Kathmandu. The government is to make the coordination between the federal and local levels effective for the improvement of the school sector.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is holding discussion with the local government and stakeholders regarding the student admission and fee dispute for this purpose.

According to the Ministry, the meeting will hold discussion with mayors of Kathmandu Metropolitan cities and high-level government officials at Singha Durbar on Monday.

Discussions have been held on the issue of student admission and fees against the criteria as the academic session is about to begin, the annual academic calendar and the future strategy have been discussed. The people’s representatives have been called together to discuss the irregularities in student admission fees and the latest activities carried out by private schools.

Acting Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Sunita Dhangol, Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Chiribabu Maharjan, Chairperson of Municipalities Association of Nepal and Chairperson of National Rural Municipalities are also taking part in the meeting.

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

The federal government had directed the schools to start school admissions from April 23 and start classes from May 21. However, the local levels in the Kathmandu Valley had directed to start a new enrollment campaign from April 24 and to resume regular classes from April 29.