Nepal :
A landlocked country lying between India and China, Nepal contains Mount Everest (8,850 meters), the tallest mountain in the world. Nepal has a strip of level land that is partly forested, partly cultivated. North of that is the slope of the main section of the Himalayan range, including Everest and many other peaks higher than 8,000 meters.
Education System in Nepal:
Modern Education in Nepal began with the establishment of the first school in 1853. However, this was school was only for the members of the ruling families and their courtiers. Schooling for general public began only after 1951 when a popular movement ended the autocratic Rana family regime and initiated a democratic system. In the past fifty years, there has been a dramatic expansion of education system in the country. Beginning from about 300 schools and two colleges with about ten thousand students in 1951, there now are 26 thousands schools (including higher secondary), 415 colleges, five universities and two academic of higher studies. Altogether 5.5 million students are enrolled in those schools and colleges who are served by more than 150 thousand teachers. Despite such examples of success, there are problems and challenges. Educational management, quality, relevance, access are some of the critical issues of education in Nepal. Societal disparities based on gender, ethnicity, location, economic class, etc. are yet to be eliminated. Resource crunch has always been a problem in education. These problems have made the goal of education for all a challenge for the country.
Structure:
Education in Nepal is structured as school education and higher education. School education includes primary level of grade 1-5, lower secondary and secondary level of grades 6-8 and 9-10 respectively. Pre-primary level of education is also available in certain areas. Six years of age is the prescribed age for admission into grade one. A national level School Leaving Certificate (SLC) Examination is conducted at the end of grade ten. Grades 11 and 12 are considered as higher secondary level. Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) supervises higher secondary schools which are mostly under private management. Previously these grades were under university system and were run as proficiency certificate level. Though some universities still offer these programs, the policy now is to integrate these grades into the school system. Higher education consists of bachelor, masters and PhD levels. Depending upon the stream and subjects, bachelor’s level nay is of three to five years’ duration. The duration of master’s level is generally of two years. Some universities also offer programs like MPhil and post-graduate diploma. Legally, there are two types of schools in the country: community and institutional. Community schools receives regular government grant whereas institutional schools are funded by school’s own or other non-government sources. Institutional schools are organized either as a non-profit trust or a company. However, in practical terms, schools are mainly of two types: public (community) and private (institutional). A third type of school is the schools run by the local people enthusiastic towards having schools in their localities. They do not receive regular government grants and most of them do not have any other sustainable financial source. Supported and managed by the local people, they can be thus identified as the real community schools.
Except one, all universities/ academies are publicly managed and are supported by public source fund. However, public universities also provide affiliation to private colleges. Two academies of higher education are single college institutes, whereas other universities have constituent and affiliated colleges across the country. The ministry of Education and Sports is the apex body responsible for initiating and managing educational activities in the country.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Nepal.
The list of major Universities in Nepal:
->Tribhuvan University (www.tribhuvan-university.edu.np)
-> Kathmandu University (www.ku.edu.np)
-> Purbanchal University (www.purbuniv.edu.np)
-> Pokhara University (www.pu.edu.np)
-> Mahendra Sanskrit University
Ministry of Education and Sports, Government of Nepal (www.moe.gov.np)
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