Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has barred community and institutional schools within KMC’s jurisdiction from selling uniforms and stationery items.
The Department of Education under KMC has issued a circular to schools, cautioning them against breaching the existing regulations.
It is mentioned in the circular issued by Saraswati Pokharel, Acting Head of the Department of Education of KMC, that textbooks, uniforms and stationery used for the academic year 2081 BS should not be mandatorily purchased or sold within schools.
As per the circular, public schools are permitted to exclusively utilize textbooks sanctioned by the Curriculum Development Center. In the case of English medium textbooks, only those translated and published by the center or listed by it should be utilized. Other textbooks will not be subsidized by KMC.
Similarly, institutional schools are required to adhere strictly to textbooks approved by the Curriculum Development Center.