- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०४३ BS · 1986 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १४: परराष्ट्र, शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद · Volume 14: Foreign Affairs, Education and Sports
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2066 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act establishes Nepal Sanskrit University (originally Mahendra Sanskrit University) as a corporate body with its central office in Dang, to organise Sanskrit education up to the highest level and to study, research, preserve and develop Sanskrit learning. Sanskrit study institutions that existed when the Act began became the university's vidyapeeths (campuses), each headed by a principal.संस्कृत शिक्षालाई उच्चतम तहसम्म सुव्यवस्थित गर्न र संस्कृत विद्याको अध्ययन, अनुसन्धान, संरक्षण र संवर्धन गर्न यो ऐनले दाङमा केन्द्रीय कार्यालय रहने गरी नेपाल संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय (साबिकको महेन्द्र संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय) लाई सङ्गठित संस्थाका रूपमा स्थापना गरेको छ। ऐन लागू हुँदा सञ्चालनमा रहेका संस्कृत अध्ययन संस्थानका शिक्षण संस्था विश्वविद्यालयका विद्यापीठमा परिणत भए, जसको प्रमुख प्राचार्य हुन्छन्। Nepal Law Commission Preamble, p. 1; Section 3, p. 3; Section 23, p. 15
- The Prime Minister is Chancellor and chairs the University Assembly, and may inspect any university matter, give directions and annul acts that breach the Act; the Minister for Education is Pro-Chancellor. The Assembly — which includes the Education and Finance secretaries, the University Grants Commission chair, heads of other academies and three elected teachers including at least one woman — approves programmes, the annual budget and rules and discusses the audit report. The Chancellor appoints the full-time Vice-Chancellor for four years from at least three names recommended by a three-member committee of the Assembly.प्रधानमन्त्री विश्वविद्यालयका कुलपति हुन् र सभाको अध्यक्षता गर्छन्; उनले विश्वविद्यालयसम्बन्धी जुनसुकै विषयको निरीक्षण गर्न, निर्देशन दिन र ऐनविपरीतका काम रद्द गर्न सक्छन्। शिक्षामन्त्री सह-कुलपति हुन्छन्। शिक्षा र अर्थ सचिव, विश्वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोगका अध्यक्ष, अन्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठानका प्रमुख र कम्तीमा एक महिलासहित निर्वाचित तीन शिक्षक रहने सभाले कार्यक्रम, वार्षिक बजेट र नियम स्वीकृत गर्छ र लेखापरीक्षण प्रतिवेदनमाथि छलफल गर्छ। सभाका तीन सदस्यको समितिले सिफारिस गरेका कम्तीमा तीन नाममध्येबाट कुलपतिले चार वर्षका लागि पूर्णकालीन उपकुलपति नियुक्त गर्छन्। Nepal Law Commission Sections 4–5, pp. 3–6; Sections 14–16, pp. 10–12
- The university awards Sanskrit degrees from Uttar Madhyama to Shastri, Acharya and Vidyavaridhi. Students who have passed the Secondary Education Examination (or an equivalent the university accepts) may be admitted; since the 2077 amendment, higher education at the university and its affiliated campuses is free for Dalit, marginalised, disabled and economically poor students who meet its criteria.विश्वविद्यालयले उत्तरमध्यमा, शास्त्री, आचार्य र विद्यावारिधि उपाधि प्रदान गर्छ। माध्यमिक शिक्षा उत्तीर्ण परीक्षा (वा विश्वविद्यालयले समान मानेको परीक्षा) उत्तीर्ण विद्यार्थी भर्ना हुन सक्छन्; २०७७ को संशोधनपछि विश्वविद्यालय र मातहतका आङ्गिक तथा सामुदायिक शैक्षिक संस्थामा मापदण्ड पूरा गर्ने दलित, सीमान्तकृत, अपाङ्गता भएका र आर्थिक रूपले विपन्न विद्यार्थीका लागि उच्च शिक्षा निःशुल्क हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Section 5(kha), p. 5; Sections 29–29ka, pp. 15–16
