KATHMANDU:- The federal government has issued a circular to the local governments to withdraw admission fees collected from students against the operation and standards of the new academic calendar that commences from the upcoming Baisakh 15 in the Lunar Calendar (April 28).

In a circular sent to all local-level governments through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the government has stressed enforcement of the April 5 (Chaitra 22) directive to withdraw admission and other fees being unlawfully charged by private schools.

It may be noted that the Nepal government’s Council of Ministers had decided to run the new academic session from the upcoming Baisakh 15, due to the short supply of fuel.

The Constitution has also entrusted the local-level governments with the right to operate and monitor schools.

The Education Ministry has taken the initiative to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision not to enrol students before the new academic session.

The government has put forward the legal process to withdraw the admission fee charged against the existing laws and all other fees except those determined by the Private School Fee Determination Standards Directive, 2072 BS.

Before this, the educational session had been operational since Baisakh 2 every year.