The Ministry of Education has asked five schools conducting
examinations under India's Central Board of Secondary Education, not to admit
new students for the new academic year, official daily Gorkhapatra reported
quoting District Education Officer Baikuntha Aryal.
Those violating the government's instruction will be
penalised, warned Mr Aryal.
The schools running under Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) system are Modern Indian School, Rai School, Alok Vidyashra,
Rupy's International School and Chadbagh School, according to the government
daily.
The education ministry said it has already sent a letter to
the concerned schools in this regard saying that they cannot function with CBSE
system as they were not given permission to do so.
Indian Embassy officials were not available for comment in
this regard as the embassy remained closed today.
The decision of the education ministry will affect nearly
6,000 students who are enrolled in these schools.
There are around 14 schools which are running under the
Indian educational system.
Indian government grants scholarships to more than 2,000
Nepalese students studying various subjects annually. Recently, the DAV Sushil
Kedia Higher Secondary School, which is also run under CBSE, has been targeted
with violent attacks by students' and teachers' unions affiliated to the
CPN-Maoist, the breakaway faction of the Unified CPN-Maoist, apparently for
teaching Indian subjects.
Last year, CPN-Maoist had also forcibly banned the screening
of Indian movies and entry of vehicles with Indian number plates into Nepal.
The organisations have claimed that using the Indian
educational system is against the national interest of Nepal. However, there
are many private schools using American and British Education System in Nepal.
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