- The university has its own fund of government grants, loans, donations and fees, kept in a designated bank. The annual and supplementary budget is presented to the Assembly through the Registrar, and the Auditor General audits the university's accounts.विश्वविद्यालयको सरकारी अनुदान, सापटी, दान र शुल्क रहने आफ्नै कोष हुन्छ, जुन तोकिएको बैंकमा राखिन्छ। वार्षिक तथा पूरक बजेट कुलसचिवमार्फत सभामा पेश गरिन्छ र विश्वविद्यालयको लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकले गर्छन्। Nepal Law Commission Sections 20–22, pp. 14–15
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Not enforced Not all units are audited as the Act requires. Section 22 makes the Auditor General the university's auditor, but the Auditor General's 63rd report found that Bindabasini Vidyapeeth (Pokhara), Valmiki Vidyapeeth (Pradarshani Marg) and a one-year Shiksha Shastri programme did not submit accounts for audit in 2081/82. It also found the university did not prepare consolidated financial statements in the approved accounting format.ऐनले माग गरेबमोजिम सबै इकाईको लेखापरीक्षण भएको छैन। दफा २२ ले विश्वविद्यालयको लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकले गर्ने व्यवस्था गरे पनि महालेखापरीक्षकको त्रिसट्ठीऔँ प्रतिवेदनअनुसार विन्ध्यवासिनी विद्यापीठ पोखरा, वाल्मीकि विद्यापीठ प्रदर्शनी मार्ग र एक वर्षे शिक्षाशास्त्री कार्यक्रमले २०८१/८२ को लेखा र वित्तीय विवरण पेश गरी लेखापरीक्षण गराएनन्। विश्वविद्यालयले स्वीकृत लेखामानअनुसार एकीकृत वित्तीय विवरण पनि तयार गरेको पाइएन। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission OAG 63rd Annual Report, Ministry of Education chapter, Nepal Sanskrit University paras 66 and 70, printed pp. 449–450 (PDF pp. 481–482); Act s. 22, p. 15
- Capacity Costs per student are high relative to enrolment. The Auditor General reported that in 2081/82 the university received Rs 942.7 million in government grants and spent Rs 969.1 million, about Rs 203,857 per student for its 4,754 students, while its internal income was only about Rs 31,658 per student. The same report found that the university was operating under procedures it had approved itself although the Act does not delegate such power to it.विद्यार्थी सङ्ख्याको तुलनामा प्रतिविद्यार्थी खर्च उच्च छ। महालेखापरीक्षकका अनुसार २०८१/८२ मा विश्वविद्यालयले रु. ९४ करोड २७ लाख सरकारी अनुदान पाई रु. ९६ करोड ९१ लाख खर्च गर्यो, जुन ४,७५४ विद्यार्थीका लागि प्रतिविद्यार्थी करिब रु. २,०३,८५७ हो, जबकि प्रतिविद्यार्थी आन्तरिक आय करिब रु. ३१,६५८ मात्र थियो। ऐनले अधिकार प्रत्यायोजन नगरे पनि विश्वविद्यालयले आफैँ कार्यविधि स्वीकृत गरी लागू गरेको पनि सोही प्रतिवेदनमा उल्लेख छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd Annual Report, Ministry of Education chapter, Nepal Sanskrit University para 66, printed p. 449 (PDF p. 481); para 22 (delegated legislation table), printed p. 433 (PDF p. 465)
Ideas to fix it
- Register the remaining university land (about 13 bigha not yet in its name, out of about 1,662 bigha it holds) and put all of it to educational use; implement the partnership agreements signed with 16 domestic and foreign institutions, which so far have produced little beyond workshops and visits.विश्वविद्यालयको नाममा दर्ता हुन बाँकी करिब १३ बिघा जग्गा (कुल करिब १,६६२ बिघामध्ये) दर्ता गरी सबै जग्गा शैक्षिक काममा उपयोग गर्ने; स्वदेशी तथा विदेशी १६ संस्थासँग गरिएका सहकार्य सम्झौता, जसबाट हालसम्म केही कार्यशाला र भ्रमणबाहेक उल्लेख्य प्रगति भएको छैन, कार्यान्वयन गर्ने। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (63rd Annual Report) Office of the Auditor General, Nepal
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.