
Durbar (ht 02/07/2015)
‘No
new
medical schools in Valley’, by Manish Gautam
and Binod Ghimire (kp 30/06/2015), Addressing
irregularities
in medical education: Mathema-led task force
submits report to PM, by Kokila KC (ht
30/06/2015), No
MBBS
classes in proposed Valley colleges, by
Manish Gautam (kp 01/07/2015), Dr
KC
warns of staging protest again: Calls for making
public the report prepared by Mathema-led task
force (ht 01/07/2015)
Valley
colleges
eye expansion outside after quakes, federalism
deal, by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/06/2015)
Technical
and
vocational education: Future of over 3,000
students uncertain: With govt failing to provide
them with options, they are not sure about
further studies, by Kokila KC (ht
27/06/2015)
HSEB
tells
HSS, Plus Two colleges to abide by rules (ht
26/06/2015)
HSEB
grants
affiliations to 22 schools (kp 25/06/2015)
What
SLC
graduates are looking for in a college:
Post-quake,students looking to enrol in colleges
for further education want to know whether the
building is safe, by Sangita Shrestha (ht
24/06/2015)
HSEB
scraps
licence of 72 HS schools, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 23/06/2015)
Grade
XII
board exams in seven districts from June 29
(ht 15/06/2015)
10+2
examinees
to get second chance (ht 02/06/2015), More
girls
than boys in +2 test, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/06/2015), Grade
XII
board examination begins today (ht
03/06/2015), 1st
day
of Grade XII exams passes off peacefully (ht
04/06/2015), Numbers
can
lie: Girls outnumbering boys in Higher Secondary
exams belies social reality (kp 05/06/2015),
Grade
12
examinations conclude (kp 15/06/2015)
HSEB
changes
19 Valley test centres (ht 30/05/2015)
HSEB
to
deploy medical team at exam centres (kp
26/05/2015)
30
HSEB
Valley exam centre buildings get red stickers
(kp 23/05/2015)
Govt
told
to ensure higher tech education for students
(kp 20/04/2015), Ministry
directed
to include technical, vocational stream (ht
20/04/2015)
Plus
Two Colleges Facing Death, by Prem Khatry
(rn 17/03/2015)
Samata
starts
‘cheapest’ Master’s programme (kp
11/03/2015), Samata
starts
MBS,MA just for Rs 100 (ht 11/03/2015)
Higher
education:
Ministry set to unveil new policy, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 24/02/2015)
Plus
Two
schools in the far-west region grappling with
crisis of teachers, by Tekendra Deuba (ht
31/01/2015)
Hissan
general
convention starts (kp 11/01/2015)
Maoist
MPs
warn of stir over decision on college affiliation
(kp 01/01/2015) |