Kathmandu. Kathmandu Metropolitan City has directed Morgan International Secondary School in Basundhara to submit documents within three days.
Shailendra Jha, a member of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Urban Planning Commission, informed that after serious irregularities were found in the school’s operation during the monitoring, the school was instructed to submit the necessary documents within three days. According to him, the school has been instructed to submit documents related to 22 areas within three days. Otherwise, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has also warned that it will proceed as per the law.

A joint team of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Urban Planning Commission, Revenue Department, Agriculture and Livestock Department, Public Works Department, Urban Management Department and Education Department had monitored the school. Jha informed that the main objective of the monitoring was to check the scholarship program, fee structure and compliance with regulatory standards.

Jha, a member of the Urban Planning Commission, said that although the monitoring started with an examination of the scholarship program, many other problems were found in the school during the monitoring. “We noticed various irregularities after we started monitoring the school. After the joint team’s monitoring, questions arose about the school’s operation, physical infrastructure and legality,” Jha said.

Keshav Gyawali, acting head of the KMC Education Department, said that the monitoring was conducted after receiving complaints that fees were being collected from students receiving scholarships and that the school was demanding fees ranging from Rs 24,000 to Rs 30,000. According to him, weaknesses have also been found in the school’s physical infrastructure and cafeteria operations.

“Earlier, we had instructed the school to refund the excess fees, but after the complaints were repeated, we had to conduct a joint monitoring,” Gyawali said. The school claims to have been transferred from Budhanilkantha to Vasundhara three years ago and to have obtained permission from the then Higher Secondary Education Council to operate classes 11 and 12. KMC has demanded documents to substantiate the claims. (RSS)