Education System of Nepal

Education in Nepal from the elementary school to the university level has been demonstrated from the very initiation on the Indian framework, which is thus the legacy of the old British Rule. Nepal has been following three tier seventeen year education system, allocating ten years to school education, two years to intermediate, 3 years to bachelors and remaining 2 years to masters.

The current education system of Nepal, which is as listed below:

1. Pre-School Education
2. School Education
3. Higher Education

1. Pre-School Education;

Pre –School education is being undertaken in different names like Montessori, kindergarten etc. Whatever the name be, these pre-school familiarize the students with alphabets and prepare them for school education. Pre-school education is broadly divided as Nursery, lower kindergarten (LKG), and upper kindergarten (UKG). This pre-school education is not a formal and compulsory education in Nepalese education system.

2. School Education:

Formal education starts from the school education which officially spans a period of 12 years. The classes starts from class one to class twelve. But there is misconception in Nepalese society that school education ends at grade ten after SLC exam, which is not true. Only students passing class 12 exam are awarded with formal certificate of completion of school education. The core subjects taught in school education are Nepali, English, Math’s, Social Studies, Science and few extra subject that makes students informed about various aspects of life.

3. Higher education:

In Nepalese education system, higher education constitute of Bachelor’s degree or undergraduate, Masters or graduate degree, M. Phil or postgraduate degree and Ph.D. or doctoral degree. A student can choose among different field of study like social sciences, management, education, health and medicine, agriculture, law, science and technology, engineering etc.  As per their interest.

Nepali students have been facing comparative disadvantage in their academic and professional career advancement not to mention in the regional or international fields even in their home country. In this manner, with a specific end goal to make the Nepali education framework more competitive and compatible, approach and structural changes were made and step by step actualized.   Hope soon we can see the concert changes in education system of Nepal