An Overview of Education in Nepal

1. Education in Nepal
(a glimpse)
Rajkumar Dulal

2. Nepal Education System
Traditional school system
Modern school system
Current practices

3. Traditional School System
Ashramic
Education:
Gurukul
Devkul
Rishikul
Rajkul
Pitrikul
Monestrial
Education:
Mahayan
Bajrayan
Theravada
Lamaism
Sravakayana
• Madrasa
Education
• Mundhum
Education

4. Modern
School
System
Durbar
School/Eng
lish
Education
Sanskrita
School
Traditional
Schools
Bhasha
Pathshala

5. Current practices
Mainstreaming of Religious
English Schools
Sanskrit Schools

6. Contd…
• Community managed
• Government Managed
Public Schools
• Individual trust
• Trusties
• Private
• Cooperative
Private/Institution
Schools:

7. Literacy rate in 2017
69%

8. Contd…
•29,000Public Schools
•6,000Private/Institution
Schools:

9. Organization of Education
system
MOE
Higher Education
Graduate Program
Undergraduate
Program
School Education
Basic Secondary
General Vocational/technical

10. School education
Basic school (1 – 8 grades)
– 8 years
Secondary (9 – 12 grades)
– 4 years
General – 4 years

11. Higher Education
Undergraduate: 3 yrs - 4 or
5yrs
Master’s: 2 or 3 yrs
Mphil: 18 months
PhD 3+ yrs

12. Contd…
 Higher Education: 9 Universities
Tribhuvan University
Shanskrit University
Kathmandu University
Pokhara University
Purbanchal University
Madhya Pashchimanchal University
Sudur Pashchimanachal University
 Agriculture and forestry University
Lumbini Budha University

13. Contd.. Higher Education
Academ IES
 B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
(BPKIHS)
 National Academy of Medical Sciences
(NAMS)
 Patan Academy of Health Sciences
(PAHS)
 National Academy of Science &
Technology

14. Technical and Vocational
education
Path and ladder concept
Equivalency of informally-
attained skills

15. Issues
School Structure in
new Federal
structure
Higher Secondary
Education
Exam System
Vocationalization of
general education
Research in
Education
Policy and Practice
Unemployme
nt

16. Current practice in
Educational
Improvement
Annex and event program in
vocational education
Education ActSSDP
Higher Education Project II

17. School Sector Development Plan
(SSDP)
Nepal
FY 2016/17–2022/23
(BS 2073—2080)

18. Focus of SSDP
 Early child Education and Development /Pre-
Primary Education
 Basic Education
 Secondary Education
 Technical and Vocational Education(TVE)Stream
 Non-formal Education and Life Long Learning
 Cross cutting Priorities
 Financing

19. Contd… Current practice in Educational
Improvement
Make educational program,
funding, structure, compatible
with federal governing system