The examination was postponed after a group of students boycotted the exam and resorted to vandalism in protest against alleged mistreatment by the invigilator at the Kshitiz College exam centre in Rajbiraj, Saptari.

At a programme organised to mark the Ninth Convocation Ceremony of Pokhara University here on Monday, Prime Minister Dr Bhattarai said there was need of education that would make us competitive, industrious, and patriotic.

A total of 1,378 students received graduation certificates from the university’s Chancellor and Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai during the ceremony. There was oath taking ceremony as well for the graduated Bachelor, Master and M. Phil students.

Founder of VS Niketan School Dr. Baburam Pokhrel has been elected as the chairman of the Private and Boarding Schools Organization Nepal (PABSON). The PABSON was established in 1991. General Convention of the PABSON is held every two years for electing new leadership.

The 17th international conference of the Nepal English Language Teachers Association (NELTA) is taking place in Chitwan from Feb 22-23.

A school building constructed with the financial assistance of Kantipur Publications in Kalikot district is ready and waiting. Under its social corporate responsibility, the publications donated Rs 1.2 million to build the four-room building of Saldanda Lower Secondary School at Bharta VDC-8.

Teachers affiliated to various unions in Tanahun have announced protests against the government’s inaction towards improving the quality of education in schools in the district.

Attempts to choose the president of Private and Boarding Schools Organisation Nepal (PABSON) through consensus failed today after contenders disagreed to withdraw their candidacies.

Kathmandu District Fee Fixation and Monitoring Committee today determined the maximum fee private schools in the district can charge students in the new academic session, that begins after two months.

On a bright winter's afternoon in one of the greener and smarter suburbs of Kathmandu, 20 students laugh and chatter happily as they finish lessons for the day and file out the gates of one of Nepal's top private schools.